Play Crazy Eights Online With Friends

The Uno-style card game, free, with video chat in the room. Skips, reverses, draw twos, wilds — and everyone's face at the table. Make a room, send one link, deal.

1 Create a room
2 Invite your friends
3 Deal!
Crazy Eights on Kosmi: a hand of coloured cards fanned across the bottom of the table, the draw deck and a red 8 on the discard pile, and six players seated round it
Start Playing Powered by Kosmi

The card game you already know

If you've played Uno, you can sit straight down: match the top card by colour or number, play a wild when you're stuck, and call out when you're on your last card. What Kosmi adds is everyone's face around the table while you do it.

Everyone on camera

Every seat shows that player's live webcam. Watching someone's face when the table turns round and they're made to draw four is most of the reason to play this online at all.

Two to ten players

Big enough for the whole group. Turn up after a round has started and you take a seat right away, then get dealt in on the next one.

Nobody installs anything

It runs in the browser, on a laptop or a phone. Your friends open the link and sit down — no app, no account.

You still have to call it

Down to one card, a call button appears. Forget it and anyone can hit Catch! and make you draw two — but a wrong catch costs the challenger two instead.

An opponent when you're alone

Press Play against AI and Kosminaut takes a seat. It plays properly, calls out on its last card, catches you when you forget, and talks trash in chat when it wins.

The rest of the room

When the deck's done, the same room does watch parties, pool, mini golf, shuffleboard, poker and retro consoles. You don't have to move anywhere.

How a round goes

Seven cards each, and the table deals them out one at a time so you can watch your hand arrive.

On your turn you play one card onto the pile. It has to match the top card by colour or by number — or be a wild, which you can play on anything, and then you name the colour everyone has to follow. Skip misses out the next player, Reverse turns the table around (and at a two-player table that means you go again), and Draw Two and Wild Draw Four hand the next player cards.

Can't go, or don't want to? Tap the deck. Two things to know: drawing ends your turn, so you can't draw a card and immediately play it, and there's no stacking — a draw two played at you has to be taken, not passed along with one of your own. Run the deck down and the discard pile is shuffled back into it.

Empty your hand and the round is yours. Seven seconds later the next one is dealt, and everyone who's joined in the meantime is dealt in too.

Table rules

What you're sitting down to, exactly.

GameCrazy Eights — the Uno-style colour-and-number matching game
PlayersTwo to ten at the table; anyone else in the room can watch
StartingTake a seat; a room admin deals the first round
The dealSeven cards each, dealt round the table one at a time
The deck108 cards — four colours, 0 to 9, plus Skip, Reverse, Draw Two, Wild and Wild Draw Four
PlayingMatch the top card by colour or number, or play a wild and name the colour
DrawingTap the deck — but drawing ends your turn
StackingNone. A draw two or draw four played at you has to be taken
Last cardPress the call button, or get caught for two — a wrong catch costs the challenger two
WinningFirst to empty their hand takes the round
Next roundDealt automatically seven seconds later, with anyone who joined in between
Turn timer30 seconds by default, admin-adjustable; miss two turns in a row and your seat is freed
Video chatBuilt into the room
CostFree

Questions

How do I play Crazy Eights online with friends?

Create a Kosmi room with the card table in it and send your friends the room link. Everyone who wants to play takes a seat, and whoever made the room starts the game — no account needed to join, and nothing to install on any device.

Is this Uno?

No. Crazy Eights is our own game and has nothing to do with Mattel or UNO, which is their trademark. It's the same family of game, though, so if you've played Uno you already know this one: match the top card by colour or number, play a wild when you're stuck, and call out when you're down to your last card.

How many people can play?

Two to ten at the table, and everyone else in the room can watch. Arrive after a round has started and you take a seat straight away, then join the deal at the next round.

Is it free?

Yes, completely. The table, the video chat and the room are free, and there's no limit on how many rounds you play. Kosmi Premium exists for other things, but nothing about the card game is paywalled.

What are the rules?

Play a card that matches the top of the pile by colour or by number, or play a wild and name the colour. Skip misses out the next player, Reverse turns the table around, Draw Two and Wild Draw Four hand the next player cards. Can't go, or don't want to? Tap the deck — but drawing ends your turn, and there's no stacking: a draw two played at you has to be taken, not passed on. First to empty their hand wins the round.

What happens when I'm down to one card?

A call button appears, and you have to press it. If you don't, anyone at the table can hit Catch! and you draw two — but a catch that was wrong costs the challenger two cards instead. You have to call again every time you come back down to one.

Can I play on my own?

Yes. While you're sitting at the table waiting for a second player, press Play against AI and Kosminaut, the room's AI companion, takes a seat. It plays properly, calls out on its last card, catches you when you forget, and talks trash in chat when it wins.

Can we see and talk to each other while playing?

Yes. Video and voice chat are built into the room, so every seat around the table shows that player's live camera. Watching someone's face when they're made to draw four is most of the game.

Does it work on a phone?

Yes. On a phone the table stands up into a tall board with your hand fanned across the bottom, and guests join straight from the room link without signing up.