Not every chore is the same size
Taking the bins out is two minutes. Cleaning the bathroom is an afternoon. On an ordinary chore wheel both are equally likely, which is why the person who always draws the bins thinks the wheel loves them. Here every chore takes as much of the circle as it takes work:
The list writes each one as a percentage, so the argument is over before it starts:
Set the effort yourself
The number after the x is how big the job is. One is a five-minute job, five is an afternoon – and the wheel is drawn to match:
🗑️|Take the bins out|x1– two minutes.🧹|Sweep the floor|x2– a quarter of an hour.🪟|Windows|x4– a proper job.🛁|Clean the bathroom|x5– the one everybody is hoping to avoid.
Set them to suit your home: in a house with a dog the floors are a four, and in a flat with three plants the watering is a one.
Two ways to play it
- Everybody spins once. The big jobs are likelier, so the chances of drawing the bathroom are fairly shared – and whoever draws it does it.
- Spin until the list is empty. Tick Take the winner off the wheel under Options and go round the family, one chore each, until the house is done.
Who drew what
Counter keeps the tally over weeks: if somebody really has drawn the bathroom three Saturdays running, the numbers say so – and the expected column says how unlikely that was:
Past winners is the shorter version, in order: