I regularly play UNO atm and would love to hear your strategies when playing this game. Do you try to remember what cards were played e.g. the +2 an d+4? Do you switch colors if someone is about to finish? Do you also keep the color-picker until the end?

5 points

Always change the color with a number to find out what card the other player has

In two player games keep a reverse-skip-card chain ready for the end game

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Keeping those cards is risky though because they’re high point value. So if the opponent does go out they score a lot.

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We don’t do point values at my house tho

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That’s a shame, the game’s a lot better if you do.

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4 points

Not so much a strategy but a rules upgrade:

Too many games of UNO end in very predictable and unspectacular fashion because one player is clearly ahead but their neighboring players don’t have any cards to throw down.

Allowing every player to attack any other player not only mitigates this issue but also makes the game much more dynamic.

Playing a +2? Simply point at the player you want to draw two cards. With a +4 you could even let the attacker split the attack and say “you take 2 and you take 2”

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Nice rules, I like them.

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This’ll make games significantly longer, though. I prefer to just end the round and start a new one

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To each their own. I’d much rather play a longer but more exciting game. “At least it’s over quickly” isn’t exactly a ringing endorsement for a game…

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When I have two cards left and one of them allows me to change color, I don’t choose the color of the other card I have.

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Suffer until it’s over😅

Depends on the version tho

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