Scoring system

The scoring system is an alternative way of playing Uno where each player's hand is worth a certain amount of points at the end of a round, and the first player to go out receives points for all of their opponent's hands. The official rules state that a winner is declared when someone reaches 500 points. While this method of play is not often used, different strategies could be applied while playing this way, because one goal is to have cards of less value in your hand to prevent your opponent(s) from gaining points. If someone was not playing this way, he or she might save a wild draw four or wild card to be their last or second-to-last card. However, this could be a risky play if points were to be counted, because if that player were to lose, their opponent(s) would gain at least 50 points.