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Myths and checks
Each of these is a claim you may hear. The check is what the sources on this site actually say.
Sir John Suckling invented cribbage, and that is settled.
You cannot play cribbage without a board.
A four-card flush scores in the crib as well as in the hand.
The highest possible hand is 29, not 30.
Some play that if a player fails to claim a full score, the opponent may call “Muggins” and score the overlooked points. The ACC treats muggins as a tournament-director option, which must be listed on the tournament flyer and announced before play.1 Under the ACC rules, muggins — scoring points an opponent fails to peg — is played only at the option of the tournament director, and must be listed on the tournament flyer and announced before play.2
If the loser has not already counted at least 61 (or 31 in a short game) when the winner counts out, the loser is “lurched,” or “left in the lurch,” and, if the play is for stakes, loses doubly.1