Mad Tea Party is a bit of a weird one, based around the concept of the Mad Hatter’s tea party from Alice in Wonderland. You set up the game by putting the tea party on the base, which basically gives you a...
Category - Deck Shredding
Matthew Bailey
1 A.M. Jailbreak
Let’s kick off by saying 1 A.M. Jailbreak is now going to firmly sit at the top of my list of games that are like Uno, but better. 1 A.M. Jailbreak is a deck-shredding game that sets itself apart by being a little...
Uno House Rules!
We’re going to have a really quick game today for game 6 of our “travel games log”, and that’s our second Uno set — Uno House Rules. Now, Uno House Rules — just to clear up some confusion — is...
Uno Teams
The first of two Uno games we’re going to be looking at in this series is Uno Teams, a brand-new variant released by Mattel. With the basic conceit that you are playing in teams, the first thing to make abundantly...
High Rise Penguins
Over a year ago, during the 2023 summer marathon, I reviewed a game called “ゆらゆらペンギン (Yura Yura Penguin)”, a really fun Japanese card-shredding dexterity game that I regularly recommend but it was a real...
Sakana Stack
Game 37 of the “Now & Then Summer Marathon 2024” – “Sakana Stack” played with Toby(6) and Jack (9). “Sakana Stack” is a deck-shredding card game for 3 to 5 players based...
Uno Flex
Game 29# of the “Now & Then Summer Marathon 2024” and the fourth in our “Uno” sub-series is “Uno Flex” Played with Jack(9) and Katie. “Uno Flex” for the most part...
Skip Bo + Fake Guide
Disclaimer: This is a bit of an unusual review that I spent ages deciding whether to post but after an all-important chat with Nicola Asker (who I do not openly thank enough for all of the help she...
Uno All Wild!
Game 12# of the “Now & Then Summer Marathon 2024” and the third in our “Uno” sub-series is “Uno All Wild!,” Played with Jack(9) and Toby(6). “Uno All Wild!” is a...
Uno Show ’em No Mercy
Game 9# of the “Now & Then Summer Marathon 2024” and by the looks of it the second in our “Uno” sub-series that we seem to have started for the Summer is “Uno Show ’em No...
DOS
Recently, the subject of games that are like “Uno” but better has come up fairly regularly. So, imagine my, to be honest, rather tepid excitement when I discovered that there was a game called...
Pear Shaped
Today’s review, game 7 in our “Reviews Leading Up to (and now in) the February Half Term and Valentine’s Day” series, is “Pear Shaped” by Big Potato...
Uno Junior
Today we are going to go a lot more mainstream and look at “Uno Junior” more specifically the most recent printing that comes in an oddly slightly not square box that probably saved Mattel about half a gram...