UNO

About the game

This UNO is a card game you play right in your browser, with nothing to install. Each game takes place on a 3D felt table: the little box opens, the deck is shuffled and the cards are dealt one by one, just like a real table. A narrator calls the plays out loud (in Portuguese) and every move has its own sound. The card art is Jogali!’s own design, and the game has no official link to the brand owners.

The rules follow the classic card game: everyone gets 7 cards and, on your turn, you play a card that matches the color, number or symbol of the card on the table, or a Wild. The first to run out of cards wins the round. There is a single house rule: +2 cards stack. The deck has 108 cards; with 11 to 20 people at the table, the round uses two decks together (216 cards) so the draw pile never runs short.

You can play against the computer, facing three opponents (Ana, Beto and Caio), or with friends online: create a room, send the invite on WhatsApp or share the 6-letter code, and start once everyone is in. Rooms have chat and a wins leaderboard, and hold 2 to 20 people. If you are short of players, the computer can fill the empty seats.

The score is kept in wins: there is no point target that ends the game, so rounds keep going for as long as you like. Even so, whoever wins a round adds up the points of the cards left in everyone else’s hands, and those points show next to each player’s name.

Highlights

• 3D table with an animated box, shuffle and deal
• Classic rules with stacking +2 and the +4 challenge
• Play against the computer with three opponents
• Online rooms for 2 to 20 people, with chat
• WhatsApp invites, 6-letter codes and public rooms
• Narrator in Portuguese and a room wins leaderboard

How to play

1. In the menu, choose Jogar com o computador (play against the computer) or Jogar com amigos (play with friends). The full rules are under Regras oficiais. The game’s buttons are in Portuguese, so this guide gives their names as they appear.
2. On your turn, the cards you can play rise slightly in your hand. Tap (or click) one to play it.
3. No card that fits, or would rather keep what you have? Tap the draw pile or Comprar (draw). If the drawn card fits, you can play it right away or press Passar (pass); if it doesn’t, your turn ends on its own.
4. When you play a Wild or a +4, pick the new color from the four colored buttons.
5. With 2 cards left, press UNO! before playing the second-to-last one (or right after, while the next player hasn’t played yet). If you forget and someone presses Pegar! (catch) in time, you draw 2.
6. Empty your hand to win the round. At the end everyone’s cards are shown along with the wins table; then just go on to the Próxima rodada (next round).

Tips

• Save your Wilds for the end: they fit any situation and rescue your turn when nothing else matches. Just remember each one is worth 50 points if it’s still in your hand when someone else wins.
• When picking a color for a Wild, choose the color you hold the most cards of. That’s exactly what the computer does, and it works.
• Use Skip, Reverse and +2 when the next player is down to 1 or 2 cards. Otherwise it usually pays to dump high number cards, which weigh more in the points.
• Holding a +2? Keep it: with stacking +2 it’s your defense when a +2 lands on you, and the count moves on (+4, +6, +8…). Without a +2, you draw the whole stack and lose your turn.
• Challenge a +4 when the player who threw it still had lots of cards: they were more likely to hold the table color. If you’re right, they draw 4 and you play normally; if you’re wrong, you draw 6.
• Keep an eye on the Pegar! (catch) button. It only shows while someone sits on 1 card without having said UNO, and it disappears once the next player starts their turn.

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