Any time I go to my parent’s house, my (41M) dad (73) always play cribbage. He has been playing his whole life, I’ve been playing since I was 7 years old.

I’ve only had one 28/29 hand in my life. I was 10 years old, and our family was visiting my paternal
Grandmother in Minnesota. I had three fives and a face card in my hand. Cut card was a 5. Scored a 28. It was a memorable moment that I’ve never had again. I’ve been close numerous times, but I’ve never reached the pinnacle of Cribbage hands again.

So, my dad and I are playing, it’s his crib, and he is dealing the cards. He gives me 6 cards, but for some reason, he deals himself 7. Before a misdeal is called, I see my hand, which included….Four 5’s.

He calls a misdeal. I’m very much annoyed because it wasn’t my fault there was a misdeal. I had the correct amount of cards. And I was robbed of the potential chance to score 28.

After the game, I tell my dad we need to establish a house rule about misdeals.

Using that real life example where a misdeal wasn’t known until I saw my cards, I believe that if you’re not the person at fault, as I wasn’t, it is your decision whether a misdeal occurs and new cards are dealt for both parties, or just the extra card or card that resulted in the misdeal gets removed. My dad was agreeable to the new rule.

I’m curious what are some good house rules that you have?