UNO reveals card rule people keep getting wrong

As families gather to celebrate Christmas, a competitive round or two of UNO is likely to be on the agenda for many across the UK, but as it turns out, you may have been playing the popular card game poorly.

The goal of UNO is to get rid of all the cards in your hand while increasing the number your opponents have, and one of the ways to do this is to leave a drawn card that forces the next player to pick up two or four. cards and then lose their turn.

However, players on the receiving end of a +4 or +2 card will sometimes set one of their own to force the next in line to draw, say, six and lose a turn.

According to the card makers in Reading, Ohio, this is against the rules.

People keep misunderstanding the rule even though UNO has made it very clear, so you may have to call a friend or family member about it over the festive period.

The family favorite card game, which was developed in Reading, Ohio, confirmed that people cannot use a skip card to pass the ball to the next person (file image: A player holding a series of UNO cards)

In 2019, UNO tweeted: “If someone puts down a +4 card, you must draw 4 and it skips your turn.” You can’t put a +2 for the next person to get a 6. We know you’ve tried.’

The argument resurfaced on Twitter again this week in time for the festive season, with one fan of the game tweeting: ‘I need clarification from Uno – if someone has a plus 2 card, can I put another plus 2 card forcing the next person to choose? up to 4 cards?’

Meanwhile, another revived the idea of ​​using the cards plus four and plus two to get another player to draw a six.

She wrote: “When playing one, when someone uses the +4 card if you have the +2 (or +4) of the color the player chose, you have the right to roll the +2, so if the next player has another +2 they can do the same and the one who doesn’t have a +2 draws as many cards as he has to.

People took to Twitter to debate the correct rules for the popular UNO card game ahead of the festive season.

The news comes after it was revealed that you may have also been playing Monopoly poorly your whole life, after a slip. game-altering rule dramatically resurfaced online.

Ruben, a player from Los Angeles, took to his Twitter with the revelation in 2017 and it quickly went viral, though many players still play it incorrectly.

On his page @RubenFanDuelTV he explained that if you land on a property that you don’t buy, it goes to auction.

But it seems people weren’t paying attention because the debate resurfaced on Twitter again today when British podcaster Jon Jackson tweeted about his kids “remortgaging everything” during the game.

In his original tweet, Ruben explained: “When someone lands on a property in Monopoly and doesn’t buy it, it GOES TO AUCTION for any player to buy.” THAT. IS. IN. THE. RULES.’

The Tweet received nearly 2,000 likes, and many people couldn’t believe they’d been playing the classic game wrong their entire lives.

Some people were shocked by the rule and admitted that they never knew about it until now.

One person said: ‘Literally no one plays like that. Surely?!’ Another wrote: ‘Wait what!?!?! OMG’

Someone else said, ‘Wow, I never knew this. Never too old to learn, thanks!

However, others knew the rule and had always played the game that way.

One person wrote: ‘Always amazed at how many people don’t know this. HOW CAN YOU BUY A GAME AND NOT READ THE RULES?’

A second commenter wrote, “I’ve always played it this way since I was a kid in the ’80s.”

This is old news. I also put the tax money in the center and whoever lands in the free parking lot gets the loot. Not sure if that’s a rule but I use it lol

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