Card gamesMatch a suit or rank, change the suit with an eight and empty your hand.
Getting a board
Section titled “Getting a board”Craft a Crazy Eights mat and fit it into a Large Game Table. Place matching Game Chairs facing the table, then take a seat.
- 1 ×Paper
- 7 ×Any planks
- 1 ×Red wool
How to play
Section titled “How to play”Open the fitted board to make your moves. How to play in the side tray gives you the same lessons with illustrations inside the game.
Get rid of all your cards
Section titled “Get rid of all your cards”
Take turns playing ONE card onto the middle pile.
Be the first player with no cards left.
Match the suit
Section titled “Match the suit”
Look at the suit symbol on the pile.
Another heart matches, even with a different number.
Or match the number
Section titled “Or match the number”
You can match its number instead.
Five matches five. The suit can be different.
Any eight is wild
Section titled “Any eight is wild”
No matching card needed...
Play an eight, then choose the suit in the picker.
Your chosen suit replaces the printed suit
Section titled “Your chosen suit replaces the printed suit”
Choose hearts in the suit picker.
They must match your chosen suit, or play another eight.
Draw when you want to
Section titled “Draw when you want to”
Click the face-down pile to take ONE card instead of playing.
If your NEW card plays, play it or choose End turn. Otherwise your turn ends.
An empty pile is refilled
Section titled “An empty pile is refilled”
The game shuffles old discards into a new draw pile, keeping the top card.
Pass. If everyone passes in a row, the game is a draw.
Rules in more detail
Section titled “Rules in more detail”Drawing restrictions and stalled games
Section titled “Drawing restrictions and stalled games”After drawing a playable card, only that newly drawn card can be played before ending the turn; drawing does not reopen the choice of older cards. An eight replaces the active suit with your chosen suit regardless of its printed suit. A new draw pile is made from old discards while preserving the top card. A complete round of passes with nothing to play or draw produces a draw.
Keep playing
Section titled “Keep playing”Use Rematch after the result to play again. To pause an unfinished match, the table owner can remove and keep its board.
See seats and solo play for multiplayer and Play alone, or item stakes if you want to agree on a pot.