Crazy Eights

Match the top card by suit or rank. Eights are wild. First to empty their hand wins.

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How to play crazy eights

2 to 4 players · 52 cards · first to empty their hand

With 2 players each gets 7 cards; with 3 or 4 players, 5 cards. The rest is the stock. The top card is turned up to start the discard pile. If it is an 8, it is put back in the stock and a new card is turned.

On your turn play one card that matches the top card by suit or rank. A 7♥ can go on any heart or any 7.
Eights are wild. You can play an 8 at any time and name a suit; the next player must follow that suit (or play another 8).
If you can’t play, draw from the stock until you can. When the stock is empty and you can’t play, you pass.

The winner scores the cards left in the other hands: each 8 = 50, K, Q, J and 10 = 10, ace = 1, other cards their number. If no one can play, the lowest hand wins and scores the difference. A match is played to 100.

Save your eights: they get you out of trouble, and they cost 50 points if you are caught with one.
Change to the suit you hold most of.
When an opponent has one card left, play cards that make them draw.