I just ran into this site called Chore Wars

What would I use it for?

Primarily, it's a system to let you measure how much housework people are doing - someone who only seems to do the washing up might actually be putting in a good couple of hours a week, when it's all added up, and the housemate who appears never to do anything might be at their busiest when everybody else is out...
Beyond that, it's completely up to you what you do with the data. You could:-
  • Use it just for a few weeks, to get a sample reading of your household and make sure everyone's pulling their weight.
  • Use the weekly high-score table to give out a prize every weekend. (Maybe the winner gets bought drinks, or chooses what TV to watch.)
  • Use XP or gold as a target for children; award treats for levelling up, or allow them to 'spend' gold on things they've been hankering after in real life.
  • Agree to pick out the lowest scorer when the household needs a scapegoat to do a particular, urgent chore (or when you need to pay a restaurant bill).
  • Keep track of how often a particular chore actually gets done, when it was done last, and who does it the most often.
  • Use the chore comments as a mini weblog for the household, or for a micro-blog of one particular chore ("making dinner" works quite well).

It seems to be a new site still in beta. I thought it sounded like something someone trying to get their kids to pitch in with housework would have fun with. If you read thru the help page, towards the bottom it is explaining that there are opportunities to fight monsters. So possibly a game depending on how many points you earn thru doing various chores.

Do I have to fight the monsters I encounter?

No, viewing the combat is optional. You'll earn the XP (and gold and treasure) as soon as you click "go forth" - the monster combat is just flavour for anyone who wants to click through it.

Can my character die?

No. You'll lose hit points during combat, but these are restored automatically between adventures, and being "defeated" by a monster has no permanent effect.



Hope someone finds this a fun site to use.