Harry Potter UNO: Rules and the Sorting Hat Card

Setup

1. Each player draws a card; whoever gets the highest number deals. A card with a symbol counts as zero.

2. The dealer shuffles and deals 7 cards to each player.

3. Put the remaining deck face down to make the draw pile.

4. Flip the top card of the draw pile to start the discard pile. If it’s an action card, follow the sheet’s instructions for that card.

5. The player to the dealer’s left starts.

Turn by turn

• Play a card or draw

  Match a card from your hand to the top discard by number, color or symbol. If nothing matches, draw one card; you may play it. You can also hold back a playable card, but then you must draw and can’t play another card afterward.

• Draw Two, Reverse, and Skip

  Draw Two makes the next player draw 2 cards and miss a turn. Reverse switches the direction of play, while Skip makes the next player lose a turn. Play each card only on a matching color or another card of the same kind.

• Wild and Wild Draw Four

  A Wild lets you choose the color, even if you have another playable card. Wild Draw Four also makes the next player draw 4 cards and lose a turn. You can play it only if you have no card matching the color in play.

• Wild Sorting Hat

  Choose another player. They draw from the draw pile until they get a Gryffindor card. The Sorting Hat is also a wild, so you choose the color that resumes play. If it starts the discard pile, the player to the dealer's left chooses the color.

• Calling UNO

  Yell UNO as you play your next-to-last card. If another player catches you before the next player starts their turn, draw two cards.

End of the game and scoring

Key rules

• Challenging a Wild Draw Four

  If you think someone played a Wild Draw Four illegally on you, you can challenge. The challenged player shows you their hand. If they’re guilty, they draw the 4 cards. If they’re innocent, you draw 6 cards: the 4 plus 2 more.

• Last Card Is a Draw Card

  If the final card of a round is a Draw Two or Wild Draw Four, the next player still draws 2 or 4 cards. Those cards count when points are totaled.

• Empty Draw Pile

  If the draw pile runs out before anyone goes out, reshuffle the discard pile and keep playing.

• Starting Card Rules

  If a Skip turns up at the start, the player to the dealer's left loses a turn. A Reverse makes the dealer go first, then play moves to the right. Return a Wild Draw Four to the deck and draw another card.