The playing direction at the start of the game is clockwise, but it can be changed during the game with the Reverse Card.ĭuring a turn, a player has three options: The player to the left of the dealer starts. The top card is flipped and is the start of the discard pile. The remaining cards are placed face-down in the middle of the table. DealĪt the start of a round each player is dealt 7 cards, one at a time. The first player that gets rid of all their cards wins the round. The goal in UNO is to get rid of your cards by matching color or number with the card on the table. Allows to choose the color that has to be played. Wild Draw Four card (4 in deck): Can be played on any card, but only when no other cards can be played.Wild card (4 in deck): Can be played on any card, and allows to choose the color to play.Reverse card (8 in deck, 2 of each color): The playing direction is reversed.ĭraw Two, Skip and Reverse are referred to as action cards.Skip card (8 in deck, 2 of each color): The next player has to skip a turn.Draw Two card (8 in deck, 2 of each color): The next player has to draw two cards and has to skip a turn.Each number appears twice in a color, and there are four colors (red, green, blue, yellow). Number cards (80 in deck, 20 of each color)Ĭards with a number from 0 to 9. In total there are 108 cards in a UNO deck. UNO is played with 2 or more players using a custom simplified card deck.