🎱 Crazy Eights: card game rules

How to play Crazy Eights

Goal: Be the first to get rid of all your cards. Every 8 is wild and changes the suit.

Setting up

1. With two players, deal 7 cards each. With three or more, deal 5 cards each.
2. The rest of the deck is the draw pile. Turn the top card face up.

How to play

1. On your turn, play a card of the same suit (hearts, diamonds, clubs or spades) or the same number as the top card.
2. You can play an 8 at any time, and whoever plays it chooses the next suit.
3. If you can't play, draw from the pile until you get a card you can play (or until the pile runs out).
4. When the draw pile runs out, shuffle the play pile (except its top card) to make a new one.

Who wins

The first player to empty their hand wins. You can also score points for the cards left in everyone else's hands.

Tips

• Hold on to your 8s until the end, when nothing else in your hand matches.
• After playing an 8, choose the suit you have the most of.

Variations

• Penalty cards: a 2 makes the next player draw two cards, and a Jack skips the next player.