I never made a cribbage board, but I've played a lot of cribbage. I like
some sort of skunk line, double skunk line, and five point deliniation of
sort, but numbers are certainly not needed. There should be a game count
scoring area for a full set of games, and three holes for each color/style
pins to rest before any scoring begins.

I always like the 29 shaped boards as well hangers or shelf pieces, but a
simple rectangular full travel board is much preferred for playing. It
makes a nice table divider and allows the dealer to place the stack on his
side to keep track of who's deal it is. For a fold up travel board the
twice around is ok, but really how many of us are packing everything we own
in the saddle bag of our horse anymore?

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"DerbyDad03" wrote in message
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I just completed the woodworking part of this cribbage board. The base is
made from Padauk, the top is Maple with some nice figuring. It's a surprise
for my adult son.

http://canadianhomeworkshop.com/2447...cribbage-board

I've seen boards that are labeled with numbers every 5 peg holes plus Start,
Finish, etc. Some have just Start, Finish and an S after hole 90, some have
no labeling at all.

I don't know if I want to label this one or not. I'm leaning towards buying
the dry-rub lettering and letting my son decide - and do it ;-) - after I
ship it to him. (Since it's a surprise, I don't know if wants any labels.)

For those that have made Cribbage boards, do you label them?