Mom and dad taught me pinochle and cribbage when I was 8 or so. Played single deck until college when my marine friend taught us double deck standard military rules, no passing, no cards in the middle crap. My mom and wife’s family played. I like having my wife as a partner.
As a training consultant for the army in the 80s I carried a cribbage board in my backpack.
Last 5 years I have been playing and teaching American mahjong but i can still play a good game of pinochle and cribbage.
Seems to me the folks I’ve encountered here in SoCal, don’t know how to play cribbage. The people I have come across that do play are from the north east states. They’ve told me that everyone where they come from know how to play cribbage, and love it very much. I think it’s because they have to do something when they’re snowed in so it became very widespread to know how to play.
My friend who was from Cleveland taught me to play back in the 90s. It’s a great card game.