Firstly, you’ll have to buy an UNO deck. They’re very cheap and can find them at nearly every store (Walmart and Target have it for sure!)

You need atleast two people to play UNO but if you have more than two players, that’s fine as well – the more people the better the game is!

Each player is given 7 cards.

Don’t show your cards to anybody! The cards you are given are either blue, green, red, or yellow. Each has a number of a symbol on the corner. You can also get special cards like the black one shown above.

Once everybody has cards, somebody turns one card on top of the deck left over. If the card is a green five then the player has to either put down a card that is green or that is a five, regardless of it’s color. If the  player has a special card that is black like the one above, he or she can put it down and say the card has been changed to blue. The next person then is given 4 cards from the deck and their turn is skipped.

(Giving players more cards is good for you. You want to get rid of all your cards in order to win!)

If you don’t have a card that matches either the number or color, you have to draw a card from the deck to see if that one matches. If it doesn’t, you’re forced to keep the card you drew and it will be the next persons turn. Going around the table can continue for a while but once somebody has two cards, things start getting interesting.

If you have two cards left and you put one down, you HAVE to shout “UNO!”. Uno means one and it lets other people in the game know that you only have to put down one card to win. If you don’t say “UNO!” and somebody else notices, you bust and have to pick up two more cards.

More than one person can get UNO at the same time but once one person wins, the game is over.

Before you start playing, make sure you have somebody explain the special cards to you. Those can give you huge advantages and make the game just a bit more interesting.