Hasbro The Game of Life

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Reader Reviews
Durability: Fun: Educational: I've recently been purchasing board games to play with my girlfriend and my first-grader daughter. I've been looking for fun games that have an educational value, especially about the value of money. I never played The Game of Life as a kid, but remember the advertisements and I seem to recall other people saying that they liked the game, so I was looking forward to acquiring and enjoying a classic! I was very disappointed. The whole game play seems to be based only on chance. There is very little control and strategy involved. You just go around the board and collect a ton of money and "Life tiles" and pay some bills here and there as dictated by the spaces you land on. You must get married -- there is no choice -- and there is no corresponding financial reward or penalty. And so it goes with other life events. The worst part is at the end of the game when you add up your money and your Life tiles (which are random large dollar amounts), the Life tiles have such large amounts that they pretty much dictate the winner of the game no matter how well (or how badly) you played the game. Other reviewers have described an earlier edition (60's, 70's) that seemed to be more strategic and more fun. Also detracting from the game is the fact that the people-pegs constantly hurl themselves out of the mini-vans and the spinner completely sucks. As an educational game, it let me down. I would prefer a game that has more decision making and associated consequences. As far as a fun game, my daughter says "it's OK, but kinda boring". Comment (1) | Permalink | (Report this)