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She's basically right, but timing matters here. Your correct play is to say "UNO" as you play the card, which can't be interrupted. The player about to go down to one card may not be caught until his second to last card hits the discard pile. After that though, he's fair game! From the rules: When you have one card left, you must yell "UNO" (meaning ...

The penalty for misplaying a card, is that now your opponents know you have that card in your hand. Besides that though, the official rules (2003) state the penalty (among other listed penalties): If a player plays a wrong card and it is noticed by any other player, he/she must take the card back and take two extra cards from the DRAW pile. Play ...

A definitive answer would require someone who has a collection of all the printing of UNO since the beginning in 1971 to present day. The only one likely to have such an museum quality collection is the estate of the inventor of the game, Merle Robbins, an Ohio barber. He spent $8,000 to have 5,000 copies made. He sold the rights to the game to International ...

This combines a little bit of @gbianchi's and @Konerak's: we've always played that if you can exactly match the card on top of the pile (both color and value), you can play out of turn, and play continues as if it had been your turn. If you have two identical cards in your hand, you can play them both at once. When penalty cards are played this way, they ...

You might want to look at Mao (also known as "Chairman"). Mao has gameplay similar to Uno but the rules are secret, only communicated through penalties. Typically, new rules are added over the course of play. Of course, the in-game secrecy doesn't stop fans from discussing their house rules online. I think it's a good source of inspiration because Mao ...

We have some house rules to make is faster and fun: Every time you ask if it's your turn you draw a card If you play an invalid card, you draw a card If the rest think you are taking too long, you draw a card. If someone plays a card that you also have in your hand, you can play it as well, but you need to be faster than the next player.