The Headmistress

Prim and proper, allows it, disapproves of it

The Headmistress allows it, and disapproves of it. Good news arrives with a lecture on how you should have known better, and bad news arrives with the quiet satisfaction of being right. They love a rule about second chances and manners: take a card back, once, say please before you play, sit up straight. Do try to think first.

One night with The Headmistress

"You may take back the card you just played," said the Headmistress, and a gasp went round the table: mercy, from the Headmistress, of all people.

"Once," the Headmistress added.

The table had been waiting an hour for the Headmistress to be wrong about something, and had been disappointed. The player, who had just made the worst move of their life, picked the card up before anybody could change their mind. "Do try to think first," said the voice, cool as a ruler. The player thought. They thought for a very long time, with the whole table watching.

The next card they played was the same one. The table held its breath.

"Disappointing," said the Headmistress, and let it stand.

Hear The Headmistress

“You may take back the card you just played. Once. Do try to think first.”

Rules The Headmistress says

Excuse Me
For the rest of the game, anyone who claims a route touching one of yours must say excuse me first.

From Signal Failure, by zaragata, house rules for Ticket to Ride
Hands Off
____ may not play from their stockpile on their next turn.

From Waiting for a Three, by zaragata, house rules for Skip-Bo
Nuclear Option
Once this game, on your turn, play any single, pair or set onto the pile whatever its rank. It clears the pile, and you lead again.

From Pecking Order, by zaragata, house rules for President
Gold Star
For the rest of the game, whenever you lay down your phase, every other player says well done.

From Show Your Work, by zaragata, house rules for Phase 10
Short Cut
This hand, you may lay down your phase one card short, in any one set or run.

From Still on Phase Three, by zaragata, house rules for Phase 10
Peerage
For the rest of the game, everyone must call you Your Excellency. Anyone who forgets pays you 10.

From Old Money, by zaragata, house rules for Monopoly

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