Cribbage (pool)

The object of the game is to score 5 cribbages out of a possible 8 in a full rack of 15 balls.

A cribbage only lies where the two partner balls forming the cribbage are each legally potted, i.e., where no foul is committed on the same strokes that pocket the balls, or the shot is otherwise deemed illegal.

[1][2][3] A cribbage only counts when the paired balls are pocketed in succession in the same inning.

[1][2][3] The penalty for all fouls is the ending of the player's inning; no points are lost, and the incoming player has the option of shooting from position or taking cue ball in hand from the kitchen (behind the table's head string).

[1][2][5][6] When a player pockets more than one ball on a single stroke at any time, a situation often arising on the break shot, they may shoot at any companion balls, but must pocket each in succession in any order.

[2][3][7] Normal ball and rail foul rules apply in cribbage.