It’s the cheeky new rule causing outrage among fans of the classic card game UNO.
According to the gaming company’s website, players can now use a Skip card to avoid a Draw 2 — as long as they are the same color — and pass the buck to the next player.
“Skipping never felt so good,” UNO’s official Twitter account says.
“If someone plays a Draw 2 on you and you have a Skip card of the SAME COLOR in your hand, you can play it and ‘bounce’ the penalty to the next player!”
And get this, if the next player has a Skip card of any colour, they can play it and kick the penalty further down the line.
“The next player must draw the two cards, unless they have a Skip card (of any colour) they can play, in which case they pass the penalty to the next player and so on until no one has a Skip card and must draw two cards,” the company says.
The change, flagged on UNO’s Twitter account in 2020, has left many fans aghast.
“Absolutely not,” one player said. “I’ve lost enough friendships over fighting this exact rule.
“I can’t find this in the rule book — surely this is fake!”
Another simply wrote: “Nah no.”
And another said: “I’m starting to believe y’all don’t know how to play your own game.”
It comes after UNO confirmed that Wild Draw 4 and Draw 2 cards could not be stacked.
It meant that if a player put down a Wild Draw 4, the next player must simply draw four cards and skip their turn.
Another Wild Draw 4 cannot be stacked on top and passed to the next player down the line.
UNO said this had been the rule all along but it caused a storm among players who had always used the strategy — and mostly still do.
In 2019, UNO released a new version of the card game to add extra spice.
UNO Flip has gained its fair share of core fans, with many considering it more competitive.
The entire deck is double-sided, with a “light side” resembling the original game and a “dark side” where penalties are far tougher.
If you score a Flip card, you gain the power of revealing a new set of numbers and colors on the other side.
But there is one rule that never changes — whatever you do, don’t forget to shout “UNO” when you’re down to your last card.
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