Brutal & Ruthless! How To Play UNO Show ‘Em No Mercy

UNO Show ’Em No Mercy follows the classic UNO rules but spices things up with brand-new Action Cards and Wild Action Cards. Here’s how it flows:

• Draw Two Cards: When this card lands, the next player must draw two cards. This can create a domino effect that keeps the tension high.
• Skip Card: The next player loses their turn, so you can seize the advantage.
• Discard All Card: Got a handful of the same color? Toss them all at once under the discard pile. This move can clear your hand and shock your opponents.
• Draw Four Card (+4): When played, the next player draws four cards and misses their turn. This one’s a game changer, especially in competitive family or two player games.
• Reverse Card: Change the direction of play instantly. With only two players, it simply bounces back to you, letting you control the flow.
• Skip Everyone Card: True to its name, it skips all players, and you immediately take another turn. This card is a Show ’Em No Mercy exclusive — it’s as bold as it sounds.

Wild Action Cards: Black Background

• Wild Reverse Draw 4 Card: The direction of play moves to the opposite way, and that person who is next to play draws 4 cards and misses their turn. But be warned when playing with 2 players; this means you have to pick up 4 cards, unless you can apply the stacking rule. 
• Wild Draw 6 Card: You get to choose the colour to be played, while the next player picks up 6 cards and loses their turn. 
• Wild Colour Roulette Card: The next player picks a colour and then continues to draw from the draw pile until they can play a card of their chosen colour.  Wild cards do not count. 
• Wild Draw 10 Card: Eeekk, the following player must pick up 10 cards and hope they don’t go bust (over 25 cards in their hand).  Being a Wild card, you get to chose the colour of play. 
• Phew, now if that wasn’t enough, there are a couple more rules to know about.
• 7’s Swap Card: I love this one. My son is very good at UNO, so I always end up with a stack of cards in my hand, and now I can swap. You can choose any player to swap with. 
• 0’s Pass Card: All players pass their hand of cards to the next person. 

Stacking: You are allowed to stack +2 or higher on top of a +2.  The + card must have a higher value than the one placed. This can continue around the players until someone can no longer add a + card. This gets dangerous, though, with 2 people. My son has managed to wipe me out with +26 in one go. 

Mercy: As mentioned, if you get more than 25 cards in your hand, you are out of the game.