UNO games don’t tend to be as lengthy as Monopoly, so the new rule doesn’t speed anything up, but instead it allows you to avoid having to pick up extra cards.

If you are the victim of a draw card, you must draw your cards and skip your turn. This contested rule even prompted the official UNO Twitter account to dispel rumors.

Don't miss out on the headlines from Lifestyle. Followed categories will be added to My News. No matter what you do, the cards just won’t line up, leaving you as the poor sod forced to pick up ...

UNO says players can avoid the dreaded “Draw 2” cards by plonking a “Skip” card on the pile, but only if they’re the same colour. “Skipping never felt so good,” wrote the official ...

I’m talking Skip 2, a targeted draw card (to make enemies even quicker) and a hand swapping card to help you dump your hand of 27 cards onto that sucker who just called UNO.

The 108 cards in UNO Card deck are broken down as follows: 76 number cards; ... Skip: Playing this card skips the next player’s turn. Reverse: This card changes the direction of play.

By some measures Uno is the top-selling card or board game in the world. It’s seemingly showing up everywhere – thanks in part to dozens of new editions published by maker Mattel each year.