You may already know that we love board and card games. This time of the year we usually buy a few new ones to keep us entertained through the cold winter nights. This week we have been playing UNO Extreme by Mattel. We already love UNO and have done since big J was little. His first ever UNO was Winnie the Pooh, I think we still have it somewhere.
The idea of UNO Extreme is basically an Extreme version of the popular game. The game features a card shooter which adds some more excitement to the original game and also is very unpredictable too.
Playing the game is very similar to the original although there are a few new cards. Three special Extreme hit command cards change game play from the original UNO game.
Discard all allows players to play all cards that match the card’s colour
Hit 2 forces the next player to hit the UNO Extreme Card Launcher button not once, but twice.
The Extreme Hit card lets the player hit any player they want by aiming the shooter at them and pressing the UNO Extreme Card Launcher button twice.
If you have to press the launcher you may get lucky and nothing happens or it could shoot out a stream of UNO Cards.
*****
What We Loved
The launcher does provide excitement and makes the game more fun. When you hit it and no cards shoot out you do feel quite proud of yourself even though it's random.
When another player hits the launcher and lots of cards shoot out.
The actual card game hasn't changed to much.
What Could Improve
The launcher needs 3 x C Batteries. These are not included and we didn't have any so we did have to make a special trip to buy some. Worth remembering if buying as a Christmas present.
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Currently the RRP is £24.99 which is reasonable and I think it would make a perfect present for an UNO fan. It is available from High Street Stores and also online at
Amazon
I am always a little unsure of new versions of games I already love as sometimes they seem pointless, however this is fun, fast and exciting and we love it.
