UNO: Show ‘Em No Mercy

About this board game

UNO: Show ‘Em No Mercy is a brutal version of the classic UNO card game for 2–6 players, with games lasting around 30 minutes. Released in 2023, it combines familiar action cards with powerful new effects and popular house rules built directly into the game.

Alongside Skip, Reverse, and Draw 2 cards, the game adds Wild Draw 6, Wild Draw 10, Skip Everyone, and Discard All. Its standout card is Wild Color Roulette, which forces the next player to choose a color and keep drawing until they reveal a card of that color.

Several rules make every hand more unpredictable. Stacking is legal, allowing draw effects to build. A played 7 swaps hands with another player, while a played 0 passes hands around the table. If you cannot play a card, you must keep drawing until you can play one.

• Wild Draw 6 and Wild Draw 10 cards
• Skip Everyone and Discard All action cards
• Wild Color Roulette
• Legal stacking, 7s that swap hands, and 0s that pass hands

The defining feature of UNO: Show ‘Em No Mercy is the Mercy Rule. If you ever reach 25 or more cards in your hand, you are kicked out of the game, making an oversized hand especially dangerous.

The game includes 168 cards, compared with 112 in standard UNO. With more cards, harsher effects, and rules that embrace familiar house-rule twists, it offers a notably more ruthless take on the classic card game.