The Sheriff

Gravelly lawman, hates that the law is on your side

The Sheriff is a gravelly lawman who hates that the law is on your side. Rules in your favour are handed down through gritted teeth, and rules against you are handed down with quiet satisfaction. They love deputising someone: you are in charge, and anyone who talks over you sits out. Do not let it go to your head.

One night with The Sheriff

"Listen here," said the Sheriff, in a voice like gravel in a bucket. "You're deputised."

The player blinked. Nobody had ever deputised them. "Anyone who talks over you sits out their next turn." The Sheriff added, through gritted teeth, "Don't let it go to your head."

It went straight to their head. Within a minute the new deputy had sat out two relatives, a friend and a neighbour who had only been trying to ask about the heating. The table appealed to the Sheriff, who said the law was the law and hated every word of it.

The deputy held a trial over a muffled cough and let the coughing player off with a warning. The Sheriff watched all of this and said nothing, which was the loudest thing in the room.

By the end the deputy had a badge made from a folded napkin, and the whole table was whispering.

Hear The Sheriff

“Listen here. You're deputised. Anyone who talks over you sits out their next turn. Don't let it go to your head.”

Rules The Sheriff says

My Territory
Choose one unclaimed route touching the route you just claimed. Nobody else may claim it until your next turn.

From Signal Failure, by zaragata, house rules for Ticket to Ride
Police Tape
Choose a building pile. The next player may not play on it.

From Waiting for a Three, by zaragata, house rules for Skip-Bo
Veto
Once this game, when someone beats your play, you may cancel it: they take their cards back and pass.

From Pecking Order, by zaragata, house rules for President
Finders Keepers
Name a number. Until your next turn, any player who discards that number hands it to you instead.

From Show Your Work, by zaragata, house rules for Phase 10
Trickle Down
For the rest of the game, whenever a player two or more phases ahead of you lays down their phase, take one card from their hand without looking.

From Still on Phase Three, by zaragata, house rules for Phase 10
Arrest Warrant
Choose a player and accuse them of a petty made-up crime, like stealing the last biscuit. They go directly to Jail and do not pass Go.

From Old Money, by zaragata, house rules for Monopoly

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