- What happens when you play an eight?
- You name a suit, and the next player has to follow that suit — or play an eight of their own. An eight can go on any card, so it is both a way out and a weapon.
- Can you play an eight on an eight?
- Yes. An eight may be played on anything, including another eight, and whoever plays it names the suit again.
- What if you cannot play in crazy eights?
- Draw from the deck until you find a card you can play, or until the deck runs out — then pass.
- How many cards do you deal in crazy eights?
- Seven each with two players, and five each with more. The rest is the draw pile, and one card is turned up to start the discard pile.
- How does scoring work in crazy eights?
- The player who goes out scores the cards left in everyone else's hands: 50 for each eight, 10 for each court card, 1 for an ace and face value for the rest. A game is usually 100 points for each player at the table.
- What is the difference between crazy eights and Uno?
- The mechanic is the same — match the colour or suit, or the number or rank, and play a wild to change it. Uno has its own deck with skip, reverse and draw cards built in, where crazy eights needs nothing but an ordinary 52-card deck.
- What happens when the draw pile runs out?
- Either shuffle the discards, apart from the top card, to make a new draw pile, or play on with players simply passing when they are stuck. Agree which before you start, because the second way ends the game much sooner.