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UNO

ROCKING ROBOT

UNO is still THE classic card shedding game; for this universal family companion you can now use the option to personalize the game  and to adapt it to your personal preferences by giving it house rules. The clear box contains a cut little robot-shaped unit and features the usual 108 UNO cards plus 4 of House Rule cards for reference or suggestions for house rules.

The robot has four buttons on his belly: Red denotes the recording function, you press it to record the names of the players and your house rule. If you press the green button you repeat the last announcement, with the yellow button you change the sound volume and the blue one is pressed when someone won the game.

You start with seven cards, the rest is stock pile. Then the robot is switched on, all players record their names and then each player can record a house rule that can have a maximum length of 10 seconds, but you need not record a house rule. Those house rules do not need to refer directly to the game, you can ask for a poem or  a performance of the funky chicken dance. The robot calls on a player to start the game, and you play adhering to standard UNO rules; after a player placed a card you press the stacking platform once; in irregular sequence the robot interrupts the game with an action or a house rule: the last player implementing the house rule draws two cards.

Of all UNO versions I have seen so far this is definitely the funniest and at the same time the technologically most refined one. The little robot itself is simply cute and adds its own special flair to a well-known and well-loved classic game.

Players: 2-6

Age: 7+

Time: 20+

Designer: Merle Robbings, Brian S. Spence

Art: not named

Price: ca. 27 Euro

Publisher: Mattel 2011

Web: www.mattel.de

Genre: Card shedding game

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: de en

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Witty version

Sophisticated technology

Offers lots of additional fun and surprising about-turns

Compares to:

All other editions of UNO

Other editions:

UNO Roboto, Mattel USA

Chance (pink): e

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 1

Action (dark green): 0