Seven cards each, match the pile by rank or suit, and be the first with an empty hand. The rules here are the ones from the reference books, plus two house rules we are open about having added.
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You each get seven cards and one goes face up to start the pile. On your turn you play a card matching the top of the pile by rank or by suit. An eight may be played on anything at all, and whoever plays it names the suit that comes next. Empty your hand first and you win, scoring what your opponent is still holding.
Run the stock out and the pile is shuffled back into a new one, all but the card on top.
| Cards in play | 54 |
|---|---|
| Cards dealt to each player | 7 |
| Points for an eight left in hand | 50 |
| Points for a picture card | 10 |
| Points for a spot card | face value |
The reference rules for Crazy Eights say nothing about jokers. Ours has two, and they are in every game with no way to switch them off. Each is wild in the same way an eight is, so its player names the next suit, and one of the pair also makes the next player draw four cards and lose their turn.
There is also a choice about drawing. The traditional rule is that you draw one card and if you cannot play it your turn ends. The version many families actually play is that you keep drawing until something is playable. Both are here, and the traditional one is the default.
We would rather name a house rule as a house rule than quietly present it as the official game. Where this app departs from a documented rule, it says so, here and in the app's own sources page.
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