As you may have seen in the “daily thread” this morning:
WE HAVE A NEW GAME IN THE CHAT ROOM!
Special Thanks to Wiki for setting up the game of UNO for all of us to play!
Since I played UNO for like 5 hours last night,
I thought my experience may be helpful in writing up some directions for the benefit of anyone who would like to play!
First off, you need a partner! This version of Uno does not allow you to play against the bot. Secondly, you’ll need to play it in the game room. To get to the game room, come into the main chat room and simply type “/join #games” (without the quotes). Once you and your partner(s) get into the game room, make sure Wibot is in there as well! You need the bot there in order to play!
Players will first need to decide who the “dealer” will be. Then, that person needs to type: “!uno” (without the quotes)
You will then get a message that anyone who wants to play should type “join” (again, without quotes, and I hope you understand that now because my examples won’t have them anymore). You can play with 2 or more people – make a party of it and find 3, 4, 5, or more people to play! The more players, the more points the winner will get!
Once everyone has joined the game, the person that typed !uno then needs to type !deal to start the game!
The bot will then say whose turn it is and display a “top card” - this is your discard pile. It will also display all of the current player’s cards – but don’t worry, only the current player can see those cards!
Cards are displayed in color. So a Red 2 is displayed as [2], a Blue 4 is displayed as [4], a Yellow 6 is displayed as [6], a Green 8 is displayed as [8]
The deck also has several “draw 2” cards which are also colored and must follow the color rules. They are displayed as such: [D2][D2][D2] or [D2].
There are two types of Wild Cards and they are displayed in White because by playing them you get to decide what color the game will continue to play. The regular Wild card is displayed as [W]. The Draw 4 Wild Card is displayed as [WD4].
To play a card you’ll need to type !play, the abbreviation for the color of the card (r,b,y,g), and the number of the card (1-9). For example: !play r 2 will play a Red 2 [2] out of your hand and onto the discard pile, !play b 9 will play a Blue 9 [9], etc. This card then becomes the “top card” for the next player to play on.
As mentioned above, other cards in the deck include colored “draw 2” cards and look like this: [D2]. By playing this card, the bot will deal the next player 2 cards, skip that player’s turn, and then play goes to the next player in order. To play a Red Draw 2, [D2], you would type !play r d2, to play a Green Draw 2, [D2], you would type!play g d2.
The Wild card, displayed as [W] can be played at any time and it allows you the opportunity to change the color in play as well. To play a wild card you note the color AFTER the name of the card, rather than before, as is done when playing numbered cards. So, to play a wild card and change the color in play to blue, you would type!play w b. To play a wild card and change the color in play to yellow, you would type !play w y.
The second wild card is also a “Draw 4” card and is displayed as [WD4]. This card causes the next play to draw 4 cards and play is then skipped to the next player in order. You play this card similar to the regular wild card and get to choose a new color in play. To play this card and change the color to green, you would type !play wd4 g. Also, when you play a wild card the top card is displayed as [*] (depending on the color you choose). The asterisks means that anything can be played on top, so long as it follows the color rule, or is another wild card.
I think that covers how to play all the cards. So, what do you do if you don’t have any cards in your hand that can be played on the top card that is displayed? The answer is: if you do NOT have a card in your hand to play, you must then type!draw to draw a card from the deck. If you can play the card you just drew, then do so in the manner described above according to the type of card you have drawn. If you CAN NOT play the card you have drawn, you must then pass your turn to the next player by typing !pass. Play is then passed to the next player in order of play.
There are a couple of other useful commands you may want to use also. Typing !count will show you how many cards each player has. Also, this game will tally a top ten list of players, which you can display any time by typing !unotop10. A complete list of commands can be seen by typing !commands.
If you you find any glitches – just let Wiki know. I played several games last night (understatement! LOL!) and the only glitch I found was sometimes it did not register a command the first time. If you type a command and nothing happens, try it one more time. I never saw it miss the command a second time. For any questions you may have – Wiki’s the main guy, of course, but if he’s not around and I am, I’ll be happy to help any way I can.
Wiki, Meer, Nano, Lonnie, and I all had a great time last night playing UNO until the wee hours of the morning! I know you will enjoy it as well! I know I’ll be playing tonight with Meer, and Lonnie too, so come join us! THE MORE, THE MERRIER!!