Imagine the number of games we could have won had we known this sooner! Follow Mashable SEA on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. These cards are counted when the points are totaled.įor many of us, we've been playing it the wrong way all these years. If it is however, a Draw Two or Wild Draw Four card, the next player must draw the 2 or 4 cards respectively. Yes, you can end the game with an action card. Hi Samitha! You can end on an action card, however, you can only play one card per turn. Now, the 48-year-old debate can finally be put to end. These five cards are what makes the UNO game thrilling so it's no surprise that over the years there has been an ongoing debate among players if the game can be won through Action cards. However, these can be thwarted through the skip and reverse cards. Playing these cards are essential in seriously fucking up your opponent's game-plan.įor instance, the wild cards and draw cards, when played, would force your opponent to pick cards based on the numbers displayed (and sometimes colours). It is not even listed online.įor those in the dark, here's how UNO's Action cards look like. What is interesting is that there is nowhere specifically mentioned in UNO's rule book about ending the game with Action cards. In the digital age, who needs a rule book when you can directly ask UNO through Twitter: The image of this interaction has since gone viral which led us to verify that it is indeed true! Now, we have the verdict from the horse's mouth. But the matter has finally been put to rest.
Now who’s up to play UNO cards? I swear this time we’re playing it right.All these years, we thought we couldn't end an UNO card game with Action cards. You can only play a +4 card if you have no other cards that can be played. It’s probably time to apologize now to some friends who’ve suffered the horrors of +4 cards.
UNO SKIP CARD PLUS
However, if the challenged player is innocent, you must draw the 4 cards PLUS an additional 2 cards (6 total).” If guilty, the challenged player must draw 4 cards instead of you. If turned up at the start of play, the first player (to the dealer’s left) misses a turn, and the next player (in clockwise direction) goes first instead. It forces the next player to miss a turn. The challenged player must show you (the challenger) their hand. Skip card The Skip card can only be played on a card of the same color, or on another Skip card of any color. the player has a matching card), then you may challenge that player.
“If you suspect that a Wild Draw 4 Card has been played on you illegally (i.e. If turned up at the beginning of play, return this card to the deck and pick another card.”Ĭheaters never win, and if you think your opponent isn’t following the proper usage of the +4 card, you can turn the game against them. However, there’s a hitch! You may only play this card when you do NOT have another card in your hand that matches the COLOR on the DISCARD pile (but it is acceptable to if you have matching number or Action Cards). “When you play this card (Wild Draw 4 Card), you get to choose the color that continues play PLUS the next player must draw 4 cards from the DRAW pile and lose their turn. Yes, you can’t just drop the +4 card whenever you damn please, Sandra! via Tenor It turns out “…you can only play the Draw 4 Wild card IF you have NO other cards that can be played.” via Tenor LaToya McCaskill Stallings dropped the bomb on Facebook when she shared her discovery after reading the actual rule book of the game. Posted by LaToya McCaskill Stallings on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 So it’s taken me 35 years on this earth to realize that I’ve been playing Uno wrong since I was a kid ?.