Uno is a commercial shedding-type card game in which players race to empty their hand by matching the color or number of the card on top of a discard pile, using special action cards to skip, reverse or force opponents to draw extra cards. The game was created in 1971 by Merle Robbins in Reading, Ohio, and was later purchased and mass-marketed by a games company that became part of Mattel. It is now published worldwide in numerous themed and rule-variant editions.
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Originating RegionUnited States (Reading, Ohio) 1 Game TypeCard game, shedding-type 1 Governing BodyNo governing body; Mattel organizes the Uno Championship Series, first held in 2021, but there is no independent federation. 1 Playing Time Skill or Luck Age Suitability PublisherASS Altenburger Spielkarten 2 PublisherCanada Games Company Lmt. 2 PublisherGrow Jogos e Brinquedos 2 Game Category Game Category Game Category Game CategoryMovies / TV / Radio theme 2 Game Category Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Minimum Players Maximum Players Classification
Player CountLarge Group or Variable 1 Sport
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1. Wikipedia, Uno (card game)
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Uno ( ; from Spanish and Italian for 'one'), stylized in all caps as UNO, is a proprietary American shedding-type card game originally developed in 1971 by Merle Robbins in Reading, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, that housed International Inc., a gaming company acquired by Mattel on January 23, 1992.
History section
In 2021, to celebrate the game's 50th anniversary, Mattel hosted the inaugural Uno Championship Series.
- Infobox 'players' field: 2-10 players
Infobox: random_chance
High
Infobox: ages
7+
View the Source 2. UNO (BoardGameGeek)
- Playing Time: 30
- Designer: Merle Robbins
- Publisher: (Unknown)
- Publisher: AMIGO
- Publisher: AS Manufacturas
- Publisher: ASS Altenburger Spielkarten
- Publisher: Borras Plana S.A.
- Publisher: Canada Games Company Lmt.
- Publisher: Clipper
- Publisher: Copag Cards (Copag)
- Publisher: Desyllas Games
- Publisher: El Greco
- Publisher: Ensky
- Publisher: Fundex
- Publisher: Gebr. Ludwigs oHG
- Publisher: Gibsons
- Publisher: Grow Jogos e Brinquedos
- Publisher: Homax
- Publisher: International Games
- Publisher: Korea Boardgames
- Publisher: Mattel, Inc.
- Publisher: N.W. Damm & Søn (Damm)
- Game Category: Card Game
- Game Category: Children's Game
- Game Category: Comic Book / Strip
- Game Category: Movies / TV / Radio theme
- Game Category: Number
- Game Mechanic: Hand Management
- Game Mechanic: Lose a Turn
- Game Mechanic: Matching
- Game Mechanic: Take That
- Minimum Players: 2
- Maximum Players: 10
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Uno Stacko (Wikipedia)
Ancestor Of: Uno Stacko, Lead sentenceQuote, Ancestor Of: Uno Stacko, Lead sentence
is one of the many variations of the card game Uno
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Uno as intellectual property, not folklore
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