Cribbidge
Cribbage is actually no more than an extension of the well-established Tudor game of Noddy or Noddie. Noddy means ‘fool’ or ‘dimwit’ and, in ‘The Compleat Gamester’ published by Charles Cotton in 1674, the upturned Jack in ‘Cribbidge’ is referred to as ‘Knave Noddy’. Cribbage is exactly like Noddy in all respects including use of the special scoreboard except that Noddy does not use a Crib.
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In the 17th century, Cribbage or Cribbidge, as they spelled it, referred to what we would now call “5 card cribbage” so 5 cards were dealt to each player and 2 of those discarded into the crib. By contrast, in the game of Noddy, only 3 cards were dealt to each player and combined with the upturned card to make “the Show”. Those who know Cribbage will immediately realise that much of the subtle strategy that marks the cribbage expert from the amateur centres around the decision as to what to discard into the crib each hand so whoever came up with the idea of the Crib and therefore invented Cribbage was certainly a genius – because that new concept gave us what many people regard as the best card game in existence.
http://www.tradgames.org.uk/games/Cribbage.htm
** Cribbage is the only card game that can legally be played for money in English pubs ………..