A Fairhearth game · iPhone
Classic cribbage, made to last.
The classic two-player card game, made to be played every day for years: a strong computer opponent that plays fair and explains itself, unhurried games with someone you love by invite link, and large, clear cards on a table that feels like an heirloom.
Coming soon to the App Store
What Pegwood is built on, and what it will never trade away.
The computer never sees your cards, the crib or the deck, and it never touches the deal. Its three levels – Casual, Standard and Expert – differ only in how well they choose. Ask for a hint when you want one; with Pegwood Pro, see why it discarded what it did.
Streaks happen in any card game. In Pegwood you never have to wonder whether they were arranged.
The seal
Before the first cut, Pegwood creates a secret random number that decides every shuffle, and shows you its seal – a short code that fixes the seed without revealing it.
The cut
Before each deal you choose where to cut the deck – tap its edge, then Cut Here. In a friend game, whoever isn’t dealing cuts. The seed is sealed before anyone cuts, so it can’t be changed to suit the cards, and every cut changes the deal.
Check
After the game, tap Check This Game. Pegwood reveals the seed, checks it against the seal and replays every deal with the cuts: “This game was fair”, or that the game did not check out and why.
The seed is 256 bits, the seal is its SHA-256 hash, and each deck is a Fisher–Yates shuffle driven by HMAC-SHA256 of the seed, the deal number and the cut (where the deck was cut, plus 8 random bytes kept in the game record).
Example
SEAL 9F3A 61C2 0B7E 44D1 …
This game was fair
Take your turn with the morning coffee, and they answer in the evening. Pegwood lets you know when it’s your move.
Tap Play a Friend
Then Invite a Friend. The game uses your game length from Settings – 121, or 61 for a short game.
Pick your name
The name your friend will see – a first name or a nickname is perfect.
Send the link
Messages, WhatsApp, email – whatever you both use. Your friend taps it, installs Pegwood if needed, and joins.
No accounts, no usernames, no passwords. The server deals the cards, so neither of you can see the other’s hand. Games with friends are free and never sit behind a paywall.
Large cards and an optional four-color deck, with suits that differ by shape, not by color alone. VoiceOver throughout, text that follows your iPhone’s text size, Reduce Motion respected, and a tap to pick a card – no dragging.
Kings, queens and jacks in the old engraved style, drawn for Pegwood – with indices big enough to read across the table.
Pegwood counts every hand with the full breakdown, the way you learned at the table – or lets you count your own, with muggins if you like.
Starter
The highest hand in cribbage. You may wait years for it.
Pegwood is free to download and free to play, against the computer or with a friend. Pegwood Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. It adds the Nordic and Lodge tables, the reasoning behind the computer’s discards, the Luck of the Deal and detailed statistics. Hints, games with friends and your games, wins and streaks stay free. Family Sharing is on.
No coins, no bets, no loot boxes.
There is no account and no email address to give. Games against the computer are played entirely on your iPhone and work offline. For games with a friend, our server keeps only a random ID, the name you choose to show your friend, a token for turn notifications and your games together.
Coming soon to the App Store
Write to [email protected]. A person reads every message.
