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Games People Play - Cribbage Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/1/2025
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


DO NOT go to the posted coordinates.  Although the nearby store may have an inexpensive cribbage board for sale. You must solve the puzzle to obtain the final coordinates.

Cribbage is one of my favorite card games.  It can be played with two, three, or four people and takes less than an hour to complete a game.

A good primer for learning how to play and how to score is:   https://www.rubl.com/rules/cribbage-hand-score.html

For the puzzle, I only depicted the hands to score, not the playing and pegging of each hand.

The first column of four cards is North, the middle column is the crib, and the third column of four cards is West.  Each row is one round of play and you are scoring five rounds.  I placed the starter card next to the dealer's hand.

Here's the puzzle:

 

Remember, the pone (non-dealer) scores first, then the dealer scores his/her hand, then the dealer scores the crib. And the scoring stops after 121 points is reached.

If the score is two digits, treat them as such.  For example, 19 (an impossible score) is entered as a 1 followed by a 9 in the coordinate sequence.

By the way, the score after playing the last hand and before scoring the hand is North = 115, West 118.  Who won?

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Raq bs pheo

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)