{"title":"Party Game","description":"\u003cp\u003eA party game is designed for the room rather than for the individual. It seats several people in front of one screen or drops them into one lobby at the same time, hands them rules that can be explained in the time it takes to pass out the controllers, and settles each round in minutes, so the loser wants another go before the winner has had time to get comfortable. Everything else follows from that purpose: simple inputs a first-timer can manage against a veteran, scoring that resets often enough for a newcomer to catch up, and a tolerance for chaos that makes a bad turn as entertaining as a good one. Mario Party set the template most people picture, a board game with minigames between the dice rolls, and the form has since spread through the obstacle-course elimination rounds of Fall Guys, the frantic shared kitchens of Overcooked and the phone-in trivia and drawing rounds of The Jackbox Party Pack. What ties them together is not a setting or a mechanic but an intention: a game that exists to be played by a group, right now, with no homework.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat intention is what separates this collection from its neighbors, several of which overlap with it. The closest is Party, which describes an atmosphere, the loud and sociable mood a game evokes, and a game can wear that mood without being built for a crowd. Party Game names the kind of game, the group-play design itself, and the two tags often sit on the same title without meaning the same thing. Family Friendly says who a game is suitable for, and plenty of party games are, but some are decidedly not. Casual measures how much a game asks of you in skill and commitment, which is a property any genre can have. Card Game, Board Game and Tabletop describe where a game's rules came from, and while UNO is both a card game and a party game, a solitaire deck-builder or a six-hour strategy board adaptation is not built for a crowd. Competitive covers stakes and skill ceilings, and Funny covers tone; party games are usually competitive in a low-stakes way and often funny, but neither tag implies the group-play shape. Shared-screen and online multiplayer, finally, are features rather than genres, and you will find them among the feature filters: they tell you how players connect, not what the game was designed to be, and a cooperative shooter campaign carries them just as readily as a minigame collection does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwo strands run through the shelf. The first is the game invented for the screen: minigame collections, cartoon brawlers, elimination rounds and drawing games whose rules exist nowhere else and whose whole point is the shared reaction. The second is the tabletop standard moved onto a screen, where the design was already proven around a kitchen table and the digital version's job is to keep the pace, deal the cards and let the players be in different cities. UNO Ultimate Edition opens the collection as an example of the second kind: Mattel's card game as Ubisoft built it, for up to four players online or gathered around one screen, with a 2v2 team mode for settling household rivalries and the UNO FLIP!, UNO Fenyx's Quest, Just Dance 2017 and Rayman theme packs that change the deck and the house rules. Whichever strand a title belongs to, the tag tells you the same thing: plan on company, expect the rules to take a minute and the round to take a few more, and bring someone who has never played, because they will be competitive by the second game.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"uno-ultimate-edition-pc-ubisoft-digital-download","title":"UNO Ultimate Edition","description":"\u003cp class=\"lead\"\u003eUNO Ultimate Edition takes Mattel's classic card game and gives it the room a digital table allows: house rules you can mix and match, 2v2 team play, opponents on the couch, online or run by the AI, and a MyDesign system for making the whole board your own. It bundles the full UNO base game with four add-on packs: UNO FLIP! and its double-sided deck, the UNO Fenyx's Quest game mode, the UNO Just Dance theme and the UNO Rayman theme. Match by color, number or symbol, time your Wild Draw Four for maximum damage, and call UNO before that last card hits the pile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Card Game Everyone Already Knows\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe rules have not changed since the family table. Each turn you match the top card of the discard pile by color, number or symbol, or drop a Wild to change the color on your terms. Skip, Reverse and Draw Two cards keep the turn order honest, and a well-timed Wild Draw Four can undo an opponent's entire hand of progress. The first player to empty their hand wins the round, and forgetting to call UNO on your second-to-last card still costs you a penalty draw. Ubisoft's version keeps every one of these beats intact and animates them cleanly, so a round feels exactly as quick and mean as it does with real cards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003ePlay It Your Way\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFree-for-all or 2v2 teams.\u003c\/strong\u003e Standard four-player matches where everyone is out for themselves, or paired play where you and a partner coordinate to empty one hand first. Team rounds change the calculus on every Reverse and Skip, since punishing the player on your left may be setting up your own partner.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHouse Rules you can combine.\u003c\/strong\u003e Jump-In lets you throw down an identical card out of turn. Stacking lets a Draw Two or Draw Four be answered with another, passing a growing penalty around the table. 7-0 swaps hands when a seven or a zero is played. Turn them on in any combination for the exact kind of chaos your group prefers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCouch, online or solo.\u003c\/strong\u003e Gather around one screen with local players, head online against others, or sharpen your instincts against AI opponents when nobody else is around. Full controller support means the game plays as comfortably from the sofa as it does at a desk.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eFour Packs in the Ultimate Edition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eUNO FLIP!\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eEvery card in the UNO FLIP! deck is double-sided. Rounds start on the familiar Light side, and the moment someone plays a Flip card the whole table turns over to the Dark side, where the penalties get nastier: Draw Five, Skip Everyone and Wild Draw Color, which forces an opponent to keep drawing until they hit the color you name. Flipping back and forth is the whole strategy, and it makes even a losing hand dangerous.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eUNO Fenyx's Quest\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eAn action-packed game mode built around the heroes and gods of Immortals Fenyx Rising. Fenyx and the cast of the Golden Isle lend their look to the table, and the mode adds its own twists on top of the standard rules, so a round plays out with a mythological flavor the base deck cannot offer. A natural pick for anyone who spent time with Ubisoft's colorful take on Greek myth.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eUNO Just Dance Theme\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eA theme built on the Just Dance 2017 look: bright colors, upbeat rhythms and funky effects that fire off as cards hit the pile, plus new Theme Cards that give the deck a personality of its own. It is the pack to load when the goal is a party rather than a grudge match, and it pairs well with a couple of the wilder house rules.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eUNO Rayman Theme\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003eThe limbless hero and the lush, painterly art style of the Rayman series come to the board, with four unique Theme Cards to match. Of the four packs this is the gentlest on the rules and the strongest on charm, and it sits nicely alongside the base decks for players who mostly want a fresh coat of paint on the classic game.\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eMake the Table Yours\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMyDesign is where the game earns its replay value between matches. Coins earned by playing unlock boards, card decks, music tracks, avatars and more, and you assemble them into a game space that looks and sounds the way you want, whether that is a quiet lounge or a full-volume themed set. Weekly Happy Hour sessions rotate a different add-on into free-trial status, so there is always something new to sample, and streamers can switch on Chat Chaos mode to let a Twitch audience vote on the rules and stir up the match in real time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDeal yourself in. Pick your house rules, pick your deck, and find out who at your table really knows when to hold that Wild Draw Four.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ubisoft","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39835955200086,"sku":"PC_6751899975766_DL_GL","price":33.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0875\/3268\/products\/card-uno-ultimate-edition-pc-ubisoft-digital-download.jpg?v=1789574435"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.pjsgames.com\/en-ie\/collections\/party-game.oembed","provider":"PJ's Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}