Comments on: UNO with Chinese characteristics http://chinahopelive.net/2008/12/27/uno-with-chinese-characteristics A cross-cultural adventure with the personal side of China. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:35:42 +0000 hourly 1 By: Joel http://chinahopelive.net/2008/12/27/uno-with-chinese-characteristics/comment-page-1#comment-5479 Joel Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:26:20 +0000 http://chinahopelive.net/?p=2511#comment-5479 I wondered. So I guess the only "Chinese" part of this is the punishments, and playing to not be the worst loser rather than the winner? Apparently people don't like to play for nothing... like if there isn't going to be money involved, then there a least needs to be some Truth or Dare. i've been out of touch with 'western' trends since middle school... maybe that's how i ended up over here... I wondered. So I guess the only “Chinese” part of this is the punishments, and playing to not be the worst loser rather than the winner? Apparently people don’t like to play for nothing… like if there isn’t going to be money involved, then there a least needs to be some Truth or Dare.

i’ve been out of touch with ‘western’ trends since middle school… maybe that’s how i ended up over here…

]]> By: Shannon http://chinahopelive.net/2008/12/27/uno-with-chinese-characteristics/comment-page-1#comment-5474 Shannon Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:26:12 +0000 http://chinahopelive.net/?p=2511#comment-5474 Oh, Joel...you've got to get in touch with "western" trends! The kind of UNO you described, or "Jungle Uno" as my friends call it has been around for YEARS! Another rule...anytime a 1 is played, everyone has to pass their cards one person to the right. It's great because you could lay a double "Draw 4" on your neighbor and then a 1 gets played and you end up with the 8+ cards! I've been teaching this version to my students since I got here! :) Oh, Joel…you’ve got to get in touch with “western” trends! The kind of UNO you described, or “Jungle Uno” as my friends call it has been around for YEARS! Another rule…anytime a 1 is played, everyone has to pass their cards one person to the right. It’s great because you could lay a double “Draw 4″ on your neighbor and then a 1 gets played and you end up with the 8+ cards! I’ve been teaching this version to my students since I got here! :)

]]> By: Joel http://chinahopelive.net/2008/12/27/uno-with-chinese-characteristics/comment-page-1#comment-5441 Joel Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:32:16 +0000 http://chinahopelive.net/?p=2511#comment-5441 haha, yeah, punishment is apparently half the point. The university students like to make each other yell nonsense out windows, pick up the tab, or root around in the deck with their nose like a pig, among other things... especially when they're playing "squeeze the pig." This was the first time I'd seen the Chinese UNO, but one of our friends said we could find it on Taobao, and <a href="http://auction1.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db1-ce89b7b70bd55219bf54a7db37062ec5.jhtml" target="http://auction1.taobao.com/auction/item_detail-0db1-ce89b7b70bd55219bf54a7db37062ec5.jhtml" rel="nofollow">I just did.</a> haha, yeah, punishment is apparently half the point. The university students like to make each other yell nonsense out windows, pick up the tab, or root around in the deck with their nose like a pig, among other things… especially when they’re playing “squeeze the pig.”

This was the first time I’d seen the Chinese UNO, but one of our friends said we could find it on Taobao, and I just did.

]]> By: Josh http://chinahopelive.net/2008/12/27/uno-with-chinese-characteristics/comment-page-1#comment-5439 Josh Sun, 28 Dec 2008 07:19:44 +0000 http://chinahopelive.net/?p=2511#comment-5439 I have yet to see the Chinese rip-off of UNO, but once I do I'll definitely be picking myself up a deck or two! My wife and I did bring a couple of decks of UNO to teach our friends here and we have yet to find a Chinese person who does not love the game. All of the extra rules you mentioned aren't part of our playing here except for one: It seems that with any game we play our Chinese friends are unhappy to just have a winner - they MUST PUNISH the loser! I have yet to see the Chinese rip-off of UNO, but once I do I’ll definitely be picking myself up a deck or two!

My wife and I did bring a couple of decks of UNO to teach our friends here and we have yet to find a Chinese person who does not love the game. All of the extra rules you mentioned aren’t part of our playing here except for one:

It seems that with any game we play our Chinese friends are unhappy to just have a winner – they MUST PUNISH the loser!

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