slo’s THURSDAY 9/5 poll - UNO Card Game

[wallawallakids]

We love uno. We have a few versions. The only one I don’t like is uno no mercy. . I hate that one. But uno standard and uno flip are great. We play it as a family a ton.

 

[cabanafrau]

Lots of fun (sometimes blurry) memories of playing Uno, and the completely inexplicable things that spun out of the results. It's usually a cottage favorite for us, often with marathon sessions frequently accompanied by increasingly absurd bets.

 

[georgina]

We like games when the family is together. In my mind Uno is a kids' game, not interesting as an adult game.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

Not a fan. I used to be. I remember sitting on the bed with my sister and playing Uno a lot when it first came out. I don't know why it fell out of favor with me.

 

[amcnj]

I always enjoyed uno. It was a relatively easy game for the kids to master when they were young. I haven’t played in a while now, though I did just buy a new deck of cards a month ago. They were at Dollar Tree, and for $1.25 I couldn’t pass it up and am storing it in my suitcase so it will be on hand when traveling.

 

[AppleDumpling]

Mostly played with kids, and haven’t in years, though we probably still have a deck somewhere in the house.

Our favorite years ago was Uno Attack.

DD really likes the UNO Attack version.

DS also loved this when he was young. It was lots of fun and we’d laugh every time the cards shot out of the machine.

 

[cabanafrau]

We like games when the family is together. In my mind Uno is a kids' game, not interesting as an adult game.

Some of the best games, and beyond bonkers bets, have been among adults/older teens. We've laughed ourselves sick -- and I'm pretty sure there's some blackmail photos to prove why.

 

[Lumpy1106]

It's out go-to travel game. Nothing like a spirited game of Uno in the airport terminal if your flight is delayed. We've even found a way to play Uno with a regular deck of playing cards - just assign the word cards, Skip, Reverse, Draw and Wild to J, Q, K, A and Wild Draw to the Jokers. Works great and every convenience store in every airport sells decks of cards.

Uno Flip is great too - I had not heard of Uno no mercy.

Better question for the poll is how often do you keep score? We usually don't. It's easier to just play a quick round or 2. No need to make the game a marathon.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I'll play it if someone else picks the game, but there are other ones I like more.

 

[lucas]

Never heard of it.

 

[ford family]

Here in the UK we play Uno with our grandsons 7 and 5. The game involves a good mix of skill and luck so it can sustain their interest.

ford family

 

[leebee]

I taught K-5 math through special ed in a very busy resource room, but one year, during the last 45 minutes on Wednesdays, it was just the two ed techs and two girls- a 3rd grader and a 5th grader- who were cousins. We decided that instead of a math class, Wednesday afternoons would be "Ladies Uno Day." Uno sort-of qualifies as presenting math skills, and honestly, even if it doesn't, it was a good way to end a day in the middle of the week. I saw the 5th grader recently- she's 21 or 22 now. She remembered me, and asked if I remembered our Uno games with her cousin and the other ed tech! <3

 

[happybaker]

My husband and I play sometimes when we're just watching TV. We also play when we get together with my dad, step-daughter and her fiance. We also like Phase 10 and Skip Bo.

 

[Diznygrl]

I've never played it. For whatever reason it just wasn't a game my parents ever bought. We had a LOT of board games though, and regular cards.

 

[ronandannette]

My husband and I play sometimes when we're just watching TV. We also play when we get together with my dad, step-daughter and her fiance. We also like Phase 10 and Skip Bo.

LOVE Skip Bo!!

 

[BayouQueen]

Yes to Uno. I play frequently with DGD. Our current version is Harry Potter.

 

[_19disnA]

It's been YEARS since I last played UNO. Not into card games in general, particularly the ones where you need to be an expert and about at the same skill as others who are playing. Some co-workers are big on games like Bridge or Euchre and just never gotten into those.