Top 5 Skill Games

Here's a link to a site that ranks the Top 5 Skill Games. Whether they are the best skill games or not is debatable, but the author certainly makes a good case for his list.

Mexican Train Dominoes

Although Mexican Train Dominoes is sold as a game set, you can play it with any set of double 12 dominoes. More about Mexican Train Dominoes.

Easiest Skill Games

Here's a list of 5 easy skill games that you can learn to play in under 5 minutes. Mastering the games, however, may take considerably longer.

Defining the Term "Skill Games"

What exactly separates games of chance from games of skill? Is it a legal definition? Here's an article that explores the definition of skill games.

Blocking in Chinese Checkers

QUESTION: What happens if another player's marbles have not cleared the point sufficiently to put your marbles in?  My partner had me waiting (quite a while) while he pulled his marbles out and made their way across the board.  We just 'passed' the turns until I could move, but in a real game would it have been the end of the game?

ANSWER: You played that correctly. If you can't move, you simply pass your turn until you get the opportunity to move a marble.

Tricky Cribbage Hand to Score

QUESTION

I think this hand is 32 points – 4,5,6,6,   5 cut

4,5,6=15-2

4,5,6= 15-4

4, 5, 6=15-6

4,5,6=15-8

Double run – 4566=8 for 16

Double run – 4556=8 for 24

Double run-455 with the other 6=32 

Can you tell me what I am doing wrong?

ANSWER

I believe the hand is scored as follows:

4,5,6=15-2

4,5,6= 15-4

4, 5, 6=15-6

4,5,6=15-8

Double Double run – 45566=16 for 24

The scoring for a Double Double run (3 cards consecutive with two pairs) breaks down as follows:

456 for 3

456 for 6

456 for 9

456 for 12

55 pair for 14

66 pair for 16

Aces Always Low in Cribbage

Cribbage Rules Clarification: In cribbage, aces are always low. That means you can't make high card runs with an ace. For example, the run queen-king-ace is not allowed.