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Title: Everybody's Mad About Uno

Link: https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/25/0...

More than 50 years after its debut, Uno has achieved unprecedented popularity
among adults, but its resurgence is creating problems and confusions as
players disagree on fundamental rules. WSJ, in a fun story [non-paywalled
source]: Think politics divides? Try mixing competitors with different views
on stacking "action" cards, or getting everyone to agree on the true power of
the Wild card. And nobody can seem to decide whether staples of the game of
their youth -- like mandating players yell "Uno!" when they have one card
left -- are socially acceptable at a bar with strangers. Mattel has responded
by actively settling rule debates on social media, definitively stating that
stacking Draw 2 cards is prohibited, while simultaneously embracing the
game's divisive nature through marketing campaigns. The company's "Show 'Em
No Mercy" variant, featuring more aggressive rules, became the second-best-
selling card game in the United States last year according to research firm
Circana, trailing only classic Uno itself.

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