| By rpr,
on 07-12-2007 19:45
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How to play Crazy Eights Objective The object of the game of crazy eights is to be the first player to have all the cards out of your hand and into the discard pile.
Game Layout The traditional fifty-two pack of cards is what is usually used, although some may use the jokers contained in the deck as wild cards or utilize more than one deck of cards. Some of the variants may use a different style of deck however. Game Description Crazy Eights is a popular card game for 2 more or more players. In addition to the traditional Crazy Eights game there includes a great many variants such as Finlander's Uno, Mau-Mau, Swedish Rummy, Pesten, Spoons, Rockaway, and Switch among others. There also exists some vastly different variants such as Uno which is often considered its old game. Also worthy of mention is that Crazy Eights is often called Black Jack in Great Britain, although it is not to be confused the other card game known as Blackjack. Rules Each player is almost always dealt a hand of eight cards each, with the rest of the deck placed face down in the center of the table. The top card is turned to be face up to start off the discard pile. Sometimes players may agree to a "Dealers Goodies" where the dealer is allowed to take the first discarded card as long as it is a special card such as an Ace, and can continue to take additional cards until they get a regular card. Strategy, Skills and Tactics Players discard the cards from their hands by placing cards of the same number or the same suit with as the one on the top of the discard pile. Play always begins with the player to the dealer's left. Usually any amount of cards with the same rank must be played back to back, and runs are also occasionally allowed. Should a player not be able to match the rank or suit and they do not have an eight, they draw cards off the stock pile until they draw a card that they can use. Should the stock pile run out of all the cards, the top card of the discard pile will be removed and the remaining cards are then reshuffled and become the new stock pile. The first player to successfully lose all their cards is declared the winner, although the other players may be allowed to continue in order to decide on a second place. Some other special game events include but are not by any means limited to: Skip: where the next player up is skipped over. Should more than one card be played, a player will be skipped for each card. . The skip cards are often Aces and fours. The players may also decide Aces and Fours can be played regardless of the suit. Reverse: if the players agree to reverse the direction whenever a King is played.
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