UNO Flip! Stranger Things Card Game Rules Explained With Pictures

Objective of UNO Flip! Stranger Things

The objective of UNO Flip! Stranger Things is to be the first player to play all of the cards from your hand.

Setup for UNO Flip! Stranger Things

Make sure all of the cards are facing the same way. You can tell by looking the the borders of the cards.
Choose a player to be the dealer. They will shuffle all of the cards.
The dealer deals seven cards to each player. You will hold the cards so the Real World side (light border) faces you. The Upside Down (dark border) should face the other players.
Place the remaining cards so the Upside Down side is face up. This forms the Draw Pile.
Take the top card from the Draw Pile and flip it over to create the Discard Pile. This card should now be on the Real World side. If you flipped over an Action card (any card that is not a number card), you will ignore its action and flip over another card.
The player to the left of the dealer starts the game. Play moves clockwise at the start of the game.

Playing UNO Flip! Stranger Things

On your turn you will try to play one of the cards from your hand to the Discard Pile. To play a card it has to match one of the following criteria:

Color
Number
Symbol

If your card matches one or more of these criteria, you may play the card to the Discard Pile. If you played an Action card you will take the corresponding action. See the corresponding section below for more details.

Playing a card to match a yellow two — The top card on the Discard Pile is a yellow two. Some of the cards the next player could play are along the bottom of the picture. The yellow seven matches the color. The blue two is the same number. The final two cards are wild.

Playing a card to match a red Reverse card — The top card on the Discard Pile is a red Reverse. The next player could choose to play another Reverse card since it matches the symbol.

You may choose not to play a card from your hand even if you have one that you can play. If you choose not to play a card, you will treat the rest of your turn like you didn’t have a card that you could play.

Should you have no cards to play on your turn, you will draw the top card from the Draw Pile. Check to see if you can play this new card following the rules above. If you can play the new card, you can choose to play it immediately. Otherwise you will add the card to your hand. Make sure to add the card to your hand so its side matches the rest of the cards in your hand.

Your turn ends as soon as you play or discard a card.

Real World UNO Flip! Stranger Things Card Meanings

Number

Number cards have no special action in the game. You can only play them if they match the color or number of the top card on the Discard Pile.

Draw One card in UNO Flip! Stranger Things

Draw One (Eddie Munson)

The Draw One card features +1 in the corners, and a picture of the character Eddie Munson.

When you play a Draw One card, the next player has to draw one card. They also lose their next turn.

You can play a Draw One card on top of another Draw One card, or a card that matches its color. You cannot play a Draw One card to avoid having to draw a card and lose your turn if the previous Draw One was played against you.

Real World Reverse card in UNO Flip! Stranger Things

Reverse (Robin Buckley)

The Reverse card features two arrows pointing in opposite directions, and a picture of the character Robin Buckley.

When you play a Reverse card, the direction of play changes. If play was moving clockwise, it will now move counterclockwise. If it was moving clockwise, it will now move clockwise.

You may play a Reverse card on top of another Reverse card, or a card that matches its color.

Real World Skip card in UNO Flip! Stranger Things

Skip (Argyle)

The Skip card features a circle with a line through it, and a picture of the character Argyle.

When you play a Skip card, the next player loses their turn.

You can play a Skip card on top of another Skip card, or a card that matches its color. You may not play a Skip card to avoid being skipped by the Skip card played by the previous player.

Wild Draw 2 card in UNO Flip! Stranger Things

Wild Draw 2 (Erica Sinclair)

The Wild Draw 2 card features +2 in the corners as well as a picture of the character Erica Sinclair.

The Wild Draw 2 card is wild so it matches every other card in the game. The catch is that you can only play the card if you do not have any other cards in your hand that match the color of the top card on the Discard Pile. Wild cards count as matching the color.

Playing a Wild Draw 2 allows you to change the Discard Pile to any of the four colors including the one it was when you played the card. Changing the color of the Discard Pile does not change the outcome if the next player should challenge the play of the card. The next player in turn order has to play a card that matches this new color, or they would play another wild card.

Playing a Wild Draw 2 card — The current player has played a Wild Draw 2 card on top of a red six.

When you play a Wild Draw 2 card, the next player in turn order has a decision to make.

First they can choose to draw two cards and lose their next turn.

Challenging the Play of a Wild Draw 2

Otherwise the player can choose to challenge the play of the card. If they should challenge the play of the card, the player who played the Wild Draw 2 has to show them their entire hand. This is so the player can confirm that the card was played correctly.

If the player who played the Wild Draw 2 card had no cards that matched the Discard Pile’s color, they played the card correctly. The challenging player now has to draw four cards instead of the two they normally would have had to draw.

Playing a Wild Draw 2 card correctly — The player who played the Wild Draw 2 card had the cards pictured at the bottom in their hand. Since there are no red or wild cards in their hand, they played the Wild Draw 2 correctly. The challenger now has to draw four cards.

If the player played the Wild Draw 2 incorrectly (they had one or more cards that matched the current Discard Pile color), the player who played the Wild Draw 2 has to draw the two cards. The challenger does not have to draw any cards and they don’t lose their turn.

Playing a Wild Draw 2 Incorrectly — The player that played the Wild Draw 2 had a red card in their hand. Therefore they played the card incorrectly. They will have to draw the two cards instead of the challenging player.

Wild Jim Hopper

The Wild Jim Hopper card features an oval in the corner showing four different colors.

When you play the Wild Jim Hopper card, all of the players count up how many cards they have in their hand. The player with the most cards in their hand gets to discard half of their cards. If the player has an odd number of cards, they get to discard an extra card.

Discarding cards due to a Wild Jim Hopper card — A Wild Jim Hopper card was just played. One of the players had eight cards in their hand which was the most. This player chooses four of the cards from their hand to discard.

The card is also wild so the player that plays it gets to choose a color. They can choose any of the four colors including the color it was before they played the Wild Jim Hopper card. The next player in turn order has to follow the new color when playing cards.

Flip (The Demogorgon)

The Flip card features a card with an arrow coming out of it with a picture of the Demogorgon.

When you play a Flip card, all of the cards in the game will flip from the Real World to the Upside Down side.

Playing a Flip card — A Flip card was just played. All of the card sin the game are flipped to the other side.

First you will flip over the Discard Pile. The card that was previously on the bottom of the Discard Pile is now on the top. If the top card on the Discard Pile is an Action card, you will ignore its effect. If a Wild is now on top of the pile though, the player who played the last Flip card gets to choose its color.

The Draw Pile is then flipped over to the other side. The previous top card will now be on the bottom of the deck.

Flipping cards — After the Flip card was played the Discard Pile is flipped over so the Upside Down side is now showing. The Draw Pile is flipped so the Real World is now visible.

Finally all of the players will flip all of the cards in their hand to the other side.

All of the cards will remain on the Upside Down side until another Flip card is played.

A Flip card can be played on top of another Flip card or it can be played on a card that matches its color.

Upside Down UNO Flip! Stranger Things Card Meanings

Number

The number cards have no special action in the game. You can only play them if they match the color or number of the top card on the Discard Pile.

Draw Five card in UNO Flip! Stranger Things

Draw Five (Eddie Munson)

The Draw Five card features a +5 in the corners, and a picture of the character Eddie Munson.

When you play a Draw Five card, the next player in turn order has to draw five cards. They also lose their next turn.

You may play a Draw Five card on top of another Draw Five card, or a card that matches its color. If a Draw Five card is played against you, you may not play a Draw Five card in order to avoid the penalty.

Reverse (Billy Hargrove)

The Reverse card features two arrows pointing in opposite directions, and a picture of the character Billy Hargrove.

The Reverse card on the Upside Down side acts the same as the Reverse card on the Real World side. When you play a Reverse card, turn order will switch. If play was moving clockwise, it will now move counterclockwise. If it was moving counterclockwise, it will now move clockwise.

You may play a Reverse on top of another Reverse, or a card that matches its color.

Skip Everyone card in UNO Flip! Stranger Things

Skip Everyone (Argyle)

The Skip Everyone card features an arrow pointing in a circle, and a picture of the character Argyle.

When you play a Skip Everyone card, all of the other players lose their turn. Basically the player who plays the Skip Everyone card gets to immediately take another turn.

You can play a Skip Everyone card on top of another Skip Everyone card, or a card that matches its color.

Wild Eleven’s Waffle

The Wild Eleven’s Waffle card features an oval with four colors in it as well as a picture of Eleven.

The card is wild so it can be played on any other card in the game.

Each player counts up how many cards they have in their hand. The player with the least cards in their hand is forced to draw cards. They will keep drawing cards until they draw a card that has a Waffle icon on it.

Playing a Wild Eleven's Waffle card — A Wild Eleven’s Waffle card was played. The player with the least cards in their hand has to draw cards. They ended up drawing five cards until they got a card with a waffle on it. The player adds these five cards to their hand.

The card is also wild so the player gets to choose the color for the Discard Pile. They can choose any of the four colors including the color it was when they played the card. The next player in turn order has to play a card that matches the chosen color, or another wild card.

Wild Draw Color card in UNO Flip! Stranger Things

Wild Draw Color (Dustin Henderson)

The Wild Draw Color card features a stack of cards with an arrow pointing away from it, and a picture of the character Dustin Henderson.

The Wild Draw Color card is wild so it can be played at any time. The catch is that you can’t play it if you have another card in your hand that matches the current color. Wild cards count as matching the current color.

Playing a Wild Draw Color Card — The last player played a Wild Draw Color card on top of a purple two.

When you play the Wild Draw Color card, the next player has a decision to make.

They can choose to accept the play of the card. In this case the player who plays the card chooses a color for the Discard Pile. The next player then has to keep drawing cards from the Draw Pile until they draw a card that matches the color that was chosen. The player also loses their turn.

Drawing cards from Wild Draw Color card — The player that played the Wild Draw Color card chose orange for the color. The next player had to draw six cards until they drew one that was orange. They will add all six cards to their hand.

Challenging the Play of a Wild Draw Color

The next player otherwise can choose to challenge the play of the card. If they choose to challenge, the player who played the card has to show them their entire hand.

If the player played the Wild Draw Color correctly (they had no cards that matched the previous color), the challenging player has to still draw until they draw a card that matches the color chosen by the player who played the Wild Draw Color card. They also have to draw two additional cards.

Playing a Wild Draw Color card correctly — The player that played the Wild Draw Color did not have a purple card in their hand. Therefore they played the Wild Draw Color card correctly. The challenger now draws cards until they get the chosen color plus an additional two cards.

If the challenge is successful (the player did have a matching color card), the player who played the Wild Draw Color card has to keep drawing cards until they draw the chosen color. The challenging player does not have to draw any cards and they don’t lose their turn.

Playing a Wild Draw Color incorrectly — The player that played the Wild Draw Four had a purple card in their hand. Therefore they played the card incorrectly. They will have to draw cards until they get one that matches the color instead of the challenger.

UNO Flip! Stranger Things Upside Down Flip card

Flip (The Demogorgon)

The Flip card features an arrow pointing away from a card, and a picture of the Demogorgon.

The Flip card on the Upside Down side acts the same as the Real World Flip card. When a player plays the card all of the cards will be flipped to the other side.

You may play a Flip card on top of another Flip card or a card that matches its color.

Calling UNO

When you only have one card left in your hand, you should call out UNO as quickly as possible. This is used to alert the other players that you are close to winning the game.

If you fail to call out UNO and another player catches you, you have to draw two cards and add them to your hand. The player has to call you out before the next player starts their turn.

Winning UNO Flip! Stranger Things

UNO Flip! Stranger Things ends when a player plays the last card from their hand. The player who plays the last card from their hand wins the game.

If you would like to play another game, you will shuffle the cards and play another hand.

Scoring in UNO Flip! Stranger Things

Instead of playing just one hand, you can choose to play a series of hands. In this case you can decide to keep score.

You will play the game the same as if you weren’t keeping score. The current round ends when a player plays the last card from their hand. The player who played the last card from their hand collects all of the cards left in their other players’ hands. If the last card forces the next player to draw cards, they will draw the corresponding number of cards before the winner of the round takes the cards from their hand.

The winner of the round scores points from the cards that they collected. You will score points from the side of the cards that were being used when the round ended.

Number cards – Face value
Draw One – 10 points
Draw Five, Skip, Reverse, Flip – 20 points
Skip Everyone – 30 points
Wild Jim Hopper, Wild Eleven’s Waffle – 40 points
Wild Draw Two – 50 points
Wild Draw Color – 60 points

Scoring in UNO Flip! Stranger Things — At the end of the round these cards were left in the players’ hands. The winner of the round scores the corresponding amount of points from the cards. They will score 27 points from the number cards at the top. They will score 20 points for the Draw Five, Reverse, and Flip card. The Skip Everyone card scores 30 points. The winner scores 40 points from the Wild Eleven’s Waffle card. Finally the Wild Draw Color card scores 60 points. The winner scores a total of 217 points from the round.

You will keep track of the points each player scores each round. If no one has reached 500 total points, another round is played.

The first player to score 500 total points wins UNO Flip! Stranger Things.

UNO Flip! Stranger Things FAQ

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Components for UNO Flip! Stranger Things

UNO Flip! Stranger Things Components

This is the distribution of the Real World side of the cards:

18 blue cards (2 of each number 2-9, 11)
18 green cards (2 of each number 2-9, 11)
18 red cards (2 of each number 2-9, 11)
18 yellow cards (2 of each number 2-9, 11)
8 Draw One cards (2 of each color)
8 Flip cards (2 of each color)
8 Reverse cards (2 of each color)
8 Skip cards (2 of each color)
4 Wild Draw 2 cards
4 Wild Jim Hopper cards
Instructions

Year: 2021 | Publisher: Mattel

Genres: Card, Family

Ages: 7+ | Number of Players: 2-10 | Length of Game: 20-30 minutes

Difficulty: Light | Strategy: Light | Luck: Moderate-High

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Written By:

Eric Mortensen

Eric Mortensen is an owner and head writer on Geeky Hobbies since 2014. He is an avid board game player and collector with over 3,000 board and card games in his collection. Since 2014 he has written more than 1,100 board game how to play guides.