01-010 UNO Flip!

01-010
UNO Flip!

First published in 2019, UNO Flip! is probably the most unique card game in the world. For almost every card game, no matter it is a dedicated deck like UNO or Skip-Bo, a standard deck of 52 playing cards, or something more traditional like the Chinese Sap Ng Wu or the Japanese Hanafuda, one thing is common. The back sides of the cards always look the same within the same deck. Reason is simple, not to let other players knowing which cards are in one’s hand.

UNO Flip!

Not so for UNO Flip!. In this card game, there is no back side but only light and dark sides. And both sides are for playing.

Since the first publication in 1971, UNO has received more than 10 variants. UNO Flash, UNO Dice Game, UNO Dare!, just to name a few. Reviews for most of these variants are just so-so. But UNO Flip! scored up to 6.5 in Board Game Geek. You will find out the reason after playing a game of it.

Game play follows the rules of UNO. But there is a Flip card. When it is played, players need to flip their cards over and the whole hand would become difference. This is the exciting part.

Each card has two sides, the light and the dark. On the light side, there are 4 colours or suits – Blue, Green, Red & Yellow. On the dark side, there are also 4 colours or suits – Pink, Teal, Orange & Purple. Just like normal UNO, cards are number from 1 to 9, with additional Draw, Reverse, Skip and also the Flip cards.

The eight colours, four from the light side and four from the dark side

Both sides also got 8 Wild cards.

The Wild cards of the Light side and the Dark side

Since the cards are double sided, technically one can guess the hand cards of other players. But the light and dark sides are jumbled and it is almost impossible to figure out the pattern in between.

Both sides are jumbled and you simply can't guess

General Information

Player	2 to 10
Playing Time	30 mins
Age	7+
Year Released	2019
Designer	unknown
Publisher	Mattel, Inc.
Family	Shedding / Stops
Score	6.5 (Board Game Geek)

Specifications

Due to copyright issue, I cannot show you the full deck here.

Card size	US game size cards (55.9mm x 87.1mm, 2.2" x 3.43")
Deck size	112 cards
# of suits	8
Details	For each colour, there are:  2x 1 2x 2 2x 3 2x 4 2x 5 2x 6 2x 7 2x 8 2x 9 2x Reverse 2x Skip 2x Flip 2x Draw One (light side only) 2x Draw Five (dark side only)  And for wild cards:  4x Wild 4x Wild Draw Two (light side only) 4x Wild Draw Colour (dark side only)

The game play

Where to buy?

Amazon.

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