Cribbage Craze Reviews – Page 2
4/5 rating based on 24 reviews. Read all reviews for Cribbage Craze for iPhone.
Cribbage Craze is free iOS app published by Timothy Eakins
Good game for the most part
KaoHi
Good game, needs a few things to make it a 5star History should be adjustable so you can see more like lifetime, 100, 50, and 25 Needs cloud support Need to be able to play iTunes music in background if you want Needs to have a version of online play that does not require both people to be on at the same time The game does have a good AI Good game for just a match against AI though...once some more features are added it will totally be a 5star game
So far so good
Me, reader
Just played first game, nice format and options. Looks like a keeper. ( I lost first game. :-( )
Best in History
edmoonus
This is an updated review after playing for two months. If you want to improve you game, Cribbage Craze is the best Cribbage app available for several reasons, but primarily for the historical statistics kept for all games. The AI opponent is very strong and I sympathize with a previous reviewers complaint that the AI is cheating, but all you need to do is look at the history and know how to interpret the statistics. Cribbage card game statistics are widely studied and fascinating to many. If you use them to measure your game to any of your opponent's (including the AI), you can see where the real issue lies. The stats are very accessible and easy to interpret. After the first 25 games, my win percentage was 40%. The stats revealed the difference between my play and the AI was in pegging and the crib scores, not in the hand , or the cut. I started to pay more attention to discarding, pegging, and board position. After 52 games, my stats vs. Brainy's (computer): Me: Avg Hand = 7.49, Avg Crib = 4.06, Avg Peg = 2.78, Avg Cut = 3.51 Brainy: Avg Hand = 7.40, Avg Crib = 4.19, Avg Peg = 2.81, Avg Cut = 3.54 How do these stats compare to the known stats measured by some of the best player's real card play over thousands of hands? Experts: Avg Hand = 8.0, Avg Peg = 2.80, Avg Crib = 4.8 As you can see, Brainy's stats are not out of line and are within the statistical possibilities of the game for a good player. The computer is an especially good Pegger. My win percentage has since climbed from 40 to 46 percent and the Skunks are 3 to 2. If you don't trust the statistics provided, you can calculate them yourself because CC provides detailed history including every card played of every hand in every game. There are other Cribbage games that provide stats, and a few that provide computer opponent stats, but not in this compact and elegant format and with this strong of an AI opponent. If you want to improve your game and are constantly thinking that the computer is playing with an unfair advantage, this is the app to get. You can also flip the peg board over during play and view the game in progress stats with the deal # which really helps with locating board positional holes and adjusting strategy.
Very good
Kribbage121
I have tried 5 different cribbage apps and this is the best one so far. After a few games, the stat feature made it clear where my game was weak. Highly recommend.
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RR Johnny
Just trying to re-learn cribbage to play it with my grandsons. This app is great and addicting. Having lots of fun playing it.
Excellent game!
Geomz
This is an excellent and well designed game. Clearly a lot of thought went into it. Its interface is intuitive and attractive and the game play is a lot of fun. The builtin little tutorial at the beginning is handy for new players and introduces the game well. The absolute best part of this game is the way the AI is implemented. It's actually realistic, dealing "real" hands from the deck rather than all of these other cheater games that deal completely ridiculous hands. This has now become my new favorite cribbage/-game on my phone. ?? My only suggestion would be to make the card faces/values a little bit bigger/easier to see. I can imagine the cards being somewhat difficult to see for some folks; especially on a phone screen. And an ipad version is definitely needed as well :)
Cheats
Blackadar
Game cheats while pegging. It will often make illogical moves (like pegging to 21) or skip logical moves (like making a 15) because it sees what you have in your hand and can counter it. Not much fun when you figure that out.
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Oldie Susan
This is the BEST learning tool I could want. I watched the YouTube video several times. Then found the free download of Cribbage Craze. GREAT, now I too can have fun in the airport and flying...and play it to exercise my mind at home alone.