cribbage master is
a masterpiece – the only …
complete cribbage board
Fifteen two.
Fifteen four.
Fifteen six.
And a double run for 14.
And the Jack for 15.
I can hear my Dad saying it as we played cribbage.
“Lot of power in that kitty”, my Dad would say as he discarded.
That meant there were 5’s, 10’s or face cards in there.
My Dad loved card games.
We all learned poker and a game we called Minnesota Red Dog.
Some of us learned Pinochle but I couldn’t handle dealing multiple cards at a time.
And cribbage.
You would be sitting there.
Dad would walk by and stop and look at you.
“Cribbage?”, he was ask?
You would say yes and you would be playing cribbage to save your life.
My Dad only knew one way to play and that was take no prisoners.
My Dad’s cards showed on his face.
The look on my Dad’s face if he had held a double run of 5,5,6 and 7, discarded two face cards and turned a 5, told the entire story of what was in his hand.
“Cribbage?”, he was ask?
Playing cribbage with my Dad using a Druke Cribbage board.
Playing cribbage with my Dad always using a Druke Cribbage board.
Made in Grand Rapids.
If you grew up in Grand Rapids, like I did, you knew the building on the West Side with the Chess Set Knight on it.
But it was paging through an old copy of New Yorker magazine that Druke Games came to mind.
In the October 30, 1948 edition, I came across this ad.
With the text: Drueke’s Cribbage Master is a masterpiece for the “fifteen Two” fans. A Once-Around board, it has an additional new feature of playing corners, games, points, skunks and high hands. The only complete cribbage board. #3.50 at better stores everywhere.
My first thought was of all the places for this Grand Rapids company to advertise but the New Yorker?
Really?
Then thinking about the New Yorker and 1948 and the New York City crowd of the late.
And though some more about Druke games.
Classic cribbage boards and chess sets.
And I thought.
Where else?
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