UNO Party! Card Meanings

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Number Cards

Number cards have no special action. You can only play them is they match the number or color of the top card on the Discard Pile.

Draw Two

When a player plays this card, the next player in turn order has to draw two cards. They will also lose their turn.

Reverse

A Reverse card changes the direction of play. If play was moving clockwise, it will now move counter-clockwise. Should play be moving counter-clockwise, it will now move clockwise.

When you play a Reverse card you should flip over the Direction Tracker Card so all of the players can easily see the current order of play.

Turn Order Card — Turn order is currently moving clockwise. If a Reverse card is played, you will flip over the card to indicate that play is now moving counter clockwise.

Skip

When you play a Skip card, the next player in turn order loses their turn.

Point Taken

The Point Taken card is unique to UNO Party!.

When a player plays the Point Taken card they will start to count down from three. On one all of the players will point towards one other player.

You will count up how many people pointed at each player. Each player that was pointed at will have to take cards from the Draw Pile equal to the number of players that pointed at them. The maximum number of cards that a player can draw due to this card is five. To make sure the players draw the right number of cards, have one player draw cards at a time. When that person has drawn cards, all of the players that pointed at them, will put their hands down. This will continue until all of the players draw the required number of cards.

Point Taken Card Example — This player was pointed at by three of the other players. They will be forced to draw three cards from the Draw Pile.

Wild

A Wild card matches every other card in the game. Therefore you can play it on top of any other card.

Additionally the player who plays the card gets to choose the color for the Discard Pile.

Wild Pile Up

The Wild Pile Up card is unique to UNO Party!. The card is a wild so it can be played on top of any other card.

When you play the Wild Pile Up card, you will take the top card from the Draw Pile. You will place the card face up in front of the next player in turn order. This card will form a pile referred to as the mini pile. If the card is one of the wild cards, draw another card until you get a card that is not wild.

Wild Pile Up Example — A yellow three card was turned over to start the mini pile. Starting with the next player in turn order, each player will take turns playing a yellow card to the pile.

The next player in turn order must then play a card that matches the color of the top card on the mini pile. You can play wild cards, but they do not change the color. Action cards can also be played, but you do not take the corresponding action.

Playing to the Mini Pile — The next player in turn order played a yellow two to the mini pile.

After playing a card to the mini pile, the player will pass the pile to the next player in turn order. They will also have to play a card that matches the pile’s color.

This will continue until a player is unable to play a card that matches the pile’s color. The player that is unable to play a card to the mini pile, has to add all of the cards in the mini pile to their hand.

Taking the Mini Pile — The current player is unable to play a yellow card to the mini pile. They will be forced to add all of the cards from the pile to their hand.

Play will then continue with the next player in current turn order. The color of the Discard Pile is based on the color used for the mini pile. You do not get to pick the color by playing the Wild Pile Up card.

Wild Drawn Together

The Wild Drawn Together card is unique to UNO Party!.

When you play the Wild Drawn Together card you will choose two of the players. You will place one Link Card in front of both players that you chose.

On future turns should either of the players with a Link Card in front of them have to draw cards for any reason, the other linked player has the draw the same number of cards.

Link Cards in UNO Party! — Here are the two link cards in UNO Party!. When these cards are placed in front of players, the two players are linked together. When one of the players is forced to draw cards, the other has the draw the same number of cards.

If two players are already linked when a Wild Drawn Together card is played, you will have to choose two new players to give the Link Cards to.

The effect of the Wild Drawn Together card ends when a Point Taken card is played.

You can play the Wild Drawn Together card on any other card since it is a wild. You will also get to choose the color of the Discard Pile.

Wild Draw Four

A Wild Draw Four card matches every other card in the game. The one restriction is that you can only play the card if you have no cards in your hand that match the current color of the Discard Pile. Wild cards are considered matches for the current color.

The next player in turn order then has a choice to make.

They can draw four cards from the Draw Pile and add them to their hand. They will also lose their turn.

Otherwise they can challenge the player that played the Wild Draw Four card. If they decide to challenge, the player who played the Wild Draw Four has to show them their entire hand.

Playing A Wild Draw Four — The current player played a Wild Draw Four. The next player in turn order has to decide whether they want to challenge the play of the card.

If the player played the Wild Draw Four correctly (they have no cards that match the color of the Discard Pile), the challenging player has to draw six cards from the Draw Pile. They will also lose their turn.

Playing A Wild Draw Four Correctly — The player who played the Wild Draw Four had no red cards in their hand. They played the Wild Draw Four correctly. The challenger will now have to draw six cards and will lose their turn.

If the player played the Wild Draw Four incorrectly (they had one or more cards that matched the Discard Pile’s color), the player that played the Wild Draw Four has to draw the four cards.

Playing A Wild Draw Four Incorrectly — The player who played the Wild Draw Four had a red seven in their hand. Therefore they played the Wild Draw Four card incorrectly. The player that played the Wild Draw Four will have to draw four cards.

A Wild Draw Four also allows the player who plays it to choose the color for the Discard Pile. They will get to choose the color even if they lose a challenge.