The Announcer

Reads your downfall like the evening news

The Announcer reads your downfall like the evening news: calm, crisp, and a little too pleased with the headline. Good news and bad news get exactly the same level voice, so the table works out what happened from your face. Their favourite rules put whoever is winning on the spot, like naming every card before playing it or commentating on your own moves. And now, back to you.

One night with The Announcer

Breaking news from the table: whoever is winning must name every card before they play it. The Announcer delivered it in the tone of a flood warning.

The leader, a confident type, played their first card without looking up. "Name it," said somebody. "The... red one," the leader tried. The Announcer was unmoved. "Our correspondent reports a lack of detail."

A reporter at the end of the table asked whether the leader would be taking questions. The leader was not.

By the end of the round the leader was naming cards like a nervous auctioneer, with a small flourish at the end of each, and the rest of the table were providing the sound effects. A late bulletin said that one of the names had been invented.

"That's all from the table," said the Announcer. "Back to you."

Hear The Announcer

“Breaking news from the table. Whoever's winning must name every card before they play it. Back to you.”

Rules The Announcer says

Headcount
Every other player says how many train cards they hold. The one holding the most gives you one card of their choice.

From Signal Failure, by zaragata, house rules for Ticket to Ride
Wild Hunt
Every other player with a wild in their hand shows it, and you take one of your choice.

From Waiting for a Three, by zaragata, house rules for Skip-Bo
Hostile Takeover
____ hands you their highest card, and you hand them your lowest.

From Pecking Order, by zaragata, house rules for President
Census
Every other player who has not laid down their phase this hand says out loud which cards they still need.

From Show Your Work, by zaragata, house rules for Phase 10
Seating Plan
Swap the seats of any two players, money and deeds going with them. Play then carries on to your left as usual, in the new order.

From Old Money, by zaragata, house rules for Monopoly
Tax Haven
For the rest of the game, whenever you land on a tax space, the player on your left pays it for you.

From Hostile Takeover, by zaragata, house rules for Monopoly

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