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HOW TO PLAY UNO

GAME RULES TO UNO

By CHARLES EDWARDSPublished 3 years ago • 3 min read

Uno how to play the object of the game

is to be the first player to get rid of

all the cards in your hand pick a dealer

who shuffles the deck and Deals seven

cards face down to each player players

look at their own cards but keep them

hidden from others the dealer places the

remaining deck face down on the table as

a draw deck and flips over the top card

to start a discard pile if this card is

an action or wild card then ignore it

and flip over another card until you get

a non-action or non-wild card the player

to the left of the dealer goes first

then play initially proceeds clockwise

on your turn you may play one card from

your hand to the discard pile if you

want you can only play a card if it

matches at least one attribute of the

top card on the discard pile its color

number or symbol if you cannot make a

play or choose not to then you must draw

the top card of the deck and add it to

your hand if the drawn card and only

that card is a playable card then you

are allowed to play it if you want if

there are no cards in the draw deck then

shuffle all but the top card of the

discard pile into a new draw deck after

you play or Draw your turn ends and the

next player goes the moment you only

have one card in your hand you must yell

Uno to alert the other players you are

about to win however if someone beats

you to it and calls Uno before the next

player takes their turn then you must

draw two penalty cards there are special

action cards and wild cards you can play

when you do this is what happens draw

two the next player must draw two cards

and loses their turn

skip the next player loses their turn

reverse change the direction of play so

it goes in the opposite direction

wild this card can match to any card in

the discard pile after playing a wild

you get to pick the color that continues

play

wild shuffle hands this card is a wild

and can be played on anything once

played collect every card from all the

players's hands and shuffle them

together

starting with the player to your left

deal out all the cards to all the

players players may end up with more or

fewer cards than what they started with

play continues in the current direction

of play with you picking the color

wild draw 4. this card is a wild and can

be played on anything however you are

only allowed to play this card if you do

not have any other cards in your hand

with the same color as the top card in

the discard once played the next player

May either draw four cards and lose

their turn or they may challenge if you

challenge a wild draw 4 then the player

who played it must reveal their hand if

they do not have the color in their hand

that matches the discard pile they

played to then you must draw six cards

and lose your turn

if they do have the color then they must

draw four cards instead and it is your

turn regardless of the outcome of the

challenge that player picks the color

that continues play

wild customizable before the game begins

remove these three cards and write with

a pencil on them your own rule that must

be followed when played this card is a

wild that may be played on any other

card and you get to pick the color that

continues play

between games you may erase and change

the cards the first player to get rid of

all the cards in their hand wins there

is an optional Victory method you can

play which is for points at the end of

each hand the player who went out scores

points for each card remaining in their

opponent's hands all number cards are

worth their face value skip reverse and

Draw 2 are each worth 20 points wild

cards are worth 50 points each the first

player to 500 or more points wins

how to

About the Creator

CHARLES EDWARDS

A YOUNG MAN FROM THE WESTSIDE OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES, ASPIRING TO BE GREAT AT THIS LITTLE THING CALLED LIFE>>>>

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    Written by CHARLES EDWARDS