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How to score Crazy Eights
To score Crazy Eights, wait for someone to play their last card. That player collects the value of every card still in the other hands: 50 for each eight, 10 for a face card or a 10, 1 for an ace. For a longer game, play to 50 points for each player (150 for three); the first to get there wins.
- 2 to 8 players
- Eights are wild
- To 50 points a player
- Whoever goes out scores
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This is the real Scorepad, live. Only one player scores each hand, so everyone else gets a 0.
Crazy Eights
A shedding game with a standard deck where you follow the top card by suit or rank, eights are wild, and the first player out of cards scores for everything the others are still holding.
Crazy Eights on BoardGameGeek.
How to play Crazy Eights, in brief
A race to empty your hand: each card you play must match the last by suit or rank, and eights are wild. The first player out scores what the others still hold.
- Deal 5 eachDeal from a 52-card deck. Put the rest face down as the stock and turn its top card up to start the pile.
- Match the top cardFrom the dealer’s left, play a card matching the top card’s suit or rank: on the Q♣, any club or queen.
- Eights are wildAn eight goes on anything. Name a suit, and the next player must play that suit or an eight.
- No match: drawDraw from the stock until you can. If it runs out, pass.
- Go outThe first player out of cards wins the hand. Play one hand, or play on to a target.
Go out first, and collect what everyone else is holding.
Only one player scores in a hand: the one who empties their hand first. Every card left in the other hands counts for them, and an eight counts most of all, so an eight you hold on to too long is a gift to whoever goes out.
What each card is worth
| Card left in a hand | Points |
|---|---|
| Each eight | 50 |
| King, Queen, Jack, 10 | 10 |
| Ace | 1 |
| 9 down to 2A 6♥ is worth 6 | Face value |
- Play until someone goes outThe hand ends the moment one player lays down their last card.
- They collect the other handsTurn up every card the others are still holding and add them up for the player who went out: 50 for each eight, 10 for a face card or a 10, 1 for an ace, face value for the rest.
- Everyone else scores 0Nobody else scores in that hand, however few cards they had left.
- Play to 50 a playerIn Bicycle’s rules one hand is the whole game. For a longer game, keep running totals to 50 points for each player: 100 for two, 150 for three, 200 for four. The first to reach it wins.
Hand 7: Jonas goes out and wins.
Three players, playing to 150. Going in, Mara has 97, Jonas 86 and You 49. Jonas plays his last card and collects what Mara and You are still holding. This is hand 7 on the Scorepad above.
| Player | Cards collected | Hand |
|---|---|---|
| You | Caught holding A♦ 9♠ 6♥Worth 16 to Jonas, nothing to you | 0 |
| Mara | Caught holding 8♣ Q♥ 4♠Worth 64 to Jonas, nothing to her | 0 |
| Jonas | Went out. From Mara 8♣ Q♥ 4♠, from You A♦ 9♠ 6♥50 + 10 + 4 + 1 + 9 + 6 | 80 |
One scorer a hand, kept straight.
Tabletales is a scorepad and scrapbook for game night. In Crazy Eights only one player scores each hand. Type that score and a 0 for everyone else, and Tabletales keeps the running totals.
- One row a handSwitch to By hand, type the hand for whoever went out and a 0 for everyone else. Hold 0 to give a 0 to everyone still blank in that hand.
- Count the cards as they turn upType the hand’s total, or type each leftover card as it is shown (50 + 10 + 4 + 1 + 9 + 6) and Tabletales adds it up to 80.
- 50 a player, on the padKeep Highest wins and set Play to a score to 50 for each player, 150 for three. The first total to reach it turns gold.
- And the night is keptSave it with who played and a photo from the table. Each game gets a history: how often you play it, who with, and who holds the high score.
- Everyone who was there
- Photos from the table
- Crazy Eights, with its scores
Common Crazy Eights scoring mistakes
- Counting an eight at face valueAn eight left in your hand is worth 50 to whoever goes out, the most of any card.
- Counting an ace highIn Crazy Eights an ace is worth 1, not 11 or 15 as in rummy games.
- Mixing two scoring stylesSome tables have each player take their own cards as penalty points instead, and the lowest total wins. Agree on one before the first deal. For penalties, pick Lowest wins in Tabletales and play to 100.
Crazy Eights scoring, answered
- How do you score Crazy Eights?
- The first player to get rid of all their cards scores the value of every card left in the other hands: 50 for each eight, 10 for a king, queen, jack or 10, 1 for an ace, and face value for the rest. Everyone else scores nothing for the hand.
- How much is an 8 worth in Crazy Eights?
- 50 points, the most of any card. An eight still in your hand when someone goes out counts 50 for them.
- What score do you play to in Crazy Eights?
- One hand can be the whole game. For a longer game, a common target is 50 points for each player: 100 for two, 150 for three and 200 for four.
Crazy Eights score sheet
Print this Crazy 8s score sheet for the table: 6 players and 20 hands, with a running total beside every hand and the card values at the bottom.
Score another game
Tables differ on who scores: Pagat has the other players take their own leftover cards as penalty points, and gamerules.com does the same, plays to 100 and lets the lowest total win. Bicycle gives no target; the 50 a player comes from Board Game Arena. Some tables deal 7 cards each for two players. Rules checked on 19 October 2026 against Bicycle Cards, Pagat and Board Game Arena.
Keep score tonight. Keep the night for good.
Tabletales adds up every hand, then saves the whole night: the games, the scores, the photos and who was there.
