House Rules is a series on the No Rolls Barred YouTube channel in which (typically) Adam Blampied and Sullivan Beau Brown play board games with added house rules that often include negative consequences for the pair. The intention of the series is to 'break' the game - summarised in the House Rules tagline for each episode.
Throughout the series, Teri Limongi has gained a more prominent role as ringmaster, bartender and general overlord.
- "This is my house, this is the house I built!"
The name for the series originates from a YouTube comment by MisterBigPip on the pilot episode that read; "Loved this way more than I thought I would. I think we need a House Rules series", to which Adam replied; "oh that's a WONDERFUL name for a series where we mess with the classics! Can we steal it please?"
The series has generally become a flagship for No Rolls Barred, with highly clickable titles and thumbnails operating as a way to introduce viewers to the two biggest faces on the channel. The House Rules videos are consistently the most viewed on the channel (eight out of the top ten most viewed videos are House Rules), with three achieving more than one million views. Monopoly, But COMMUNIST is, by a considerable margin, NRB's most viewed video - reaching 2 million views on 26 January 2024. Monopoly, But COMMUNIST 2 has reached 1.6M and Guess Who, But With VIBES Only 1.3M.
House Rules, as an NRB series, was included in the list of 2023 'keepers' in the New York Times, on 29 December 2023.
The series began as a 2-header, featuring only Adam and Sullivan, often described in video comments as 'date nights'. After Adam's resignation from the channel in September 2023, other cast members have been included and player counts increased for most episodes.
Episodes[]
Full episodes[]
Patreon Extras[]
| Release date | Episode | Link |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Apr 2023 | Game Of Strife - Blooper Reel | Patreon |
| 17 June 2023 | Communist Monopoly - Patreon Extras | Patreon |
| 22 Aug 2023 | Monopoly, But COMMUNIST 2 Early release | Patreon |
| 27 Sep 2023 | STALIN Reads COMMENTS - EXCLUSIVE | Patreon |
| 14 Oct 2023 | 5 Extra Minutes of House Rules | Patreon |
Soundtrack[]
- Hara Noda - "Lights Ahead" (intro)