UNO Sample Card Play and Game Setup

The game I am playing is a familiar card game named UNO. I will use pictures to show the game play and will explain how to start the game. I have interpreted the rules and this is how I play.

 The deck contains 108 cards and can be played by 2-10 people.

This illustration shows game play for 2 people.

The first thing you do is get the deck of UNO cards. Shuffle the cards and deal 7 cards to each player. Do not share the cards you have with the other player. The object of the game is to be the first person to get rid of all your cards. The players play cards on each turn based on the rules of the game.

The Setup:

The Cards:

Wild Card Draw 4 - Allows the player who played the card to change the color to any of their choice and can play an additional card of that color. In addition the other player must pick up 4 cards from the draw deck.

Wild Card - Allows the player who played the card to change the color to any of their choice and can play an additional card of that color.

Draw Two Card - When a player plays this card the other player must draw 2 cards and the other player loses a turn.

Reverse Card - The reverse card returns gameplay to the player who played the card. In a game with more than 2 players the gameplay direction would reverse.

Skip Card - The skip card skips over the next players turn. in a Two player game the person who played the card would go again.

0-9 Cards - There are 4 different colors with various number values from 0 to 9 in the deck.

The Game:

The Dealer flips over a card to determine the color and number that must be played on.
In this case the color to play on is red and the number is a 6. The first player must put the same number of a different color to go or the same color card. If the player cannot go they must pick cards from the draw pile.

To determine order each player flips a card and the player that flips the highest card goes first.

 The player at the top of the image would go first because the Skip card is a higher value than   the 1 card.

 A player is allowed to lay down the same number value with a different color if it is their turn. In the image above you can see a red 6 was covered by a blue 6 changing the color to blue.
The next player must play a blue card or a six. If they cannot play a card they must pick up from the draw pile until they can go.

A game will continue until one player has only no cards left. When a player has one card left they are required to say "UNO". If they fail to say "UNO" and another player calls them out they must pick up 2 cards from the draw deck.  The winner is the first person to have no cards left in their hand.

What Games Have Shown Me

I have been playing games for as long of my life as I rememeber. The first games I learned how to play were standard card games and "start-to-finish" board games. As game technology progressed in the virtual world, I started to play video games and computer games. I've observed games evolve rapidly over the past decades. They have become much more advanced and sophisticated and much more realistic. Of course there will always be the same old deck of cards, but now that there are so many game variants, it is hard to keep up. Even though games are much more advanced, the classic games, and the basic lessons that they teach us, cannot be replaced. Today’s games are almost a reality. The graphics in gaming is so complex that systems are able to render far more data than they were able to in the past which allows them to seem very real. The scenarios that a modern game presents are much more advanced than early game developers ever thought possible. I enjoy playing all types of games but my favorite games to play are console games. I really enjoy online first person shooter(FPS) games. I enjoy the strategy of online play. You have the same equipment as the other players but the person that understands the map and timing of the game will dominate the game. Another great thing about online play is that your opponents can people from all around the world. When I am not occupied by the tasks of daily life, or when I want to take my mind off of things, I turn to the video game world.