UNO reveals card rule people keep getting wrong

As families gather to celebrate Christmas, it’s likely a competitive round or two of UNO will be on the agenda for many around the UK – but it turns out you may have been playing the popular card game all wrong. 

The aim of UNO is to get rid of all the cards in your hand while increasing the number yous opponents are holding, and one of the ways to do so is to put down a draw card that forces the next player to pick up two or four cards and then miss their turn.

However, some players take it a step further by putting down a plus four card and then a plus two card to make the next person pick up a total of six- but according to the card manufacturers in Reading, Ohio, this is against the rules.  

People keep misunderstanding the rule even though UNO have made it very clear – so it’s highly likely you will have to pull a friend or family member up about it over the festive period. 

The family-favourite card game originally developed in Reading, Ohio, confirmed people cannot use a Skip card to pass the buck to the next person (file image: a player with a series of UNO cards)

In 2019 UNO confirmed on Twitter: ‘If someone puts down a +4 card, you must draw 4 and your turn is skipped. You can’t put down a +2 to make the next person Draw 6. We know you’ve tried it.’

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

Meanwhile, another resurrected the ideao of using the plus four and plus two cards to make another player pick up six. 

She wrote: ‘When playing uno, when someone uses the +4 card if you have the +2 (or +4) of the color that the player chose you have the right to throw the +2 then if the next player has another +2 they can do the same and whoever doesn’t have a +2 draws as many cards as they have to.

People have taken to Twitter to debate the correct rules of the popular card game UNO ahead of the festive season 

The news comes after it was revealed that you may have been playing Monopoly wrong your whole life too, after a forgotten rule that alters the game dramatically resurfaced online.

Ruben, a player from Los Angeles, took to his Twitter with the revelation back in 2017 and it quickly went viral, although many players still play the game 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 that people weren’t paying attention because the debate resurfaced on Twitter again today when British podcaster Jon Jackson tweeted about his children ‘remortgaging everything’ during the game.

In his original tweet, Ruben explained: ‘When someone lands on a property in Monopoly & they don’t buy it, IT GOES TO AUCTION for any player to buy. IT. 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 whole lives.

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

One person said: ‘Literally no one plays it like this. Surely?!’ Another wrote: ‘Wait, what!?!?!omg’

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

However, others were aware of the rule and had always played the game that way.

One person wrote: ‘Always amazed by the amount of people that don’t know this. HOW CAN YOU BUY A GAME AND NOT READ THE RULES?’

A second commentator wrote: ‘I have always played it this way since i was a kid in the 80s.

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

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Why this VERY controversial little-known UNO rule is dividing thousands: ‘I can’t believe I didn’t know this!’