Stacking Draw 2 and Draw 4, one of the most hotly contested House Rules in the game.
Use Skip and Reverse as a defense against Draw cards. Basically, if you get hit with a Draw 2 or Draw 4, you can drop a Reverse to turn the Draw card back on the person who put it down or use a Skip to send the Draw card to the shmuck sitting after you in the rotation.
Can play two identical number cards at once. If someone puts down a Yellow 5, you can drop a Red 5, Blue 5, and Green 5 if you have them.
You can add number cards of the same color together to play on the top card. For example, a Green 8 is on top of the pile. The next player can play a Green 6, Green 2, and Green 0 together to equal the 8. The 0 cards are always free plays with other number cards of the same color in this scenario.
You can play a matching card to the card on top of the pile, no matter whose turn it is. If a Blue 2 is on top, and you also have a Blue 2, drop it fast. The player whose turn it should have been must draw a card before they go as a penalty for not being quick enough.
Dropping any color 0 card gives the player Peek Pick Pass capabilities. They can look at anyone’s hand, and optionally give them a card or take a card, though it can’t be played to give away your last card.
Wild cards change places. Dropping a Wild means you physically get up and switch places with another player in the rotation.
The person to the left of the dealer goes first. And if you really want to get technical, the rules state that each player draws a card and the player with the highest number is the dealer.
Everyone knows that if you can’t play a card, you must pick the top card on the draw pile. According to UNO, you are only supposed to pick up one card and then lose your turn. But many savage families have the player keep drawing cards until they find one they can play on top of the pile.
You can only play a Wild Draw 4 card if you do not have a card in your hand that matches the color in play. If you think a player has put down a Draw 4 card illegally, you can challenge that player and they must show their hand.
If you don’t say “UNO” when you have only one card left, and someone challenges you by saying “UNO” first, you must draw cards. According to the official rules, you only have to draw two cards. But some set the penalty much steeper.
You can play a Wild card when hit with a Draw 2 or Draw 4 to cancel it and change the color of the pile.
5-Second Rule: A player has only five seconds to make a play, and if they are taking longer than five seconds, anyone may challenge that player and they must draw a card.
The dealer chooses a certain number of cards to turn face-up in the deck before each round. Any face-up cards a player gets dealt have to stay face-up in their hand. These face-up cards are still part of their hand and can be played normally.
Contrary to an earlier rule, no player may drop an identical card to the one on top of the pile. For example, you cannot play a Red 3 on a Red 3.
If a 1 card is played, that player can pass one card to an opponent of their choice.
Player names: Each player must pick their game name (can’t be their real name) before play begins. During play, all players have to call all other players by their game name. If they forget and use a player’s real name, one card pick-up penalty.
6 and 9 cards are interchangeable, as are 5 and 2 cards.
The one they call the THROWDOWN.
Play a 2 and you get to place another card from your hand face-down on top of the draw pile for the next person to pick up. Helpful if your archenemy is two seats down from you and you want to pass a Draw 4 to the person before them in rotation.
Play a 0 to force everyone to pass their entire hand to the next person in the rotation.
If you have a Wild card, you can play it at any time, even if it isn’t your turn. And you get to pick which player gets the next turn.
You cannot end with a Wild as your last card. If you do, you have to draw four.
When someone plays a 5 card, everyone must slap the discard pile. The last player to slap must draw 2 cards.
Every time you ask if it’s your turn, you draw a card.

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