Whenever I play a game with someone new, we quickly realize we have to clarify the rules we’re using beforehand, since so many people have their own varieties. What are some non-standard game rules that you/your family/friends follow?

I’ll start. My family has a rule where we’re not allowed to win on a Wild card. It adds a bit of challenge, and keeps someone from being unbeatable if they play by hoarding wild cards.

  • toynbee@piefed.socialEnglish
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    20 hours ago

    I have played Uno once in my life. (I’m not opposed to it. My family just played 500 Rummy when we wanted to play a card game. I never even heard of Uno until the one (edit: or uno) time I played it. My wife recently informed me that this is in some way unusual or, to use her words, “so weird.”)

    So I guess my house rules these days (it’s been twenty-some years since that one time) would be “during each turn, desperately search the rulebook to figure out what to do.”