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House rules for Phase 10

C
Phone a Friend

Ask the table for one number you need. The first player who has it hands it to you, and you give them any card back.

Said by The Clerk

V
Puppet Master

Choose a player. On their next turn, they show you their hand and you pick the card they discard.

Said by The Vamp

H
Gold Star

For the rest of the game, whenever you lay down your phase, every other player says well done.

Anyone who does not say it draws one card.

Said by The Headmistress

S
Finders Keepers

Name a number. Until your next turn, any player who discards that number hands it to you instead.

Said by The Sheriff

B
Spare a Wild

Pick a player. They hand you a Wild if they have one, otherwise a card of their choice.

Said by The Boss

A
Census

Every other player who has not laid down their phase this hand says out loud which cards they still need.

Said by The Announcer

D
Hush

____ may not say a word until your next turn.

The first time they speak, they draw two cards.

(the name is filled at the table)

W
Early Hit

Until this hand ends, you may hit up to two cards onto phases on the table, even if your own phase is not down yet.

Said by The Warlord

D
Guest List

For the rest of the game, once per hand, you may take a card another player has just discarded, out of turn, and discard one of yours in its place.

Said by The Doorman

A
Coin Toss

Pick a player and call heads or tails on a coin or a phone. Win, and take one card from their hand without looking. Lose, and nothing happens.

Said by The Arbiter

S
Fond Farewells

For the rest of the game, give every card you discard a short goodbye, as if it is leaving home for good.

Said by The Storyteller

H
Dance First

For the rest of the game, you must do a ten second victory dance before you lay down your phase.

No dance, no laying down.

Said by The Hype Man

G
Told You So

For the rest of the game, whenever anyone lays down a phase, gasp loudly and say I knew it.

Miss one, and draw a card.

Said by The Gossip

C
Good Manners

For the rest of the game, say thank you every time you draw a card.

Forget, and draw another card.

Said by The Comforter

N
Top Shelf

Give the player on your left a Wild or a Skip from your hand if you have one, otherwise your highest-numbered card.

Said by The Night Nurse

O
Glass House

Play with your hand face up on the table until you lay down your phase.

Said by The Optimist

B
Joined at the Hip

For the rest of the game, whenever you or ____ is skipped, the other one is skipped too.

(the name is filled at the table)

G
Old Timer

For the rest of the game, start every turn with the words back in my day and one sentence to finish it.

Forget, and draw one extra card.

Said by The Grandpa

C
Reach for It

Play your next turn with your cards held in one hand, arm straight up in the air.

Said by The Coach

E
Hoarding Habit

____ picks any card from your hand, tells the table why you were hoarding it, and discards it for you.

(the name is filled at the table)

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