Crazy Eights

Your turn: match the suit or number

Tap a card to play it. Tap the pile to draw when you can’t play. Your record: 0 wins · 0 losses · 0 draws

How to play Crazy Eights

Crazy Eights is a fast, friendly card game and the classic that inspired many others. Be the first to get rid of all your cards.

The deal. With two players, each gets 7 cards; with three or four, 5 each. One card is turned face up to start the discard pile.
Match the top card by suit (a heart on a heart) or by number (a 9 on a 9).
Eights are wild. Play an 8 on anything, then choose the suit the next player must follow.
Can’t play? Draw. Take one card from the pile. If you can play it, you may; otherwise, pass.
First to play their last card wins.

Save your eights. They get you out of trouble, so don’t waste them early.
Steer the suit. When you play an 8, pick the suit you hold most of.
Change number to change suit. Playing a 6 of clubs on a 6 of hearts switches the suit without using an 8.
Watch who’s nearly out. When someone has one card left, try to move to a suit they probably can’t follow.

Learn when to play your eights and how to steer the suit.

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Yes. An 8 can go on any card, and then you choose the suit for the next player.

Draw one card from the pile. If it fits, you can play it; if not, tap Pass and the next player goes.

The discard pile, except its top card, is shuffled to make a new draw pile.

It’s the traditional card game that Uno was based on, played with an ordinary deck.