UNO/UNO Flip!

UNO Flip!, released in 2020, is a competetive variation of UNO that uses a double-sided deck and a special Flip card. The light side plays like standard UNO, but the dark side has tougher action cards.

Basic Gameplay

The cards in an UNO Flip deck have two sides: a "light side" with white numbers and symbols, and a "dark side" with black numbers and symbols. The light side uses the standard UNO colours of red, blue, green and yellow, whilst the dark side uses pink, purple, orange and teal.

To begin the game a dealer is selected, shuffling the deck and dealing seven cards to each player. These cards must be dealt so that the players are looking at the light side of their cards, and the dark side is facing their opponents. Then the draw pile is placed down dark side up, and a discard pile is started, light side up.

The players must make sure all of the cards in their hand are facing the same way at all times - light with light and dark with dark.

The pre-2018 rules for starting action cards are applied in this game, with modifications for the different action cards.

Light Side Action Cards

Draw One

This card replaces the Draw Two from standard UNO. It acts the same way, but the drawing player only draws one card. If turned up at the beginning of play the starting player draws one card and loses their turn.

Reverse

Acts the same as in standard UNO. If turned up at the beginning of play the turn order immediately reverses - the dealer plays first, then play proceeds counterclockwise.

Skip

Acts the same as in standard UNO. If turned up at the beginning of play the starting player loses their turn and the following player plays.

Wild

Acts the same as in standard UNO. If turned up at the beginning of play the starting player selects the colour that begins play.

Wild Draw Two

This card replaces the Wild Draw Four from standard UNO. It acts the same way, but the drawing player only draws two cards. The card can be challenged like a Wild Draw Four, with the penalty being for the guilty player to draw the two cards instead and the false accuser drawing four cards. If turned up at the beginning of play the card is returned to the deck and a new card is flipped.

Flip

When this card is played the players immediately turn their hands around so they are playing with the opposite side. The draw and discard piles are flipped to match. The new side will remain in play until another Flip card is played. If turned up at the beginning of play everything is immediately flipped so the dark side begins play.

Dark Side Action Cards

Draw Five

When this card is played the next player in turn order must draw five cards from the draw pile and lose their turn.

Reverse

Acts the same as on the light side.

Skip Everyone

When this card is played every other player loses their turn and the player who played the Skip Everyone is allowed to play again.

Wild

Acts the same as on the light side.

Wild Draw Colour

This card plays like a normal Wild, with the addition that after the player who played the card selects a colour, the next player must continously draw cards from the draw pile until they obtain a card of the selected colour, which they show to everyone else as proof. The drawing player must do this even if they already have a card of the selected colour. Then they lose their turn.

A Wild Draw Colour can be challenged - the penalty is that the guilty player must draw until they get the colour, and the false accuser must draw until they get the colour plus two extra penalty cards.

Flip

Acts the same as on the light side.

Other Minor Rules

• If after a flip a Wild card appears on the top of the discard pile the next player in turn order selects the colour that continues play.

Scoring

Unlike standard UNO scoring 500 points is the default win condition in UNO Flip!. Cards are scored as follows:

Type of card	Value in points
Number card	Face value
Draw One	10
Draw Five, Reverse, Skip, Flip	20
Skip Everyone	30
Wild	40
Wild Draw Two	50
Wild Draw Colour	60