Everyone is familiar with UNO, the popular card game in which players match colors and numbers in a discard pile with the goal of playing all of the cards in their hand. The rules of UNO are fairly simple and straightforward, but people still get very competitive with the game, particularly when it comes to the savage Draw 4 Wild Card.
As such, many have taken to following the rules a little loosey-goosey over the years, and some people have taken to implementing a so-called “house move” that allows a player who just got slapped with a Draw 4 to play a Draw 2 — so that the next person has to draw six cards.
Over the weekend, UNO took to Twitter to remind fans of the game that this move is still NO BUENO. “If someone puts down a +4 card, you must draw 4 and your turn is skipped,” the official UNO account tweeted. “You can’t put down a +2 to make the next person Draw 6. We know you’ve tried it.”
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. #UNO pic.twitter.com/wOegca4r0h
— UNO (@realUNOgame) May 4, 2019
Technically, you can play the game however the hell you want in the privacy of your own home — but the reminder still caused outrage among UNO fans who were not amused by the interjection.
i know this is literally your game that you made up but this is incorrect im sorry https://t.co/EZ4wTxRqYH
— tracy clayton jr the 3rd (@brokeymcpoverty) May 5, 2019
Dear Uno,
That’s not even how Uno is played.
– From Everybody https://t.co/y0PNuj8ic6
— Foot Locker (@footlocker) May 5, 2019
My deck, my rules…someone's eating this +24
— Kyle Smith (@absentstudent87) May 4, 2019
— |×_×| (@charcoallector) May 5, 2019
Instructions book says house rules apply so delete this asapually
— moderates will save us! (@uverneous) May 5, 2019
This is anti-black https://t.co/o1j61zP34N
— Astead (@AsteadWH) May 5, 2019
My whole life has been a lie. https://t.co/Z6Mx6k4wVN
— Ana Milagros Parra (@amilagrosparra) May 5, 2019
This is a completely valid move and the only sure way to assert your dominance at the table.
See Also: House Rules
— Black Uno (@realblackUNO) May 5, 2019
Instructions book says house rules apply so delete this asapually
— moderates will save us! (@uverneous) May 5, 2019
— JEFÉ (@1804_jefe) May 5, 2019
Others tried to finagle the rules in different ways, but UNO ain’t having it:
No.
— UNO (@realUNOgame) May 5, 2019
No.
— UNO (@realUNOgame) May 5, 2019
Ardent rule-following players, on the other hand, applauded UNO for this transparency:
What sort of monster tries this nonsense https://t.co/NRBpbXKTt3
— John Scalzi (@scalzi) May 5, 2019
https://twitter.com/eveewing/status/1125157353987411971
https://twitter.com/crissles/status/1125074223968419842
I love how folks were arguing with Uno about how to play Uno. A game they created.
— Mr.Karlous (@KarlousM) May 5, 2019
I guess what we’ve all learned here is that either way, people take their UNO very, very seriously. Play with friends and family at your own risk.