discovered on lifehacker, chore wars is an rpg of sorts.
you sign up your merry band of adventurers and set up your quests. each quest is based on a household chore, so, for instance, recycling, taking the rubbish out, cleaning, doing laundry and so on.
our group is called the fellowship of the dishcloth and we're both magical creatures. i'm the pantry elf and booyaa is red-eyed creature called arkanus. his knowledge of LotR and Kingdom of Loathing has helped considerably in setting up our adventures.
we've got a bunch of regular tasks set up as well as some one-off tasks. they all have silly names, such as grooming the dragon = washing the dishes, casting a spell of protection on armour = washing clothes, raiding the lord's larder = grocery shopping and so on.
one friend i mentioned this to thought it was defeating the object. that whole procrasatination thing - writing the list rather than doing the task - but it's all set up now and we just do our job and claim our xp. unfortunately i know boo is going to read this and it might break the spell but... he is a lot more eager to do the washing up these days! ;)
