I built a tool to solve a house rules problem and I'm looking for honest feedback
Informal rule variations are everywhere, but there's no good way to capture or share them.
Every time I play Rummy or Dutch with a different group, we spend 10 minutes arguing about rules before the start, or worse, mid-game. And for games like Monopoly Deal where I've played 100's of hours, the official rules don't cover edge cases and my group has developed our own solutions over the years.
So I built MyHouseRules. A free browser tool where you can:
- Store house rules for any game on your "shelf"
- Add friends and see what rules they use for the same games
- Compare rulesets side by side and copy the ones you want to adopt
I'm curious whether this resonates with people who think seriously about game design. A few things I'd genuinely love feedback on:
- Is the function of adding house rules clunky?
- Are the rule categories inclusive enough?
- Are there functions you'd want to this to have that the current app doesn't?
- What would make you actually use something like this?
Free to use in your browser or on your phone: myhouserules.io
Happy to give anyone who reaches out access to a bulk upload feature if you already have rules written down somewhere digitally. Would love to hear what this community thinks!