How To Play Crazy Eights

This video will start by teaching you the general concepts of Crazy Eights and is followed by the more detailed features of the game. The video concludes with an example involving all the lessons learned about Crazy Eights. This tutorial is perfect for beginning players, as well as, experienced players that need a refresher.

After watching, you will know the basics of how to play the card game Crazy Eights. All that is left to do is grab some friends and start playing!

This Crazy Eights tutorial will cover the following topics:
- The deal
- The objective
- How to play
- How to keep score
- A review of the rules
- An example

Please leave a comment below if you need any additional information about the card game Crazy Eights, if you have any questions about the game, or if any aspect of the game was not clear in the video.

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[applesomething]

That was great! I haven't played this in about 25 years and I'm trying to teach my kids a bunch of card games, including this one. Thank you!

[gregbell]

I haven't played this game in years. Thanks to this video I remember how to play. Very clear and concise instructions; no "ums", "ers", or back-tracking because of forgotten rules. I can tell this was scripted, which makes a huge difference in overall quality, too. This video can be used to teach people who have never played before, and will completely avoid confusion. I highly recommend this video.

[taniayager]

As I'm learning different card games I have to say that this is the best instruction out there. It's the best out of a wild bunch of varying rules. The camera angle is great and the pace of instruction just right.

I'll be viewing your other games.

[painlesszm]

The funny thing is we play it a little different
- the ace is wild, not the eight.
- 2 adds +2 cards to the opponent next in turn. However the ace nullifies the deuce's power. You can stack as many 2s as you want in one turn. If you play the 2 card and the opponent next in turn has a 2... The effects will stuck up and the +4 will move to the next opponent.
- 7 is the reverse (yes, uno reverse lol)
- 8 is the chance card... meaning you can throw another card of the same suit or another 8 of a different suit
- J is the "jump over the next player" card. Meaning the next player will not have that turn until it come back around to them

The scoring... we initially give a number of points. Example 500 and then reduce them to 0 according to the points.

- ace = 50
- 2 = 20
- 3 ~ 10 = nominal value
- J/Q/K = 10

Cards that can't start the pile... any card that has an extra effect on play. I.e. 1, 2, 7, 8 and J

The number of draws is limited to 1 if you do not have the the suit of card on the pile.

When the cards are finished in the pile, the game can continue by reshuffling the cards, leaving the last played card on the pile as the start card.

You can challenge when some one plays their last card by matching the card they have played. E.g. if the won by playing a 9... any one with a 9 can "challenge" and the game will continue. Note this will leave the player with no cards. The player can only pick up a card win it's their turn once again. Note: you can not when with a card that has some special play power I.e. 1, 2, 7....

Those are the slight changes to this video's crazy eights... I know... CRAZY!! 😅

[biffybeans]

Used to play this with my mom! Memory tells me we kept drawing and drawing until we got a suitable card (not limited to 3) and would flip the discard deck over, shuffle and keep going if we ran out. This was a fun game.

[JustGrahamm]

A great video, you explained the game very clearly and can be understood unlike other videos about card games.

[kathyhoward]

We played it a little different growing up. We used the jokers as a wild card as well as the 8s to change the suit. Also, if the player could play a 2 of any suit and players had to draw 2. And if you didnt say last card players could call you out and you'd have to draw a card.

[martinchungu]

This is the most simplest explanation and easy to understand have ever had

[matthewfein]

Thanks for the clear instructions, I have been trying to learn this game for a long time.

[billbass]

Great lesson. This guy is a good teacher. Good video presentation. Good examples of how to play. Does a great job of showing the initial steps and rules objectives etc.

[youcefguenaoua]

I love this game so much, I used to play it with my friends in high school, really fun!

[davehamel]

This is such an enjoyable site to visit and refresh my memory of games I played as a child. Thank you.

[perryd]

thank you for the post...teaching my kids cards....its been maybe 40 for me....

[subhanshisingh]

Your all videos are nice, you explained everything clearly.

[LeotheTiger]

A variation of Crazy Eights included in the 2014 edition of Hoyle Card Games by Encore Software is known as Very Crazy Eights. In that version, the cards are color-coded red, blue, green, and yellow, instead of suits.

An 8 in Very Crazy Eights acts as it usually does, but if you play a Jack, the next player has to skip their turn. The red queen forces you to draw 5 cards and lose your turn. If a 2 is played, the next player must either play a 2 or draw 2 cards, but they don't lose a turn.

Multiple 2's can be stacked on each other; if this happens, whoever doesn't have a 2 has to draw the grand total of cards in the stack. 4 2's means to draw 8 cards if you do not have a 2.

The winner is the first player to play all their cards. If playing for points, the scores are the same as the regular game.

[margaretshannon]

Waaait no hang on I played the game where of the deck runs out you flip the deck over and keep picking

[dragonskunkstudio]

I played this but I was thought different rules:
If you played a jack you played another card if you can.
If you played a 2 the following player had to take 2 cards no matter if he was able to discard or not.

[bobbylow]

Thank you for the clear instructions. It was easy to follow!

[Ryannnzzz]

Thanks so much :))) won my first game with your help !

[itznoxy]

For the people saying it's like UNO. Uno was a ripoff of this. Crazy Eights was around for ever before someone decided to make a corporatized version of it.