Crazy 8s
Crazy Eights Rules. These are the rules I use for Crazy Eights. They're slightly different from the basic rules shown in the Wikipedia article, but this is how I originally learned it when I was a child (under the name Olsen Olsen). The purpose of the game is to get rid of all your cards. Crazy Eights is a card game that first came out during the 1930s, so it's been around more than 80 years. Originally, it was just known as Eights. However, in the 1940s, it became known as Crazy Eights. It took on this name because of its popularity in the military.
- All eights are wild! That is, an eight may be played at any time in turn, and the player need only specify a suit for it (but never a number). The next player must play either a card of the specified suit or an eight.
- Crazy 8s uses a standard deck. Each player is dealt a hand of 7 cards. The remaining cards form the draw pile. The top card of the draw pile is played face up. Players take turns to play a card onto the table - they must play a card which either matches the suit of the previous card or has the same value.
OBJECTIVE: The goal is to be the first player to get rid of all your cards.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2-7 players
NUMBER OF CARDS: 52 deck cards for 5 or less players and 104 cards for more than 5 players
RANK OF CARDS: 8 (50 points); K, Q, J (court cards 10 points); A (1 point); 10, 9, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 (no jokers)
TYPE OF GAME: Shedding-type
AUDIENCE: Family/Kids