Play Cribbage Square Solitaire

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Objective

Score a total of 61 points or more from eight cribbage hands (four horizontal and four vertical, with an extra card from the stock).

Rules

Place cards from the stock into each of the 16 squares. Once placed, cards cannot be moved. When all squares are filled, each of the four rows and the four columns are scored with the extra card from the stock as follows.

Scores

Two points for each pair, six points for three of a kind and twelve points for four of a kind. Each run of three or more cards (not necessarily of the same suit) will score the same as the number of cards in the run (so a run of three will score three). Four cards of the same suit in a set of cards (excluding the extra card) will score four points, but if the extra card also matches then it will score five points. Each possible combination of cards (in a set of cards) that add up to fifteen will also add two points to the row or column score. When adding cards up to get fifteen, picture cards have a value of 10, and Aces have a value of 1. An additional point is awarded to each set of cards that contains the Jack of the same suit as the extra card dealt from the stock.