Tips on winning Uno

Well, what made me think of this is because I've been addicted to facebook Uno for a while and I noticed a lot of dumb mistakes that people make. This can still apply to regular Uno as well. These are not guarenteed wins, but they may help you a little bit.

1st tip: pay close attention because a lot of the time people aren't focusing on what they're doing.

2nd tip: Try to get rid of numbers that match up in your hand. For example if you have a red 5 and a yellow 5, try to get rid of one of the fives. It will help you have more number choices instead of repetatives.

3rd tip: Try to keep your wild card as long as you can! I have seen so many people use their wild card early on in the game and they just end up losing. It is a good idea to save it for the last card. For example if you have a wild card and a red 5 left, use your wild card and change the color to red, hoping that no one changes it by the time it comes back to you. I suggest if you have both a draw 4 wild card and a regular wild card, use the regular one first. You know that if you put down a draw 4 card, the player after you loses a turn and draws 4, so that's one step closer to making sure you get the color you need. The only time I suggest you use your wild card before last is if you are badly losing while everyone else is winning.

4th tip: If the player before you puts down a wild card (a regular one) and they've only got one left, don't put a reverse card down, that's just giving that player an automatic win, and I've seen someone do that before. If that't the only card you have, draw a card or pass, so that the chances of them wining will be reduced because hopefully another player can change the color before they win.

5th tip: Similar to the 4th, but if the player after you used a wild card and now only has one card left and the color hasn't been changed, try to change it by drawing a card hoping you can put a different color down with the same number or whatever. If you have no choice than just pass or play what you have. But at least you took the extra step by doing what you can to prevent them from winning.

6th tip: If you have a deck of the same color cards, or mostly the same color, play the ones that prevent the next player from having a turn first. For example if you have a deck of mostly yellow cards and maybe 3 are numbers, one is a skip card, one is a draw 2 card or whatever, play the skip or draw 2 cards first. You're increasing your chances of the color staying the same by the time it gets back to you.

7th tip: Don't forget to say Uno! So many people forget and it just causes you to draw 2 cards and reduces your chances of winning, so keep that in mind.

8th tip: I may have already said this but if you have both a draw 4 wild card and a regular wild card, use your regular one first because with your draw 4 one, you're taking a turn away from the next player, and may help increase your chances of the same color coming back to you. With the regular wild card you're changing the color but the next player may for example put down the color you chose and the one after may put down the same number but change the color. So automatically your plan is ruined.

9th tip: If you don't really have any good cards, but mostly just number cards of similar colors, just try to use the ones of similiar colors first so you have more choice of color by the end of the game.

Once again these won't mean you'll win automatically but they may just help