A card game for people who love Cribbage & comebacks & risky math & sometimes pegging backwards.

Accepting Late Pledges!

What Is Wicked Cribbage?

How Do You Play?

  1. Play Cribbage!

Set up the Luggers and Twinklers on the game board.

Then, simply begin a game of cribbage!

2. Draw & Play Twinklers

Draw Twinklers during The Play when nailing a 15 or 31.

Use Twinklers immediately.

3. Draw & Play Luggers

Draw Luggers during The Show when pegging to an exact multiple of 5.

Keep Luggers in hand until ready to use.

And That’s It!

Purists with strong feelings about Cribbage’s perfection will be delighted to find the game’s core fully intact. Others with fond memories of playing Cribbage with family will be thrilled to dust off those boards and discover the game anew!

For those who haven’t played Cribbage before, what better time than now?!

How Is It Wicked?

(And who the heck was Sir John Suckling?)

Sir John Suckling may (or may not) be the inventor of cribbage. (But he probably is.) Along our journey to create Wicked Cribbage, we became deeply interested in his story.

So we did what normal people do: read everything we could find about him, compiled those readings into a narrative, and spent 3 years learning to use animation software.

Please enjoy this totally true production of Sir John Suckling’s mostly untold story!

Is It Fun?

Here’s what our playtesters say:

“Wicked Cribbage takes one of our favorite card games and infuses it with high octane moments where the game gets wild!”

— The Brothers Murph, California, USA

“Wicked Cribbage makes the game of cribbage more of a modern day board game. It’s a little more…gamery. Bold move, Only Then Studios!”

— Foster the Meeple, Nova Scotia, Canada

“So much fun! I thought Cribbage couldn’t get any better, but now I won’t play unless it’s Wicked!”

— Collin Klagmann, Board Game Geek Review

“Just got the box, and holy s*** this game is beautiful!”

— Andy Bryant, New Hampshire, USA

“Traditional cribbage was a fun (but sometimes tedious) game that my grandparents lovingly taught me. Wicked Cribbage juices the play, making it something my own kids loved to learn. And they keep asking for more!”

— Nic Seider, California, USA

“An exciting twist on a classic game that I grew up playing. It keeps you on your toes and always thinking of new strategies.”

— Melissa Colorado, New York, USA

“Cribbage is fun, but Wicked Cribbage is wicked fun! My wife and I have been playing afternoons before our daughter gets home from school, and it’s a wonderful way to connect. I just wish I didn’t have to lose every time.”

— Seth Myers, Colorado, USA

“Wicked Cribbage turns a generational game into a contemporary.”

— Rebecca Seider, California, USA

“Wicked Cribbage echoes (loudly!) the fun of the original game.”

— Beth Myers, Colorado, USA