At the time “Happy Old Age” was classified as 50 people live a lot longer these days than they did back then. Players moved their game tokens along the board according to the spins of a teetotum - a multi-sided top that functioned similarly to how we use dice (dice were rejected for the Checkered Game Of Life because they were considered too closely connected to gambling) - and hopefully, although not necessarily, ended up in the upper right hand corner, at Happy Old Age. Called the Checkered Game Of Life, it looked more like… well, checkers than anything else: The board consisted of alternating black and white squares, with players starting in the lower left hand corner at the square marked Infancy. The Game Of Life goes back much further than most people probably think: Milton Bradley - the person, not the company that would later bear his name - came up with the first iteration of Life in 1860, according to The Atlantic’s thorough history of the game. The player with the most money after everything’s been tallied wins. The Pet cards come into play again here they’re worth additional money, and could be the difference between paying all your debts off or staying in the red. The end of the game is “retirement” once everyone gets there, they pay their debts, add up their wealth, and see who’s got the most money. Why the bank would give you $20,000 because your cat had kittens continues to be a headache for the more logical among us in real life, we don't automatically get money when we have human children (we're lucky if we get a week or two of paid parental leave), let alone fur children, so… why does this game mechanic exist? It’s anyone’s guess. The Game Of Life: Pets Edition, $20, Amazon Drawing a Pet card could yield anything from “passing obedience school” to “eating homework” - and, as one image of the game illustrates, a Pet card might even result in your pets having offspring of their own: The decks of cards that help determine your fate now cover five categories: House cards, Action cards, College Career cards, regular Career cards, and Pet cards. It’s adorable, and I am here for it.Īs in the standard version of the Game Of Life, you spend the Pets Edition going to school (or not), having a career (or not), getting married, and having a family this time, though, you can also adopt a pet as you go. The pet pegs come in two varieties, Cat and Dog pegs while the downside about that is that people who would prefer, say, an iguana as a pet are out of luck, on the plus side, the pegs actually look like cats and dogs. In this version, each player starts with one car, a “Spin to Win” token, one pink or blue peg, one pet peg, and $200,000. I’ll confess that I don’t think I’ve ever managed to finish a complete game of the Milton Bradley board game the Game of Life - but maybe I will now: The newly released Game Of Life: Pets Edition includes all the hallmarks of the classic game, while adding - what else? - pets to the equation.
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