Cute and instructional though unfair
Sat Aug 16 2025 jplonghornVery cute! I love my personalized “Papa”—looks a lot like he did. My favorite is when Grandpa falls asleep waiting for you, and when you wake him up, he says “I was just having the best dream that I was spending time with my favorite person!” That brought a tear to my eye! The hints and tips from Grandpa are helpful. It’s definitely not for the purpose of trying to win, because the cards are 90% dealt in favor of Grandpa – but what’re you gonna do. Let the sweet old man have his last few wins in life, and enjoy the lessons. Even when Grandpa gets his astounding 16-point hands (which he often does, while you count your single pair), it is a learning experience to watch him count his score. And if you forget something when counting yours, he helpfully reminds you. Too cute. Great for beginners and for a quick meetup with Papa. (The cell phone interface to “call Grandpa” to play is super cute.)
Frustrating game play. If you play cribbage with real people do not play this game!
Tue May 28 2019 DONeill76The game play is abhorrent. The developers should’ve paid as much attention to the play as they did to the aesthetics. In no human game of cribbage have I ever witnessed such skewed game play. I just watched my opponent, through three full games, get only one hand under 10 points, while I had more than a dozen hands dealt with no more than 4 possible points. During play my opponent will, during one hand, play brilliantly, always having the pair or the third of a kind. Then, on the next hand they will inexplicably lay down a 5 to start, all while having multiple other, less dangerous, options available. It’s frustrating playing against what is so obviously a poorly constructed algorithm. Get it together. Let’s also mention the issue with runs during the play. There has never been a case where the opponent has not had a answer to a run card. Literally never. If I start the play and lay down a two, he then lays down a three, and then if I lay down a four, he will always have a three or five. What’s worse is that this continues. If I then lay down an appropriate card to continue the run, he will, without fail, respond with the appropriate run card. He never cannot match the run. It only ends when either I cannot complete the run or we approach 31. I could go on, but Jesus. Just fix it.
Perfect! Want more like this!
Fri Nov 10 2017 Soup-DragonWonder app! Does exactly what it says on the tin. For a small price you get a clean looking game with no adverts. Highly customizable grandpas teach you to play cribbage and improve your game.
There is a tutorial grandpa who teaches you cribbage, then you get to make your own grandpas to play with.
I've built three: Grandpa Walton a beginner cribbage player; Grandpa Leonard (who looks just like my own late grandpa). An intermediate player; and grandpa Einstein an expert. You can even give them personality traits, so Grandpa Leonard is silly and tells jokes very like my own grandpa, while I made Grandpa Einstein intelligent and serious and he keeps talking about looking into the abyss or the probability of cribbage hands.
The only flaw is the algorithm might slight skew the cards grandpas with different levels of skill get dealt. It is not the only difference, Grandpa Walton definitely plays his hands badly too.
Love this game, made me very nostalgic for my grandpa and fun to play against the Einstein-lookalike I created. Would love other versions. I used to play gin rummy and Whist with my grandpa. Would also be fun to play board games like snakes and ladders or chess with grandpa. And don't forget about Grandma!
Solid Title, But A Few Kinks...
Sat Feb 24 2018 A Non-Edgy Indie GamerI’ve had this game for nearly a year and usually had no complaints—there’s no goatees or full beards for your grandpa, but I can usually make that work. The gameplay is solid and intuitive, allowing you to watch how your grandpa scores and ask him for help—but thankfully it also allows you to skip that if you’re in a rush and Grandpa’s got a 14-point-hand. In short, this game does a great job of teaching you Cribbage.
However, I did notice a major glitch recently—you cannot win when placing down cards at the beginning. I was one point away from victory, with one card in my hand. Grandpa played a nine, and lo and behold that was my card! I played it, my score moved to 121, and then nothing happened! I tapped on Grandpa, and he simply told me to select a card from my now-empty hand. I’d appreciate it if this was fixed.
A Great Intro to Crib
Sat Jan 20 2024 loowee23I’ll admit that I had this game downloaded and ready for QUITE a while, but I finally took the plunge recently…
…And I regret having lost so many opportunities to have an enjoyable game of Cribbage during downtimes. Never having delved into the rules, the whole pegboard thing had me staying on the sidelines, but now I have no idea why I let it get to me.
This is an enjoyable experience. If you feel your opponent is too lucky (experienced), just reroll your gramps into one that doesn’t have as much xp in this game!
Love everything about this.
Know it’s been a few years since the last update, but everything still seems to be working just fine.
Makes me feel like Papa is still here
Thu Dec 28 2023 venesVSI was 16 when my Papa passed. Probably 10 when he tried to teach me cribbage. It was too confusing for me at the time. When I learned to love cribbage in young adulthood, I couldn’t shake the guilt over never playing with Papa.
Then I found this game. I know it’s weird, but it helps me remember him and feel close to him. You can even customize your grandpa’s characteristics, and “sore loser” is an option. Papa used to say, “You show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser.”
This game really feels like a little piece of our relationship that I wasn’t patient enough to experience in childhood, and that means so much to me.
Adorable and genuine!
Thu Jun 28 2018 Sporky16I never got to play cribbage with my real Grandpa, but he and my dad used to play Penny-a-point, and my dad taught me. It’s one of my favorite games and it’s hard to find people to play with! Cribbage with Grandpas satisfies all my cribbage playing desires! And it’s almost like playing with my real grandpa since I can customize a grandpa to look however I want, and choose his personality traits! Gameplay is lovely, you have to score your own cards each hand, and peg smartly or Grandpa will win! He’s nice enough to point out when you may have missed points in a hand, but he lets you figure out what you’ve missed on your own. My new favorite app by far! ❤️
Perfect cribbage game
Mon Oct 09 2017 Best sleeper naMy experience with this app is that it is very stable, I've never encountered a bug. It is flexible in the difficulty that you would like, and the amount of customization options are numerous. You also get to pick on some personality sliders as well which gives a nice personal touch. On a personal note my grandpa died about 4 years ago and something that he loved doing with me was playing cribbage. So I went in and made my grandpa so now every time I want to be reminded of the games we played I open up this app and see my grandpa sitting across from me. He looks almost exactly like my real grandpa it's very sweet.
An All Around Great Game
Mon Sep 18 2017 ChibihaloI love the level of customization you can put into each different Grandpa in order to make the game as challenging as you like. The fact that you can create a Grandpa that can look as close to a real person as you can get is by far my favorite part of the game. Now I can play cards with the Grandpa I never knew and whoop the uncle I see just a few times during the year. This is a fun way to learn Cribbage or hone your skills. I like that you can get hints during scoring when needed and learn the ins and outs of the game at the same time. A welcome addition to my iPhone for sure.
Beautifully simple.
Thu Feb 06 2020 A.Smitty207Clean intriguing and endlessly replay-able. CwG is a perfect way to add some mental gymnastics to your mindless phone scroll.
I picked up this game a few years ago after spending a long time looking for a good cribbage sim. I just reinstalled it after getting a new phone and I had forgotten how brilliantly this game is put together. I recommend leaving the difficulty right in the middle for a true luck of the draw play. My favorite thing about CwG is that you can put it down mid hand and come back any time. Grandpa will just be snoozing peacefully, waiting for you to play your cards.
