How to play Crazy Eights

Learn the rules to the playing card game Crazy Eights quickly and concisely - This video has no distractions, just the rules. While there are many variations to Crazy Eights, this video covers the original base rules.

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RULES:
The object of the game is to have the fewest points and the object of each round is to be the first player to get rid of all the cards in your hand. Be aware that there are many variations and house rules to this game, so you should agree on them before starting.

Shuffle a standard 52 card deck of playing cards and each player picks one card. The player with the lowest card becomes the dealer. King is high and ace is low. The dealer shuffles the deck and deals 5 cards 1 at a time to each player. Players look at their own cards but keep them hidden from their opponents. The dealer places the deck facedown to form a draw deck and discards the top card to start the discard pile. If the flipped card is an 8, the 8 is to the deck and a new card is flipped.

The player to the left of the dealer goes first, then play proceeds clockwise. On your turn you must play a single card onto the discard pile that matches either the rank or suit of the top card. The only exception to this is an 8. 8’s are wild and can be played on anything. When you play an eight, pick a suit. The next card played must either match the picked suit or be another 8.

If you are unable to play, then you must draw cards from the draw deck until you can play or once you have drawn 5 cards, whichever comes. Once a player gets rid of all of their cards, the round is over and points are tallied. Player’s receive points based on the cards remaining in their hand. 8s are worth 50 points. Face cards are worth 10 points. Numbered cards are worth their face value, and aces are worth 1.

Gather up all the cards and the role of dealer rotates clockwise by one. Once 1 player has 100 points or more, the game ends and the player with the fewest points wins.

[honeyjuice]

Everyone who is watching this yes everyone. We all know this a playing card version of uno. We all know. But still a good vid.

[greatsweet]

'Crazy Eights' rules: *exist*
🙂
'Uno' creators: Is for me? 👉👈

[stizzyshouse]

2s are draw 2, aces are draw 4, 8s are wild, Queens are reverse, Jack's are skips, deal 8 cards usually per player, pick up card if lack suit and allowed to put down, Jokers are left out of play. Way we played growing up

[-yumefroots-]

I play the game like this:

When you play an eight, you can choose the suit to whatever you want. And you can play it WHENEVER you want!

When you play a queen of spades, the other person has to pick up 5 cards.

You can do pairings!

The jack is a “miss a turn” card

And ace is called an “Ace’s unload”, where say if you played the ace of hearts, you can play every heart you have on top of that. It goes for any suit though

Whoever gets rid of their cards first wins, of course!

[LeotheTiger]

It never occurred to me that UNO is a fancy variation of this game. Likewise, Skip-Bo is another way of playing a game normally played with 2 decks of cards, entitled Spite & Malice.

[jjtruelove]

🤯 the version I played growing up in Zimbabwe in Africa was nothing like this 😂😂
2 - next player picks 2 cards
Joker - next player picked 5
A - blocks 2 and Joker
Jack - reverses play
King - play again
7 - next player misses a turn .
When we were feeling a bit ‘crazy’ we would add the 2s and jokers from another deck 😂😂.Now that was Crazy 8s!

[ordinary-not]

Thank you! I haven't played in YEARS, I completely forgot the rules😂😂

[markgarwe]

Me, an African who's been playing crazy 8 with a whole lot of different rules: 👁👄👁

[leedza]

The rules we played were 7 is skip, J is reverse, 2 is pick 2, joker is pick 5, ace is black, king is play again and 8 change of suite. Very similar to uno

[Aisuryuu]

This was helpful and easy to understand. Also very quick! Just what I was looking for. Thank you

[Lottedbruyn]

We have a game like this in The Netherlands. It's called 'pesten' (bullying). But usually we work with 7 cards and there's more rules to the game. And we don't count the cards that are left, we just play untill someone has played all of their cards.

[okebaanahatara]

Looking for a new game for family nite. This is a classic, but I’ve never played it. It’s so much like UNO. The boys’ll love it! Thanks

[SammYLightfooD]

We like to play it with Ace counts as 20 in the end. And you have to pick up cards until you can play, no matter how many you need to draw. I once had to pick up 12 haha.

[ZYBR]

Thank you! Now I can play this with my dad!

[mortsartstudio]

My friend and I use Jokers as +4 cards (they don't skip the victim's turn, nor do they stack) and then Aces as blocks for the Jokers (they just stop the +4 effect and uses your turn). I feel it adds a little more risk to the game and forces you to skip more often!

[jandubois]

Thanks; clear and concise which I really appreciate. Played for years; then haven't played for. years. I needed the refresher.

[abetheiii]

You can combine the rules of Crazy Eights and UNO in the standard deck. (4 suits, 13 ranks with jokers).
Suits (spades, clubs, heart, diamond)
Aces = Number 1
Numbers 2-10 (except 8s) = Face Value
Jacks = Reverse
Queens = Skip
Kings = +2
Number 8s = Wild
Jokers = Wild +4

[saidsalim]

The variant I'm most familiar with is like this:

At the start of the game, the players are all dealt 8 cards.

The main goal is to get rid of all your cards. I forget how scoring works, though...

These cards had specific powers to them:

2's made you draw 2 cards. You also lose your turn after drawing.
8's are wild, you can play them to change the suit into anything you want.
Jacks made you skip the turn of the next player.
The Queen Of Spades made you draw 5 cards. You also lose your turn after drawing.

[JonathanGarcia-wewf]

I play the game where it goes like this:

Each player starts with 8 cards.

8’s are wild cards and it can be played at anytime and the player who played it picks a suit for the next player to play.

3’s skip the next player.

5’s skip the next player.

2’s make the next player draw 2 cards and skip their turn unless they have another 2 card. A player draws the number of cards players played in a row. For example, let’s say I played a 2, and the next player plays another 2. The next player after him doesn’t have a 2, so he has to draw 4 cards. 2 cards for each 2 played. Then his turn skips.

Ace of Spades makes the next person draw 5 cards and skip their turn. They must draw no matter what.

If a player has 1 card in their hand, they must say “Crazy Eights!”. If not, they draw 2 cards as a penalty if caught.

Whoever gets rid of their hand first wins!

[gavingilmore]

Beautiful game and enjoyed how u explained the rules thanks