Crazy Eights score keeper
Match the suit or the rank, and get rid of your cards first.
Free · nothing to install · 2 to 8 players
What it works out for you
Each hand you enter cards left; it does the arithmetic and keeps the running totals. It runs to 100 — lowest score wins. You enter what happened; the arithmetic, the running totals and the standings are the app's problem, not yours.
- The deck — A standard 52. Five cards each, or seven with two players.
- The goal — Match the top card by suit or rank and be first to empty your hand. Eights are wild — play one on anything and name a suit.
- Scoring — Cards left count against you: an eight is 50, a face card 10, an ace 1, the rest their face value.
- Winning — When somebody crosses the target, the lowest score wins.
The bit that goes wrong on paper
The whole score in Crazy Eights lives in the cards people are still holding, and it is weighted in a way nobody expects: an eight is fifty, a picture card is ten, and everything else is worth its face. Get caught with two eights and one hand has cost you a hundred.
Tables also disagree, quite reasonably, about which direction the game runs — whether you collect penalties and want the lowest score, or whoever goes out takes the lot and wants the highest. Casetta Cards does both, and ranks the table the right way up for the one you chose.
What you enter each hand
- Cards left — Count what is left in each hand. An eight is 50, a face card 10, an ace 1, everything else its face value. Whoever went out scores nothing.
In any order, from whichever phone is nearest. Nobody has to wait for anybody.
The ways your table plays it
Nobody plays a card game exactly as the book has it, so the settings are on the setup screen rather than assumed:
- Play to — 100 points, 200 points, 500 points
- How it is scored — Everyone counts their cards, The winner takes everyone's cards
One phone, or a phone each
Score Keeper — one person keeps score for everybody, the way a pad of paper works. Nobody else needs a phone, or an account, or to do anything at all.
Group Scoring — everyone joins from their own phone with a four-character code, and each person enters their own. Every screen stays in step, so nobody is asking what the score is.
You can mix the two at one table: some people on their own phones, the rest entered by whoever is keeping score.
What it remembers
Every hand of every game, so you can look back at what happened rather than taking somebody's word for it. For Crazy Eights that includes hands, went out, out rate and caught with, alongside the scores themselves — and a leaderboard across everybody you have played with.
Questions people ask
Is this Crazy Eights score keeper free?
Yes. It is free to use, there are no adverts, and there is nothing to pay for later. You do not need an account either — you can start a game of Crazy Eights and keep score straight away.
Do I need to install an app?
No. It runs in the browser you already have, on a phone, a tablet or a laptop. Add it to your home screen if you like and it behaves like an app, but there is nothing to download and nothing to update.
Does everyone need a phone to play Crazy Eights?
No. One person can keep score for the whole table, the way a pad of paper works — everybody else just plays. If you would rather each keep your own, everyone joins with a four-character code and every screen stays in step. You can mix the two at one table.
How many people can play Crazy Eights?
2 to 8 players. The app deals the right number of cards for the count and rotates the deal for you.
Does it know how Crazy Eights is scored?
Yes — that is the whole point of it. Each hand you enter cards left; it does the arithmetic and keeps the running totals. It runs to 100 — lowest score wins. It also handles the ways tables differ: play to, how it is scored.
Does it keep our scores after the game?
Yes. Every hand of every game is kept, so you can look back at what actually happened, and there is a leaderboard across everybody you have played with. Playing as a guest keeps the history on that device; making an account keeps it anywhere you sign in.
Does it work without a connection?
Not at the moment — it needs a connection to keep the scoreboard in step across devices and to save the game. Worth knowing if you are playing somewhere with no signal.
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