Dominoes
Cards
- 9 min readCribbage Scoring Explained: Counting a Hand to 121Fifteens, pairs, runs, flushes and the two jack rules, counted in order — with pegging, the go, worked hands up to 29 and the skunk line.
- 7 min readHow to Score Spades: Bids, Bags, Nil and the Race to 500Bids, bags and nil, scored hand by hand — including what happens to a partner's bid when a nil fails, and the house rules to agree first.
Darts & dice
- 8 min readDarts 501 Rules: Double Out, Busts and CheckoutsStraight in, double out, and what counts as a bust — with a leg scored visit by visit and a table of checkouts from 170 down.
- 7 min readFarkle Scoring Rules: The Standard Chart and House RulesFarkle has no official rulebook. A common standard chart, a worked turn, the odds of a farkle and every house rule worth agreeing first.
Try it yourself
Keep score without the paper pad
Fivebar is a scorekeeper for games played at a real table — 18 score sheets from dominoes and cribbage to darts and tarot, with undo everywhere. Works offline, no account, pay once.