Six Middle-Aged Men Playing Uno at 10am on a Thursday Morning

Imagine that you are walking down the street at 10 am on a Thursday morning and you see your dad with a 5 other middle aged men all playing Uno with a deck of Titanic Movie playing cards. Would you be a little surprised? Or perhaps you might even have a hard time visualizing what this might look like. Guess, what? Today is your lucky day. I have pictures from the Potika IDP camp that will help you imagine what it might look like.


Alex looks on as a serious game of Uno takes place. They actually keep score and bet on the Uno game. However, they call the game "last card" instead of "Uno".

A game of Uno in an African IDP camp isn't complete without a set of very-worn looking Titanic Love Scene playing cards.

This person actually has a very goo hand. The Jack or 2 of Hearts can go on the 7 of Hearts. Jacks act as "reverse cards", 2s act as "Draw 2" cards, 3s act as "Draw 3" cards, Aces (except for the Ace of spades) act as "change color/suit" cards, the Jokers act as "Draw 5" cards, 8s act as "Skip" cards, and the Ace of Spades acts as a "block draw 5, 3, or 2" card. Also, when you only have 1 card left you yell, "warning!" instead of "Uno!", but other than that it is the same game. (Can you tell that I was slightly bored at times during my stay in the Potika IDP camp?)