At this point, players will have to repay all the credits they have accumulated through the game. This is money that you will have to pay back one day. Enjoyed by family and friends for over a century, the game has undergone some changes during its lifetime. There are also several versions of the game that work with other branded features. The game board was essentially a modified chessboard. The goal was to finish in the right places and collect 100 points. A player could earn 50 points by hitting “Happy Old Age” in the upper right corner, against “Infancy” where he started. The LIFE game is one of the oldest and most enduring board games in America. The game was first introduced by the Milton Bradley Company in 1860 and was originally called The Checkered Game of Life. Even in its early days, the game we still play today had the same premise, with players moving around the board and going through the different stages of life, including studying or working directly, getting married, having children, and eventually retiring – hopefully with a fortune in the bank. Here are the different editions and how they changed the game of life.
Place the LIFE tiles on the table and mix them. Then, randomly draw three tiles and stack them LIFE side-up at Millionaire Estates. Place the remaining tiles near the edge of the board to form a drawing stack. Choose between the family path and staying on the current life path. If you choose family, turn around again and walk along the family path. If not, turn again and move forward on the current path of life. Players must first reach the end of the board. Whoever had the most points at the end won the game. Before you start playing, you need to decide if you want to go to college or start a career right away. If you decide to go to university, immediately take out a $40,000 loan and choose a career card that says “Diploma Required” as well as a salary card. If you decide to start a career right away, choose a career map and then move your car to the appropriate locations (Start Career or Start College). College careers offer higher salaries, but immediately incur players into debt.
Once you are at the appropriate launch site, you can spin the wheel to move around and get your turn. The modern game consists of a track on which players move by spinning a small wheel (in the middle of the board) with spaces from 1 to 10. The panel also contains small mountains, buildings, and other three-dimensional objects. Toy figures are small colorful plastic cars available in red, blue, white, yellow, orange and green. Each car has six holes at the top where blue and/or pink “people pegs” are placed throughout the game if the player “gets married” and has “children” or adopts. Some “modern” editions have eight cars. The banker will issue you the money you have earned. Once everyone has their entrance fees and has decided to follow their professional or university path, the regular game begins. This is the next step in preparing the board for a game of life.
Buildings, Mountains, and Bridges: Match the circled letters on the plastic buildings, mountains, and bridge to the letters on the board. You can buy home insurance, car insurance, or stocks at the beginning of the game or at the beginning of one of your moves, but not at the end of your turn. Insurance can protect your car or home from damage or theft, and actions pay off when a player spins your inventory number on the wheel. You can also borrow from the bank at any time, but these all have to be repaid when you retire. On your first move, before the game really starts, you have to decide which path you want to take in life. Although there were a few different versions before the 1960s version, it was the 1960s version that increased the game`s popularity. Each game also includes a configuration for a bank that includes play money in $5,000, $10,000, $20,000, $50,000 and $100,000 bill denominations; Auto, life, fire and/or home insurance (depending on the version); $20,000 promissory notes and depository receipts. Other hardware values vary by game version. The $500 bills were discontinued in the 1980s, as were the $1,000 bills in 1992. When players reached the end of the board, they could either upgrade to Millionaire Acres or try to become a millionaire tycoon. The advantage of choosing the career card is that you start the game debt-free. The banker separates bank loans, salary increases and money by denomination and places them in the slots of the banker`s tray.
The first move for each player is greeted by the decision to graduate from college or start their career right away. The main difference between the two options is that the non-college option is shorter and has immediate results, but limits your entry-level career and salary options to one, while college immediately debts you $40,000, but gives you three career options and three salary options, as well as special career options. If a player decides to start his career immediately and bypass college, the player randomly takes a single career and salary card and must keep both unless the card says he needs a college education, in which case the player must choose another career until he receives one that does not require college education. Untapped quarries are being reassembled. Players keep their salary and career cards when selected. Other players may not have the same career or salary as another player. Once a player has made his decision, he must spin the wheel and move his car forward by the specified number of squares. If the spinner does not correctly display a number by stopping between two numbers, the player will have to turn again. The game continues this way until players reach the end of the board and decide to retire to Millionaire Estates or Countryside Acres. Millionaire estates should be chosen by players who want to have a chance to get the 4 life tokens placed in the villa from the beginning of the game, but only if they think they have more money than any other player. Players who decide to withdraw from Millionaire Estates can still have their life tokens withdrawn. If a player is convinced that he does not have the most money or that he wants to protect his life marks, he may decide to retire from Countryside Acres.
Countryside Acres protects all players` existing life tokens and allows them to collect an extra life token when they retire. The 1980s version of Life increased the amount of money in the game. While playing the game, you will also come across different colors of tiles. Each tile color has a different meaning. The rest of the life tiles becomes a draw stack to use in the game. They also count money to make sure everyone is playing fair and not lying. Police officers have only one career spot on the board and instead collect $5,000 from each player who rotates 10, but only if the officer catches the player before the next round. Buying a home is done by randomly selecting a card from the pile of hidden houses. The player then pays the amount listed on the house, borrows money from the bank if necessary, and spins again to move on.