At what point in life do kids learn how to alter the rules of a game so they are able to win. Shaun and I were playing Uno a few weeks ago and his new trick is to try to look at your cards to see if he can catch a glimpse. One time he did catch a glimpse of my last 2 cards so when I put down my next card I called Uno. He could see I had a blue 8 and he had a blue card but since he didn’t want me to win he kept drawing cards until he got an 8 in a different color. It took me a few games to realize what he was doing and then I called him out on it and it stopped.
Shaun and I played Uno last night and his new thing is to put down a Draw 4 and then ask if I want to challenge him since the rules say you can only use a Draw 4 if you have no other card to use. He put down three or four Draw 4’s during our few games and each time he asked if I wanted to challenge him. I guess he was hoping I would take him up on his challenge so I would then have to draw additional cards. He is a sneaky SOB. LOL. I love him even thought he tries to be a con artist when we play Uno. Where the heck did he learns these tricks?
Do you think this is strategy or cheating?
