We have been developing alternate rules for Crazier Eights for a while. We have now compiled all the major variants for Crazier Eights in a PDF document.
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2022 Spring Promo Cards
Six unique promo cards will be given out for a limited time. One set of cards will be given for each Crazier Eights game you order from our online store starting April 2022, while supplies last.
Our online store can be found here.
2022 Winter Promo Card
One copy of the Omnipresence promo card will be given out for a limited time. One will be given for each Crazier Eights game you order from our online store starting January 2022, while supplies last. Continue reading
2021 Holiday Promo
One copy of the Crete promo card will be given out for each Crazier Eights game you order from our online store during November and December 2021, while supplies last. Continue reading
Winston Draft
The main idea of drafting a card game is to let everyone make their own deck using a shared pool of cards. The cards are chosen and divided by the players. Each player ends up having their own card pool using cards they chose. They can make their own deck of cards with cards from their own card pool.
Drafting is most popular with six to eight players, but it is also possible to have a two player draft using a Winston Draft, which was originally developed by Richard Garfield for Magic: the Gathering, as can be seen here. Continue reading
Fall 2021 Promo Card
Each Crazier Eights game you order from our store in September or October comes with the Apotheosis promo card, while the supply lasts.
Pacificon 2021
James Gray, the designer of Crazier Eights, will be at Pacificon 2021. He will be running Crazier Eights events, such as for Crazier Eights: Olympus on September 3rd and 4th.
Location: San Mateo Marriott Hotel (1770 S Amphlett Blvd, San Mateo, CA 94402).
Crazier Eights Tournament Guidelines
Tournaments are events that rank players based on how many matches or “rounds” they win. A group of at least four players are needed. In general, each match can be 30 minutes for a single game (“best of one”), or 40 – 50 minutes for best two out of three.
Types of events
- Random deck – Each player brings a deck or two. Players randomly determine who gets to use their deck(s). If two decks are used, they are mixed together. If your deck(s) are used, the player to your right is the first player for the first game.
- Personal deck – Each player brings a deck or two. (If two decks are used, mix the cards together.) Each player uses their own deck (draw pile) and discard pile. Use your own discard pile exclusively. (An alternate option is that each discard must match the last card discarded.) Go here for more information about competitive deck construction.
- Draft – Use a large pool of Crazier Eights decks mixed together. Randomly distribute 42 cards to each player and turn them into three piles of 14 cards. Players draft the cards, taking turns of picking one card from each pile, until all the cards are added to a unique player’s card pool. Use your pool of cards to make a thirty card deck, and every card in your deck must not have any cards unless they have one of two specific colors. For example, a red-blue deck must not have a green card unless it is also red or blue. Then use the “personal deck” rules. Go here for more information about draft events.
2021 Summer Promo Card
Every Crazier Eights game you order from the Recoculous Online Store this July or August comes with the 2021 Summer Promo Card — Divine Power. (While supplies last.) This is in addition to the promo card each unique promo card already comes with. Continue reading
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