When do you challenge in uno

You can find more information in our privacy policy. Rules Skip: The next player is "skipped". Reverse: Reverses the direction of play. Draw 2: The next player must draw 2 cards and lose a turn. Draw 4: Changes the current color plus the next player must draw 4 cards and lose a turn.

It only takes a minute to sign up. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. If you play an illegal Draw 4, then are challenged and fail, do you still get to pick the color? I know the player who got caught playing the illegal card has to Draw 4 cards, but it's unclear if whether or not they still get to pick the color.

As per the Rules sheet from Mattel emphasis in second paragraph mine :. However, there is a hitch! If turned up at the beginning of play, return this card to the deck and pick another card. The challenged player must show you the challenger their hand. If guilty, the challenged player must draw the 4 cards instead of you. However, if the challenged player is innocent, you must draw the 4 cards PLUS an additional 2 cards 6 total!

The takeaway from this: Since the penalty on this states that the challenged player draws 4 cards instead of the challenging player AND since the rules never state that an illegally-played "Wild Draw 4" card is taken back, the card remains on the discard pile and the declared color remains in effect.

This means you can't prevent an unfavorable color change from an illegally-played Wild Draw 4 card. Official Uno Videogames handle this the same way: the Wild Draw 4's declared color remains in effect at least one version recolors the Wild cards after a color's been declared to make it clear what color the top card is. Some rule revisions, such as the Rules Sheet from Mattel, also specifically refer to playing a Wild Draw 4 while still having cards matching the current color as bluffing.

Wild Draw Four Card - This is the best, meanest, most sneaky card to have. Playing a Reverse card acts like a Skip. The player who plays the Reverse may immediately play another card.

When a Draw Two card is played and your opponent has drawn two cards, the play is back to you. The same principle applies to the Wild Draw Four card.

The attacking player will be the one to distribute the attack power for each cards blocking it. If you draw a card you can play, play it.

Otherwise, play moves to the next person. The answer is no. Am I willing to be the one who adds this level of chaos to the Zoom call? Imagine the increased volume of virtual table slapping when someone decides to challenge a Draw 4.

Though this also makes me wonder … did my family know this or is this a rule they kept hidden from me? Want more stories like this? Become a subscriber and support the site!