It has hosted the world pool championship, and national domino and cribbage events.
ARE you haunted by thoughts of spending your golden years vegetating in a dingy old folks' home, supping on denture-friendly peas and boiled beef, and playing endless rounds of cribbage?
The royal figures on court cards were originally depicted at full length, a fact recalled in cribbage by the phrases "one for his nob [head]" and "two for his heels".
In games based on numerical value, the ace normally counts 1, as in cribbage, or 11, as an option in blackjack.
Gambling games of the vying, or poker, type are known from the 16th century, as is noddy, the ancestor of cribbage.
"It's been great fun learning how to play these traditional indoor games," says Chris Alger, general manager at Bailiffscourt, "some of which – such as bagatelle and cribbage – I remember from my childhood.
There is an undeniable prejudice against darts, which is still widely regarded as a pub pastime, no more demanding of serious consideration than cribbage or dominoes.
After Gray mowed the lawn, man and boy would share a slice of pecan pie and a game of cribbage.
He became a prominent figure at court with a reputation for being "the greatest gallant of his time, and the greatest gamester both for bowling and cards"; and he is credited with having invented cribbage.
A cribbage board or other scoring device is desirable.
On the nights before races, members gather at their clubhouses to wait for the truck to collect their birds, but also to play cribbage, watch sports on TV, have a few drinks, tell dirty jokes.
