Cribbage Board - Free Pattern

C ribbage is a traditional card game that dates back to about the 17th century and is played by 2, 3, 4 or more players and uses a board with pins to keep track of points for each player, although old,this is still highly popular game.

I have made cribbage boards for several friends over the years, and they were very grateful to receive them. I haven't seen to many nice one's available commercially. I suppose that's probably why they liked the ones that I made so much, usually made out of an old scrap of hardwood with several coats of lacquer or polyurethane to protect them.

I found this plan for a cribbage board on a Canadian website for woodworking, it's very plain, but attractive, the base has a storage compartment for the pegs, and is held shut with a rare earth magnet. This is a great project to make using up some small scraps from the shop, or to use that one really special small piece of highly figured wood that you've been saving. With a little time and material you can make your favorite Cribbage player a very nice holiday gift.

If your ready to get started, you can download the Cribbage Board pdf here, the instructions are located here
, another very useful illustration is located here.

If you are not sure were to get Cribbage pegs, Rockler Woodworking has them available here. They also have rare earth magnets.