Patent ID: 8246049

Claim:
A method of playing a cribbage based card game via an electronic media, the method comprising: providing a visual device display, an input device, and a processor to perform the steps of: adding one or more differently denominated special cards to a standard 52-card deck; assigning additional rules of play and characteristics including a value relationship for each special card in relation to established rules of cribbage and any other special cards, and wherein cutting to a card other than a standard jack scores a predetermined number of pegging points during play and when cutting for deal before play has started; playing the cards for pegging purposes according to standard cribbage rules and the additional rules of play and characteristics; and counting a single hand under the assigned additional rules of play and characteristics, the single hand having five cards of the same face value with all five of said cards counting as the same suit for a five card flush to increase points for a player.