Just for clarity, in situation #1 revealing the traitor IS your move rather than in addition to your move, correct?

This is a brilliant game mechanic, and I kind of want to ditch work right now and give it a try. I had a concern that one would want to pull the trigger on the traitor right away to blast a hole in the opponent's defenses, but that would be balanced by your opponent suddenly being more developed while you're still stuck in opening position. The one exception might be if your traitor is the king's bishop pawn, which would automatically force their king into the open.