![]() ![]() As a result, I've called my mom a dummy and she's called me an idiot. Amazingly, though, the game played pretty quickly, and rules were made to ditch handfuls of cards at a time.Īnother rule also allows players to make fun of other players for asking for rules clarifications. Or play a 0 to end the Throwdown and flush the cards away (because a 0 looks like a hole).Īt its high point, I remember one player having to draw 64 cards into their hand. If you played a Draw 4, the person saddled with that card could defend themselves by playing another Draw 4, forcing the next player to Draw 8. As the night progressed and the games were won and lost, more rules were added.ĭraw cards opened up Throwdowns where 5's became Reverse Draw 2's (because a 5 looks vaguely like an upside down, backwards 2), two 3's became an 8 (because a three mirrored looks like an eight), and those draw cards stacked. "Okay, this time sixes and nines ARE interchangeable." For whatever reason, my friends allowed the delusion and the game began. "Sixes and nines should be interchangeable," I declared, but was quickly shot down.Īfter subsequently losing that game and while dealing out a new hand for the next game, I set the variation. It started because I had a handful of six and nine cards, none of them matching, and I wished I could dump them all in one swoop to win the game. Since then I've never played an "official" game of Uno and we've played it so many times that I can't remember where the official rules end and our crazy rules begin. My younger brother Adam McDowell, my then-girlfriend Chelsea Muench and I, drunk on coffee, began stuffing the rule book with variations. The creation of the game happened one night probably a decade ago (this is back when The Buddha Lounge on North Avenue was still the 24-hour coffee shop Node). It can be played with a standard deck of Uno cards (though, if you want to cut down on shuffling, I recommend getting two). Using the idea of those house rules as inspiration, my family and friends created an off-the-wall variant that we call Uno Throwdown. As he also mentioned, newer versions of the basic deck might come with variant "house" rules included (and, further still, separate expanded versions feature other unique inclusions like automated card flippers). It's easy to learn and fun for kids and adults. Sit back, log into these stories and then log into the real world.Įarlier this week, Jeff Sherman wrote about spending time with the family playing the 45-year old card game Uno. Steinhafels presents OnMilwaukee Unplugged Week, a celebration of all things analog. ![]() ![]() But there's more to life than being online – even for a digital media company! – so this week we're excited to show you ways to connect with family and friends, even when there's no signal. We're all connected 24/7 to computers, tablets, phones and television. ![]()
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