How to Play Alupula UNO

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// BASICS //

Alupula UNO is an Alupula iteration of the popular card game, UNO.

The object of the game is to play all of the cards in your hand until you
have no more cards left. The winner then scores points for the cards in
other players' hands (optional). The first player to earn 500 points wins
the game.

// SET UP //

Shuffle the deck and deal the cards. Give 7 cards to each player.

Place the remaining cards in the draw pile. Turn the top card of the pile
over to reveal the first card. If the top card is a Wild, Draw 4, or Nagasaki,
put it at the bottom of the deck and pick a new card.

// SPECIAL CARDS //

Draw 2: If you play this card, the next player must draw 2 cards and forfeit
their turn. This card may only be played on another Draw 2 card or on a
card of the same colour as the Draw 2 card you want to play.

Draw 4: If you play this card, the next player must draw 4 cards and forfeit
their turn. This card may only be played on another Draw 4 card or on a
card of the same colour as the Draw 4 card you want to play.

Reverse: If this card is played, order of play is reversed. If play is clockwise,
it now goes counterclockwise, and vise versa. This card may only be played
on another Reverse card or a card of the same colour as the Reverse card
you want to play.

Skip Card: The next person must forfeit their turn. If this is the first card flipped
over from the deck, the dealer is automatically skipped. If you want, you may
bend the rules to prevent this card from being first by placing the skip card to
the bottom of the deck, and drawing a new card. This card may only be played
on another Skip card or on a card of the same colour as the Skip card you want
to play.

Wild Card: When you play this card, you may change the colour being played into
any colour (including the current colour, but excluding colourless). If this is the first
card put in play, the dealer may pick the first colour.

Wild Draw 4 Card: This card allows you to call the next colour played, and the next
player must draw 4 cards. However, there's a catch! You may only play this card if
you do not have a card with a matching colour or number, (only exception is if a
colourless card is on the top of the pile). If this card is flipped over at the beginning
of play, discard it and pick a new one.

Colourless Card: When this card is played, it changes the playing colour to the next
colour put in the pile. Colourless cards also have no defined number, meaning the
card may also be any number. The next card may not be a Wild or Wild Draw 4 Card.

Nagasaki Card: When this card is played, every player (including the player who played
this card), must count the cards in their deck, and draw that many cards. You may not
win the game using this card. You may place it down as your last card, but you have to
draw 2 cards and the other players draw nothing. It is recommended to take all Nagasaki
cards out of the deck if anyone in your group is new to the game UNO. If the most
recently played card is a Nagasaki, you may not play another Nagasaki card until the
Nagasaki card player's turn comes around again. The Nagasaki card has no value at the
end of the game.

// WHO'S ON EACH CARD? //

0 - Eloise
1 - James
2 - Alyssa
3 - Patrick
4 - Sandra
5 - Xavier
6 - Terri
7 - Kevin
8 - Sydney
9 - Drellette
Skip - Ernie
Reverse - Marisol
Draw 2 - Natalie & Nathan
Draw 4 - Molly
Wild Draw 4 - Lenny
Colourless - Georgia
Wild - Andria
Nagasaki - Tsubame

// POINT VALUES //

Using scoring is optional, but for those using scoring, this is the list of card values:

NOTE: If you are playing casually, you may set these point values at whatever you
want.

0-9: Face Value
Colourless: 10 Points
Draw 2, Reverse, Skip: 20 Points
Draw 4: 50 Points
Wild Draw 4, Wild: 100 Points
Nagasaki: 0 Points

// WINNING //

When you are down to only one card, you must shout "UNO". If you do not say "UNO",
you must draw 2 cards. Once you play your final card, if you are not playing with points,
you win. If you are playing with points, add up points from your opponent's hands using
the scoring scale above. If you hit 500 points (or whatever your preferred target is), you
win. If you did not reach the target, you may play again.

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