House rules are everywhere from the tables of aspiring game designers to the most casual of hobbiests.

But why? Are they a way to give a game more of the player’s personality? To fix broken mechanics? And when does that fun little rules twist change the game enough to become something more than what is printed on the box?

This week Steve, Robert and Evan dive into the topic of house rules with special guest Austin Harrison from IV Studios (Moonrakers, Veiled Fate, Fractured Sky).

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Cites and Sources

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Botswana/Wildlife Safari - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/398/wildlife-safari

Bridge - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2181/bridge

Bristol 1350 - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/308989/bristol-1350

Crazy 8s - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11017/crazy-eights

Euchre - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6901/euchre

Go Fish - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/7682/go-fish

Hearts - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/6887/hearts

Hollywood 1947 - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/370621/hollywood-1947

Game of Thrones Board: The Board Game - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/103343/game-thrones-board-game-second-edition

Inis - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/155821/inis

…I should have known that! https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/277779/i-should-have-known

Just One - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/254640/just-one

Monopoly - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1406/monopoly

Moonrakers - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/270239/moonrakers

Nick Bentley tweet https://twitter.com/Nick__Bentley/status/1632859582581075968?s=20

Ra - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12/ra

Salem 1692 - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/175549/salem-1692

Schotten Totten - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/372/schotten-totten

Space Base - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/242302/space-base

Tortuga 1667 - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/218530/tortuga-1667

Twilight imperium (4th ed) - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/233078/twilight-imperium-fourth-edition

Uno - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2223/uno