UNO No Mercy
UNO with the gloves off: draw cards stack, you draw until you can play, and 25 cards in hand knocks you out.
- 2–6 players
- about 30 min
- Learn it in a minute
- Party
- Cards
- Silly
- Abstract
The goal
Be the first to empty your hand, or the last player not knocked out.
How it plays
- 1Deal 7 cards each. On your turn play a card that matches the top of the pile by colour, number or symbol.
- 2If you can't play, draw, and keep drawing until you turn up a card you can play.
- 3Stacking: when a draw card is played on you, you may answer with a draw card of the same or higher value and pass the running total on. Whoever can't answer draws the lot. This version has Draw 2, Draw 4, Draw 6 and Draw 10.
- 4Play a 7 and you swap your whole hand with a player of your choice. Play a 0 and everyone passes their hand to the next player in the direction of play.
- 5New cards: Skip Everyone gives you another turn straight away, Discard All lets you dump every card of that colour from your hand, and Colour Roulette makes the next player draw until they hit the colour they named.
How you win
Empty your hand and you win. Anyone who reaches 25 cards is out at once, and if everyone else is knocked out, the last one left wins.
First time?
- Keep a draw card in reserve so you can pass a stack along.
- Holding a huge hand? Play a 7 and swap it with whoever has the fewest cards.
- Still shout UNO when you are down to one card.
Watch how to play
In EnglishOpen on YouTube