Zaragata

Waiting for a Three

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House rules for Skip-Bo

W
Queue Jump

Play the top card of your stockpile onto any building pile as if it were the next number that pile needs.

Said by The Warlord

C
Extra Hand

At the start of your next turn, fill your hand up to seven cards instead of five.

Said by The Clerk

B
Done Waiting

Name a number. Every other player holding that number in their hand gives you one of them.

Said by The Boss

D
Spare Room

For the rest of the game, you may keep five discard piles instead of four.

Said by The Doorman

H
Hands Off

____ may not play from their stockpile on their next turn.

(the name is filled at the table)

V
Sneak Peek

Look at the top three cards of the draw pile and put them back in any order you like.

Said by The Vamp

E
Twelve Bonus

For the rest of the game, every time a building pile reaches twelve, you draw one card.

Said by The Enforcer

S
Police Tape

Choose a building pile. The next player may not play on it.

Said by The Sheriff

A
Wild Hunt

Every other player with a wild in their hand shows it, and you take one of your choice.

Said by The Announcer

A
Coin Flip

Pick a player and call heads or tails on a coin or a phone. Win, and the top card of their stockpile goes to the bottom of it. Lose, and nothing happens.

Said by The Arbiter

C
Padding

Slip the top two cards of the draw pile into your stockpile, face down, just under its top card.

Said by The Comforter

N
Dump It

Put your whole hand onto your discard piles, any way you like, and end your turn.

Said by The Night Nurse

G
Coming Soon

Show the table the three cards under the top of your stockpile, then put them back in the same order.

Said by The Gossip

O
Long Count

For the rest of the game, every time you play a ten or higher onto a building pile, count out loud from one up to its number first.

Lose count, and take the card back.

Said by The Optimist

H
Race Day

Play the rest of this turn standing up, calling out every card like the last lap of a race.

Said by The Hype Man

C
Pile Squats

For the rest of the game, do one squat every time a building pile reaches twelve.

Said by The Coach

T
Spring Clean

____ picks one of your discard piles and shuffles it into the draw pile.

(the name is filled at the table)

S
Meet the Wild

For the rest of the game, introduce every wild you play with a name and a one-line life story.

Said by The Storyteller

A
Spot Check

The player on your right looks at your hand and keeps one card of their choice.

Said by The Auditor

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