What we are interested in discussing here though, are casual play boards where good, neat design and innovative shapes trump tournament-style regimented layouts. Tournament boards usually have long, straight lines of holes to prevent costly mistakes in tournament play. Modern 3d design software, such as we use, makes it easy to place equally-spaced holes along a track. We can choose proportions that allow us to place holes in curves that look really nice. When the board is rectangular or round, this is pretty straightforward. There is a path laid out from start to finish to peg along. Most boards have 120 holes per track plus a finish hole and usually a couple of starting holes.Ĭonvention has the holes set out in groups of five to make them easier to count and peg. Below is our attempt to explain why we do things the way we do. One of the difficult-to-explain concepts in cribbage board design is the layout of holes.
