I’m still waiting my uno no mercy flip

I've heard of the first two house rules. There were also some that made it into custom action cards. I personally find them wacky but eh, just not my cup of tea I guess. But with the third one, that's my first time hearing about it.

In our case, aside from draw stacking, a house rule that became the "new normal" in our group is that when a player plays a number card, they get to discard along all of their cards that also have the same number on it, regardless of color. It makes a single session decently easier to finish, especially in our case where we add custom cards and make things chaotic, but fun.

I guess if people agreed to the house rules before actually playing, there would be no problem with that, but in your case, it really seems like the house rules were only brought up when it is actually in play and you're at a disadvantage because you're not aware of them. The last one really took me out. It seems like everyone was against you, taking advantage of your unawareness(?) of their custom house rules. I can see why you would take this personally, I'd get annoyed too haha. It would be a bit okay if they were being fair about the third house rule, especially with you being new to it.

Those are some wild rules. They don’t even sound fun. My group plays where if you play a 7, you have to swap hands with someone else you choose. And if anyone plays a 0, everyone passes their hand to the next player in a circle.

Those rules don't sound like fun to me. I like some semi-crazy stuff, but "no talking", slapping cards, changing seats, and stuff that's not focused on the cards themselves aren't my cup of tea.

What even is the point of the 3rd rule? There's literally no situation where accepting a card from an opponent would be an advantage over drawing.

The Uno House Rules Cheat Sheet was released by Lipsum on Cheatography. Here's how they described it:

A list of some house rules in Uno because why not Also a few official rules (italicized) that I often see people overlook Print one out and check the rules your group agrees on.

Download the PDF version here

Looking up the instructions by the product number on the box gives this:
https://service.mattel.com/us/productDetail.aspx?prodno=41940&siteid=27

Instructions:

https://service.mattel.com/instruction_sheets/41940-Wild.pdf

My friends and I play by +2 cannot go on a +4 but a +4 can go on top of a +2, play a 7 and you switch your hand with someone else, play a 0 everyone’s hand is moved to whichever way the game is going, also we have the one where you can play multiple cards if they are the same number not not same colour as long as it starts on that colour and finally you can ‘pickup and play’ as in, if you pick up when you can’t play a card from your hand and it can be played, you can play it.

Pretty sure my boyfriend's family invented their own version of Uno entirely. They have this bizarre rule where if you play a 7, you have to swap hands with someone AND sing the national anthem. Still trying to figure out how that one started.

Same reason they play monopoly with their own rules too, and candyland, and other games. Sometimes official rules can make a game feel slow or unbalanced so people change it up a little bit to modify the fun factor. Also it's worth noting that the majority of players never actually read the official rule book for most games and inherit whatever rules modifications they learned from family or friends.

Monopoly is another game with loads of house rules.

Play more games, house rules are normal for everything from Cards Against Humanity to Poker.

Why do we do it? Variety.

Playing the same game the same way repeatedly can get dull fast. Rather than stick the game in a closet and forget about it, we make up house rules.

Board games see it less simply because their complexity means they are played less frequently and don't lose their novelty value as fast.

I really like your customization of the rules. We do something similar as well.

One question tho, won't it be hard to finish a game if number cards are the only ones that can be played last? Usually wild cards are saved for last to guarantee a win most of the time.

I dunno what lying liar made this up, but it's all wrong. No one in the history of Uno has ever kept score or counted points after a hand. Never.

Enjoying a far more fair and balanced game. I get that its funny to say "Haha, Greg is at the end of our +2 chain, now Greg has to draw 18 cards!" but now Greg is upset, has a massive hand he will never be able to play out unless everyone else gets hit again (statistically unlikely unless you have to reshuffle the discard). The other players now have weaker hands and cant respond to threats like other players about to go out, so you end up with a late game consisting of piddly little tit for tat actions. Also, it will most likely extend the game if the variance is off (like now greg has all the greens except for like 3, and everyone is trying to dump their other colors, but cant cause they keep getting stuck on green), or you will do this +2 chain again, have to shuffle the discard into the draw, then you are back at one unless someone is able to finally go out on a luck hand that lets them avoid this nonsense.

I dont want long games with big swings, or worse, games that drag on between three people cause they cant get each other out. I want a lot of little games where I have choices and options, where I don't get bombed into the stone age by players who think that they are "playing smart" by holding multiple draw cards and waiting for a possible chain instead of pinging their neighbors who have a better state.

Ultimately I hate how insufferable the people who play with draw chains are when you point out its not in the rules. That this is the ONLY WAY to play and HOW DARE I point out the official rules, not even insist on them, just point out that its not the intended way to play. Players who think they are so much better because random chance gave them a hand that allowed them to dodge the chain that just took their neighbor out of the game, a neighbor who now knows their chance of winning is a long shot, but cant quit because that's not allowed.

If you enjoy playing the way the rules are, great! if you enjoy playing with house rules, also great! Just have the conversation before you start so everyone knows and maybe try it a different way every now and then to see how your group likes it.

No, the next player draws 2 or 4 but doesn’t play a card. The following player can then play a draw 2 on a draw 2 since they match.

Nothing quite like everyone conspiring silently to drop +12 on the player with one card left.

“My family’s rules are the only true way!!!!!”

Nah, there’s dozens of ways to play and that’s ok.

Yeah, I don’t think you know how to play Uno.

This summary is missing some rules that restrict the play of the Draw 4 Wild card, and the “challenge” rule for calling out suspected violation of those restrictions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uno_(card_game)#Penalties

Is stacking the same as Progressive Uno? "Progressive Uno: If a draw card is played then the "victim" can play the same type of card thus passing the result on to the next player. (This was the third place winner submitted by Douglas Temple.)" https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/24779/uno-house-rules

Also, check out rolling a six-sided die on a Draw 4 to determine how many cards to take! https://www.reddit.com/r/cardgames/comments/mjzhrl/small\_uno\_house\_rule/

Have you checked out the UNO Randomizer?

excluding the play 1 rule, i’ve seen 7-0 used real often. fun game rules!

We played a game of this and it took 3 and a half hours to end. We once got to a point where there were no more cards in the draw pile to draw from.