The cribbage board is a rectangular board with 52 squares. To play cribbage, you will need two decks of cards, a cribbage board, and a set of cribbage rules. The player with the most points at the end of the game is the winner. The object of the game is to score points by playing cards to form combinations, and then taking the card off the crib. Cribbage is a card game that is played with two decks of 52 cards.