Uno players are shocked to learn they’ve been playing the game wrong for years & it could cause a debate at Christmas
MANY families will reach for their trusty pack of Uno cards on Christmas Day - but you may be playing the game all wrong.
People have been left shocked after the gamemakers shared a rule that many people weren’t aware of online.
Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, Uno clarified the rules around stacking +2 and +4 cards on top of one another.
They explained: “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.”
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Many people were left baffled by finally learning the official rules, and one person queried about stacking other cards.
They wrote: “What about a +4 and a +4?”
Uno also potentially ruined many people’s games by answering: “No.”
A screenshot of the revelation was shared on TikTok by user @_manifestx, who had clearly been playing the wrong rules for years.
However, sticking to her guns, she said: “LOL UNO.
“Thanks for the cards we’ll take it from here.
“The rules are what you can convince others.”
Her video has racked up 9,000 likes, and people were quick to chime in with their views.
One joked: “They clearly don’t know how to play uno.”
Another added: “unlimited stack! +2 +4 +2 ftw.”
It’s not the only way that people have been playing the Wild Draw Four card wrong.
Instead of playing it whenever you want to cause havoc for another player, it can apparently only be played when you have no other option.
The rules state: “With this card, you must have no other alternative cards to play that matches the colour of the card previously played.
“If you play this card illegally, you may be challenged by the other player to show your hand to him/her.
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"If guilty, you need to draw 4 cards. If not, the challenger needs to draw 6 cards instead.”
Uno fan LaToya McCaskill Stallings was amazed at this news, saying: "So it's taken me 35 years on this earth to realise that I've been playing UNO wrong since I was a kid.”
