A Classic Is Updated: The Game Of Life By Mom2One on - Updated Oct 15, 2011
Every Christmas Santa brings us a new game the whole family can enjoy. Last Christmas he delivered: The Game of Life Twist & Turns.
This is an updated electronic version of the classic Life game.
I wasn't too sure about it; I grew up playing Life all the time. I sometimes don't like when companies try to improve things. But this is a great game for the whole family.
There is a Lifepod to keep track of your money, houses, cars, children and life points.
Every player gets a "Visa" card and when it is your turn you pop your Visa card into the Lifepod and all your information comes up.
The object is pretty much the same as the classic Life. You go around the board and make Life choices dealing with family, careers, education and living it up. As you go around the board you collect money and life points.
You can choose the length of the game in years. First time we played it we decided on 10 years, which equals 10 turns for each player. Just last week when we played it we played it for 30 years!
Now, I will say the first time you play it, it can be confusing on how to add all the information to the Lifepod. Luckily every one gets their own reference card, so you can quickly look at that if you can't remember how to add money or take away money.
Every year you get your salary, but what I like is that if you have any children they take away a percentage away for the cost of raising children. Now that really sounds like LIFE!
You will also see your car go down in value every year and after 10 years your car isn't worth anything. Your house also goes up in value every year. I brought a modest style house and I was able to turn around and sell it for a million dollars and then buy a mansion with the money from the sale. If only real LIFE was that easy!
It is really a lot of fun and the more you play the more it seems to flow and everyone starts getting the hang of using the Lifepod.
The winner of the game is the one who has the most Life points. At the end all your money, house, car and children are converted into Life points and that determines the winner.
It's a great family game. I believe the ages are 8 and up. My 8 year old has no trouble playing it.
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Sounds like they updated this game just perfectly! I bet this is a great game for family game nights. I still remember playing the original Life and I bet I'll soon have memories from playing the new game of LIFE!
I haven't seen the updated version of Life but it does sound like so much fun!
I haven't played this, it sounds like a good family game. I suppose it teaches some life skills, too.
For all the years the original game of Life has been on the market, I still haven't played it, I must get it one day and try it.
This might be more fun in this version. I was already an adult when I learned this game, and it was, well, too much like real life!
I used to love this game. I can't wait to try out this new version when my kids get a bit older! :)
It looks like a fun way for young people to learn about some of the things we all need to know about real life, like the cost of raising children and house values rising and falling. It's good to know children enjoy this game.
I enjoyed this game as a kid - now as an adult I wonder why! But it does expose you to how real life works and it sounds like it fits todays' world.
How very thoughtful of Santa to pick a life-teaching game like this. :)
It is indeed a fun game for the whole family regardless of age.