IanUno
December 19th 2008 11:06
Uno is a very popular card game originally developed in 1971.
Rules:
The deck consists of cards of 4 colours: red, green, blue, and yellow. The ranks in each colour are 0-9. There are 3 "action" cards in each colour, labelled "skip", "draw two", and "reverse". There are also special black action cards, "wild" and "wild draw four". There are two copies of each coloured regular and action card, except for the zero card, which only have one per suit. There are four "wild" and "wild draw four" cards each, producing a total of 108 cards. In older versions, only the 6 is underlined to distinguish it from the 9, which is not marked; newer versions have both the 6 and the 9 underlined to further distinguish the two ranks.
Before playing, a dealer must be selected. This is accomplished by drawing cards. The person with the card of the highest face value is the dealer. Only number cards are used for this purpose. Any other cards are then put back into the deck.
After the dealer has been selected, seven cards are dealt to each player, and the top card of the stock is exposed to start the discard pile. If the exposed card has a special ability, it is treated as if the dealer played that card, and the special effect occurs (i.e., skip, draw two, reverse, or wild). If the exposed card is a wild draw four, however, it is returned to the deck and the next card is exposed. Play begins with the person to the left of the dealer, i.e. clockwise.
At each turn, a player may play a card from their hand that matches the colour or rank of the top exposed card, or play a wild or wild draw four. If a player has no legal card to play, that player draws the top card of the stock, and may either play it or place it in their hand. If a player decides not to place a card and draws instead there is no penalty. After playing a single card or drawing, the next player clockwise takes a turn, or counter-clockwise when a reverse is in effect. If the stock is emptied, the discard pile is shuffled and turned over to replenish the stock.
When a player plays down to only one card, that player is required to say "uno" to warn other players. The hand ends when a player plays all his/her cards.
After a player plays all of their cards, the other players count the number of points pertaining to the values of the cards in their hands. Number cards are face value, coloured special cards worth twenty, and wilds worth fifty. The first player to go out receives points for the cards left in his/her opponents' hands. The first person to reach a certain point value (officially 500) wins.
Action cards
Draw Two: The next player must draw two cards and lose their turn.
Skip: The next player must skip their turn.
Reverse: The order of play is reversed from clockwise to counter-clockwise, or from counter-clockwise to clockwise. If the initial exposed card in the discard pile is reverse, then the dealer makes the first play.
Wild: The person playing it names a colour, and the next legal play must be that colour, name or number of last card unless another wild is played.
Wild Draw Four: Acts like a wild, but the next player must draw four cards and skip their turn. This card may only be played if the player holding it doesn't have any card matching the current colour. See penalties for more information about this card.
Penalties:
* "A player who forgets to say “UNO” before his/her second-to-last card touches the DISCARD pile, but remembers (and shouts “UNO”) before any other player “catches” him/her, is safe and is not subject to the penalty. Players may not be caught for failure to say “UNO” until his/her second-to-last card touches the DISCARD pile. A player may also not be caught for failure to say “UNO” after the next player begins his/her turn. “Beginning a turn” is defined as either taking a card from the DRAW pile or drawing a card from your hand to play."
* "Players who make card-play suggestions to the other players must draw 2 cards from the DRAW pile."
* "If a player plays a wrong card and it is noticed by any of the other players, he/she must take the card back and take 2 extra cards from the DRAW pile. Play continues with the next person in turn."
* "If a Wild Draw Four card is played illegally (that is, if the player holds a matching colour to one that’s on the DISCARD pile) and the person who plays it is challenged, the hand must first be shown to the player who has made the challenge. If the Wild Draw Four card has been played illegally, the offending player must draw 4 cards. If the card has been correctly played, the challenger must draw 2 cards in addition to the 4. The challenge can only be made by the player who is required to pick up the 4 cards after the Wild Draw Four card is laid."
You can now play Uno online at MSN games against friends or the computer using MSN Messenger. To get started visit the MSN site here.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It came from the Wikipedia page for Uno.
Rules:
The deck consists of cards of 4 colours: red, green, blue, and yellow. The ranks in each colour are 0-9. There are 3 "action" cards in each colour, labelled "skip", "draw two", and "reverse". There are also special black action cards, "wild" and "wild draw four". There are two copies of each coloured regular and action card, except for the zero card, which only have one per suit. There are four "wild" and "wild draw four" cards each, producing a total of 108 cards. In older versions, only the 6 is underlined to distinguish it from the 9, which is not marked; newer versions have both the 6 and the 9 underlined to further distinguish the two ranks.
Before playing, a dealer must be selected. This is accomplished by drawing cards. The person with the card of the highest face value is the dealer. Only number cards are used for this purpose. Any other cards are then put back into the deck.
After the dealer has been selected, seven cards are dealt to each player, and the top card of the stock is exposed to start the discard pile. If the exposed card has a special ability, it is treated as if the dealer played that card, and the special effect occurs (i.e., skip, draw two, reverse, or wild). If the exposed card is a wild draw four, however, it is returned to the deck and the next card is exposed. Play begins with the person to the left of the dealer, i.e. clockwise.
At each turn, a player may play a card from their hand that matches the colour or rank of the top exposed card, or play a wild or wild draw four. If a player has no legal card to play, that player draws the top card of the stock, and may either play it or place it in their hand. If a player decides not to place a card and draws instead there is no penalty. After playing a single card or drawing, the next player clockwise takes a turn, or counter-clockwise when a reverse is in effect. If the stock is emptied, the discard pile is shuffled and turned over to replenish the stock.
When a player plays down to only one card, that player is required to say "uno" to warn other players. The hand ends when a player plays all his/her cards.
After a player plays all of their cards, the other players count the number of points pertaining to the values of the cards in their hands. Number cards are face value, coloured special cards worth twenty, and wilds worth fifty. The first player to go out receives points for the cards left in his/her opponents' hands. The first person to reach a certain point value (officially 500) wins.
Action cards
Draw Two: The next player must draw two cards and lose their turn.
Skip: The next player must skip their turn.
Reverse: The order of play is reversed from clockwise to counter-clockwise, or from counter-clockwise to clockwise. If the initial exposed card in the discard pile is reverse, then the dealer makes the first play.
Wild: The person playing it names a colour, and the next legal play must be that colour, name or number of last card unless another wild is played.
Wild Draw Four: Acts like a wild, but the next player must draw four cards and skip their turn. This card may only be played if the player holding it doesn't have any card matching the current colour. See penalties for more information about this card.
Penalties:
* "A player who forgets to say “UNO” before his/her second-to-last card touches the DISCARD pile, but remembers (and shouts “UNO”) before any other player “catches” him/her, is safe and is not subject to the penalty. Players may not be caught for failure to say “UNO” until his/her second-to-last card touches the DISCARD pile. A player may also not be caught for failure to say “UNO” after the next player begins his/her turn. “Beginning a turn” is defined as either taking a card from the DRAW pile or drawing a card from your hand to play."
* "Players who make card-play suggestions to the other players must draw 2 cards from the DRAW pile."
* "If a player plays a wrong card and it is noticed by any of the other players, he/she must take the card back and take 2 extra cards from the DRAW pile. Play continues with the next person in turn."
* "If a Wild Draw Four card is played illegally (that is, if the player holds a matching colour to one that’s on the DISCARD pile) and the person who plays it is challenged, the hand must first be shown to the player who has made the challenge. If the Wild Draw Four card has been played illegally, the offending player must draw 4 cards. If the card has been correctly played, the challenger must draw 2 cards in addition to the 4. The challenge can only be made by the player who is required to pick up the 4 cards after the Wild Draw Four card is laid."
You can now play Uno online at MSN games against friends or the computer using MSN Messenger. To get started visit the MSN site here.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It came from the Wikipedia page for Uno.
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