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Crazy Eights is a shedding-type card game for two to seven players and the best known American member of the Eights Group which also includes Pig and Spoons. The object of the game is to be the first player to discard all of their cards.
The game is an advanced variant of Crazy Eights (which is played with regular deck of playing cards) with a special card deck and extended game options. In its basic form it resembles UNO. It was introduced in 1983 by Shafir Games. The game cards were designed by Israeli artist Ari Ron . [1]
The game was invented by Paul Feagan of England in 1981, when he wrote special rules onto regular playing cards in a game of Crazy Eights. The first edition of the game was published in 1994. The game was translated into a dual English-Czech version by Martina Krupičková in 2009. [1]
Merle Robbins (September 12, 1911 – January 14, 1984) was an American barber from Reading, Ohio, who invented the card game UNO. [1] In 1971, he invented UNO to resolve an argument with his son Ray, a teacher, about the rules of Crazy Eights. [2] The original decks were designed and made on the family dining room table.
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Mau-Mau is a member of the shedding family, to which the game Crazy Eights with the proprietary card game Uno belongs. Other similar games are Whot! or Switch. However, Mau-Mau is played with standard French or German-suited playing cards.
Crazy 8's. Play Crazy 8's, the fast-paced card game that inspired global sensation UNO, for free on Games.com. By Masque Publishing
Americans may not have heard of Whot, but it's a card game similar to UNO (or its great-granddaddy, Crazy Eights), was invented by an Englishman (who neglected to patent or trademark it), and has ...