A player who fails to do this before the next player takes their turn must draw two cards from the top of the stock as a penalty.

The dealer looks at his or her hand and nominates a suit, and the first player must play a card of that suit or another Eight.Ī player who has only one card left in their hand must alert the other players by saying 'last card'. If an Eight is turned up by the dealer as the first card of the play pile, it is treated as though the dealer had played it. If an Eight is on top of the pile, you must play either another Eight or any card of the suit nominated by the person.An Eight may be played on any card, and the player of the Eight must nominate a suit.If the top card of the discard pile is not an Eight, you may play any card which matches the rank or suit of the previous card (for example if the top card was the king of hearts you could play any king or any heart).Starting with the player to dealer's left, and continuing clockwise, each player in turn must either play a legal card face up on top of the discard pile, or draw a card from the undealt stock. The top card of the stock is turned face up and placed beside the stock to start the discard pile. The remainder of the pack is stacked face down on the table as a stock from which cards will be drawn. The dealer deals (singly) five cards to each player (seven each if there are only two players). The basic game of Crazy Eights uses a standard 52 card pack, or two such packs shuffled together if there are a lot of players. Some British players call it Black Jack, which is unfortunate as it can lead to confusion with the well-known American banking card game Blackjack. In Germany it is Mau-Mau in Switzerland it is Tschausepp in the Netherlands it is Pesten. Is sometimes called Crates, Switch, Swedish Rummy, Last One or Rockaway. There is a huge number of variations of this game, and many alternative names. Crazy Eights is a game for two or more players, in which the object is to get rid of the cards in your hand onto a discard pile by matching the number or suit of the previous discard.

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