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Craits
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Craits (sometimes spelled Crates or Creights) is a shedding card game for two to five players derived from Crazy Eights, which forms the origin of its name. Accounts of the game's origin are unclear, with some sources alleging it was created in the late 1960s in Chicago, Illinois[1] and others in the 1970s in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[2]
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Origin | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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Type | Shedding-type |
Players | 2+ |
Skills | Tactics, Communication |
Cards | 52 |
Deck | Anglo-American |
Rank (high→low) | A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 |
Play | Clockwise and Counter-clockwise |
Playing time | Various |
Chance | Medium |
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UNO |
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Craits is similar to the marketed game Uno, which has its own specialized deck, and many cards share the functions of Uno's specialized cards.