Meriden Events

Mondays at 9:30 am in the meeting space!

Friends of the Meriden Library sponsored event

Tuesdays at 4:30 pm.

All levels welcome.

What is cribbage?

Cribbage, or crib, is a card game, traditionally for two players, that involves playing and grouping cards in combinations which gain points. It can be adapted for three or four players.[1]

Cribbage has several distinctive features: the cribbage board used for score-keeping; the crib, box, or kitty (in parts of Canada and New England) two distinct scoring stages; and a unique scoring system, including points for groups of cards that total 15. It has been characterized as "Britain's national card game" and the only one legally playable in licensed pubs and clubs without requiring local authority permission.[2]

The game has relatively few rules yet many subtleties, which accounts for its ongoing appeal and popularity. Tactical play varies, depending on which cards one's opponent has played, how many cards in the remaining pack will help the hand one holds, and what one's position on the board is. A game may be decided by a single point, and the edge often goes to an experienced player who utilizes strategy, including calculating odds and making decisions based on the relative positions of players on the board.

Both cribbage and its close relative costly colours are descended from the old English card game of noddy. Cribbage added the distinctive feature of a crib and changed the scoring system for points, whereas costly colours added more combinations but retained the original noddy scoring scheme.

Wednesdays @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

StoryTime!

Meriden Library 22 Bean Rd, Meriden, NH

Join us at the Meriden library for stories, songs, and& friendship. 

Storytime is designed especially for pre-K children but is open to all.

Wednesday, October 9th, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. 

Christine Courtemanche

Upper Valley Lake Sunapee RPC

mail: ccourtemanche@uvlsrpc.org

Drop-in board games - 2 pm at the Meriden Library

Learn the basics of using a computer, browsing the Internet, managing your e-mail, cloud storage, and more!

Drop-in any time between 3:00pm and 4:30 pm on Thursdays for a free tech help session.

Bring your own device and bring questions.

Odds Bodkin: https://www.oddsbodkin.net/ 

Master Storyteller Odds Bodkin will present an hour-long family StoryBlast Concert at the Meriden Library on October 10, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. He will tell three stories using different instruments to flavor his performance tales with movie-like scores creating a cinematic experience for the imagining listener. The New York Times has described Odds Bodkin as “a consummate storyteller,” and Billboard Magazine has called him “a modern-day Orpheus.”

Sponsored by the Friends of the Meriden Library.

Tuesdays at 4:30 pm.

All levels welcome.

What is cribbage?

Cribbage, or crib, is a card game, traditionally for two players, that involves playing and grouping cards in combinations which gain points. It can be adapted for three or four players.[1]

Cribbage has several distinctive features: the cribbage board used for score-keeping; the crib, box, or kitty (in parts of Canada and New England) two distinct scoring stages; and a unique scoring system, including points for groups of cards that total 15. It has been characterized as "Britain's national card game" and the only one legally playable in licensed pubs and clubs without requiring local authority permission.[2]

The game has relatively few rules yet many subtleties, which accounts for its ongoing appeal and popularity. Tactical play varies, depending on which cards one's opponent has played, how many cards in the remaining pack will help the hand one holds, and what one's position on the board is. A game may be decided by a single point, and the edge often goes to an experienced player who utilizes strategy, including calculating odds and making decisions based on the relative positions of players on the board.

Both cribbage and its close relative costly colours are descended from the old English card game of noddy. Cribbage added the distinctive feature of a crib and changed the scoring system for points, whereas costly colours added more combinations but retained the original noddy scoring scheme.

Meriden Library Foundation - Meriden Meeting Space at 5 pm on October 15, 2024