Uno (card game)

For the video game adaptation, see Uno (video game). For other uses, see Uno.

Uno
Logo since 2016
DesignerMerle Robbins
Publisher
  • International Games (until 1992)
  • Mattel (since 1992)
TypeShedding-type
Players2–10 players[1]
SkillsHand management
Age range7+[1]
Cards112[2]
Playing timeVaries
ChanceHigh
Uno cards

Uno (/ˈuːnoʊ/; from Spanish and Italian for 'one'), stylized as UNO, is a proprietary American shedding-type card game originally developed in 1971 by Merle Robbins in Reading, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, that housed International Games Inc., a gaming company acquired by Mattel on January 23, 1992.[3]

Played with a specially printed deck, the game is derived from the crazy eights family of card games which, in turn, is based on the traditional German game of mau-mau.

  1. ^ a b Uno instruction sheet, 1983, International Games Ltd.
  2. ^ "Uno Instructions, 2018" (PDF). Mattel Service. August 30, 2018. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  3. ^ "Mattel to buy International Games". UPI. January 23, 1992. Retrieved November 29, 2018.