www.EnumeroCribbageBoards.com

    Just the 19 FAQs...

  1. Are cribbage pegs included with the board?
  2. Why make and sell Cribbage Boards?
  3. Do you sell Cribbage Boards on Ebay or at Craft Fairs?
  4. What types of cribbage boards do you sell and how much do they cost?
  5. How are Enumero Cribbage boards made?
  6. How do you determine the size of a particular cribbage board?
  7. What do you make your really big (Grandiculus) cribbage boards out of?
  8. Are the boards guaranteed?  
  9. Why does each cribbage board get its own name?
  10. Aren’t you violating Copyright laws by giving "titles" to your boards?
  11. How will I know the name of my Enumero Cribbage Board?
  12. Isn’t there a professional baseball player with your name, Jeff Kent?
  13. Have you ever made the elusive 28/29 point hand?
  14. How many steps does it take to make the typical Enumero Cribbage
    Board?
  15. How did the “Board-Foot Board” (the Pedalis) get its name?
  16. How long have you been making cribbage boards for ?
  17. Where can I learn more about cribbage, cribbage tournaments,etc.?
  18. Do you also sell Chess Boards?
  19. What do you use to build and maintain your webite?

1. Are cribbage pegs included with the board?

Yes. All  Enumero Cribbage Boards come with pegs, although you can procure your
own pegs made from a variety of materials from a variety of vendors (including
Ebay). I use commercially available pegs. This site sells beautiful, hand made pegs,
in addition to selling crib boards. I have no affiliation with this site, other than I think
they sell very nice crib pegs. And yes, you can spend way more on the cribbage
pegs than you spend on a crib board.

2. Why make and sell Cribbage Boards?

As a wood worker, I am faced with a common woodworking problem, which is
what to do with short pieces of left over wood after I complete a project?
Fortunately, I am also a cribbage player (I played 2 games once a week with my 94
year old grandfather until shortly before he passed) and I've been playing crib since
was about 7. Since woodworking is about solving problems, making crib boards
from my short left over pieces seemed liked a good idea. Also, like many hobbyist
wood workers, I wondered if anyone besides my immediate family would enjoy
owning something I made.

3. Do you sell Cribbage Boards on Ebay or at Craft Fairs?

Thus far, most of my sales for crib boards have come from my website or at local
Craft Fairs. I thought I'd get better sales on Ebay, but that hasn't happened. That
said, I'm a long time buyer and seller on Ebay and will occasionally sell a board or 2
on Ebay. I think Google Ad-words & Yahoo's ad-words have been most effective in
helping to promote my site. The best advertising is word of mouth, so if you like the
website or have bought a board, please tell your Cribbage playing friends.

4. What types of cribbage boards do you sell and how much do they cost?

Right now I'm making and selling 19 different cribbage and chess boards. See the
table below for cost and a brief description. Also, browse the boards for Sale and
SOLD OUT boards. A board name with an asterisk (*) indicates a board type I have
yet to make, but will hopefully soon get around to making.
Board Type
 Number of Players
 Price Range
 Brief Description
Inclino
 2
 $29
 Continuous Track
Board with curves
Pedalis
 2 or 3
 $31
 Continuous Track
Board with curves and
made from at least a
board foot of wood.
Certatio
 2
 $29-51
 Continuous Track
Tournament Style
Curriculum
 2 or 3
 $19
 Classic Portable
Cribbage Board with
4x30 Hole-Streets
Specularis
 2 or 4
 $51
 Mirror Image  Board. 2
4x30 Hole Streets on a
single board
Directus
 2
 $15
 Classic Portable
Cribbage Board with
4x30 Hole-Streets and
made from solid
Pre-Milled Wood
Postpono
 2-4
 $8
 "Factory Seconds"
Archa*
 2-3
 $61
 Knick-Knack Box meets
an Enumero Cribbage
Board
Grandiculus
 2-4
 $61-$121
 Ridiculously large
continuous track board
Latrones
 2
 $39-$79
 Chess Board
Rusticus
 2-3
 $15-$42
 "Rustic" Board
Latrones-Archa*
 2
 $129
 Chess board on top of a
Knick-Knack Box
Rotundus*
 2-3
 $61
 Round Cribbage Board
Forma
 2
 $57
 Crib Board in the shape
of 19 (instead of 29)
Curto
 2
 $12
 A very little board. Can
be played to less than
120 points since its so
tiny!
Tertius*
 2-3
 $31
A Cribbage Board with
3 Sides
Quadrum
 2-3
 $31
 A square cribbage board
Decoro*
 3
 $61
 Picture board - a board
with a empty area in the
middle for picture(s)
and/or embellishments
Quartus
 4
 $31-$68
 4 Person Single Track
Board

5. How are Enumero Cribbage Boards made?

Most Enumero Cribbage boards are made from re-sawn pieces of wood glued to a
stable substrate. The wood is re-sawn and the re-sawn pieces are glued to the top,
bottom and sides of the substrate. Re-sawing makes for very efficient use of the
wood, but more importantly, it allows for all kinds of variations in grain and pattern
on the face of the board. Pedalis, Directus,
Grandiculus and Rusticus boards are usually made from a single piece of wood and
then may or may not have futher embellishments. Archa boards are a Enumero
Cribbage Board on top of Knick-Knack Box.

In general, each board is made with anywhere from 4 to 8 different species of
hardwoods. I consistently use Mahogany, Satinwood, Zebrawood, Bloodwood, Ipe,
Paduak, PurpleHeart, Ebony, Cocobolo, Cherry and Walnut, and mix these with
other hardwoods. A typical board can have 25 or more distinct pieces of wood.
Cribbage is a game played to 121 points, thus crib boards are usually delineated in 5
point increments, to make counting easier. I use Ebony, Cocobolo or both as the
inlay material to separate the 5 point increments. Each board face is unique.  Not all
boards have the point separators.

6. How do you determine the size of a particular cribbage board?

The only size requirement for any give board, is that the hole drilling template fit
onto the board.Despite having pretty tight tolerances for the inlay work, I find that I
never measure anything when making a crib board. I do all of the cutting, sanding,
etc. strictly by eye.

7. What do you make your really big (Grandiculus) cribbage boards out of ?

These boards are made from a solid piece of redwood. Redwoods are among the
tallest trees in the world, so a tall board should be built from a tall tree!

8. Are the boards guaranteed?

Yes. If a board ever fails to function in a manner consistent with standard,
recreational or tournament cribbage play, please return your board and it will be
replaced or repaired at my discretion.

9. Why does each cribbage board get its own name?

Naming a board and assigning it to a series makes it unique, just like the board itself.
No two boards I make are the same.  So, just like people, each unique board gets a
unique name.  

10. Aren’t you violating US Copyright laws by giving "titles" to your boards?

No. There is no US copyright protection for Names, Titles or Short Phrases. See
this link for a more detailed explanation.

11. How will I know the name of my Enumero Cribbage Board?

The name of your board, the date/month it was made, my maker's stamp and the
hardwoods used to make up the board will typically be written on the back of the
board.

13. Have you ever made the elusive 28/29 point hand?

No...but I've only been playing cribbage for 30 years, so I've still got plenty of time
to try. According to Wikipedia, the odds of getting the 28 point hand in a 2 player
game are 1 in 15,028. But, for that little extra point, (the 29 point hand), the odds go
up to 1 in 216,580.  

14. How many steps does it take to make the typical Enumero Cribbage
Board?

There are 19 steps involved in making the typical Enumero Cribbage Board:

  1. Select wood face for grain pattern and general appeal
  2. Cut board substrate and board bottom to approximate size based on the size
    of wood face
  3. Glue board face to the substrate material
  4. Glue board bottom to the substrate material
  5. Scrape excess glue off
  6. Do final trimming off all 4 board sides
  7. Cut inlay point separators
  8. Glue inlay point separators
  9. Cut and glue inner border
  10. Miter cut and glue outer border
  11. Screw cribbage template to board and drill peg holes
  12. Do heavy-duty cleanup sanding (80x) on board face and bottom
  13. Drill peg holder hole and tap threads for peg holder cap
  14. Hand sand through the following grits: (80x, 120x, 180x, 220x, 320x)
  15. Apply 2 coats of sanding sealer to the board face.
  16. Apply the 3 types of waxes to the board and buff out each.
  17. Apply 2-3 coats of Poly to the board face.
  18. Stamp the boards with my makers stamp
  19. Add the following information by hand (to the board bottom): my signature,
    date/month made, board name & series, board materials

15. How did the “Board-Foot Board” (the Pedalis) get its name?

This is a big, thick heavy board made from a least of a Board foot of hardwood
lumber. Typically, the Miller Pegs (Walnut, Cherry & Purpleheart) match the woods
the board is made of.

16. How long have you been making cribbage boards for?

I started making cribbage boards in 2003. I gathered enough momentum and started
selling Boards on the Internet starting in the Fall of 2006. I enjoy making boards (and
other things as well) and working with my hands. In addition to making crib/chess
boards, I make furniture and do cabinetmaking.

17. Where can I learn more about cribbage, cribbage tournaments, etc.

The ACC (American Cribbage Congress) maintains an excellent website for all things
related to Cribbage, including a link to Enumero's Website in the Cribbage
Links/Cribbage Boards & Pegs section of their Website.

18. Do you also sell Chess Boards?

Yes, but not in the same frequency or volume as cribbage boards. The typical crib
board goes through 4-5 separate glue-ups and one rough sanding. The chess boards
take 7-9 separate glue-ups, and 5-6 rough sandings (before the final sanding series).

19. What do you use to build and maintain your website.

The blog comes courtesy of Google. Paypal is my money pimp. Yahoo is my
domain and site host.I use Yahoo Site Builder Version 2.4 (JRE Version
jre1.6.0_02) to build this website This combination seems to be reasonably fast.
Java 1.5 with Sitebuilder 2.4 was impossibly slow.

12. Isn't there a professional baseball player with your name, Jeff Kent?

Yes, there is. But, I had the name first by virtue of the fact I'm a little bit older than
Jeff Kent, the Baseball player and I'm slightly taller and weigh in at a few pounds
lighter than that other Jeff Kent.