How to Play Crazy Eights
Description
Match the rank or suit of the top card and keep going. If you can't match — or just don't want to — an Eight changes the suit to anything you like.
Also known as: Mau-Mau
Objective
Be the first to play every card in your hand.
Setup
Deal five cards to each player from a standard deck.
Turn the top card of the remaining deck face up to start the discard pile.
Rules
On your turn, play a card matching the top discard by rank or suit, or draw one card from the stock if you cannot.
Eights are wild — play one on anything and name the suit that follows.
Some tables add powers to other ranks, but the Eight is always the wild card.
Winning
The first player to empty their hand wins the round.