UNO Attack!

Classic UNO, plus a battery-powered launcher that may or may not fire cards at your face.

Designer: Damon Saddler
Published by: Mattel, Inc.

UNO with a plastic launcher that has opinions. The goal is the old one: get rid of every card in your hand by matching color or number, with command cards to reverse the order, skip a player, swap hands or force discards. The twist sits in the middle of the table, a motorized card launcher. Hit cards turn into Russian roulette, because nobody knows when the machine will spit a stream of cards straight at you. Released in 1999 for two to ten players, it adds noise, flinching and shrieking to a game everybody already knows. Keep three C batteries in the house, and expect more laughter than tactics.

A motorized launcher in the middle of the tableHit cards as a game of Russian rouletteReverse, skip, trade hands and discard commands

Who it's for

You know UNO by heart and want the version where the table screams when the launcher goes off.

Not for you if…

You dislike gimmicks, or you do not want to hunt for batteries. Without the launcher this is just UNO with extra rules.

Vibe's take

Familiar UNO rhythm with a jolt of dread whenever a Hit card shows up. Everyone leans back and waits to see who gets buried in cards.