Crazy Eights
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'''Crazy Eights''' is a [[Card game# |
'''Crazy Eights''' is a [[Card game#[[card game]] for two to seven players and the best known American member of the Eights Group which also includes [[Pig (card game)|Pig]] and [[Spoons (card game)|Spoons]]. The object of the game is to be the first player to discard all of their cards. The game is similar to [[Switch (card game)|Switch]], [[Mau-Mau (card game)|Mau-Mau]] or [[Whot!]].{{cite book|first=David|last=Parlett|title=Oxford Dictionary of Card Games|page=291|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1996|ISBN=0-19-869173-4}} |
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Originally this was played primarily by children with the left over cards not used in [[Euchre]]. Now a [[standard 52-card deck]] is used when there are five or fewer players. When there are more than five players, two decks are shuffled together and all 104 cards are used. |
Originally this was played primarily by children with the left over cards not used in [[Euchre]]. Now a [[standard 52-card deck]] is used when there are five or fewer players. When there are more than five players, two decks are shuffled together and all 104 cards are used. |
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