Game of Life

Game of Life: Who Wants To Be A millionaire? (1556 words)
by karenuk - written on 29.12.03 (Very useful, 416 readings)
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INTRODUCTION Shopping round for Christmas presents, I was finding it quite hard to find suitable gifts for my seven year old daughter. My Mum was buying her several DVDs, she was getting the only CD she wanted (The Cheeky Girls album!), she has no more room for cuddly toys and apparently, Barbie is now a no-no at her vast age! So I had a look on Ebay for a few ideas and checked out the board games section. I wanted something that all of us could play as a family. There are six of us and my children are 7, 10, 11 and 13, so it had to be something to interest all of us. The Game of Life can be played by 2-6 players, which was ideal and the recommended age ...

Life Is A Game (1095 words)
by johnny040676 - written on 14.06.08 (Very useful, 60 readings)
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Game Of Life one of the board games I remember from my childhood, when the whole family would sit down together on a Sunday, after Bullseye and Sunday Dinner, and play a game whether it be cards or one of the many board games we had. History ********** The game was originally created in 1860 by Milton Bradley, and was called The Chequered Game Of Life, and it sold 45,000 copies in its first year of production. The game did not include a dice as these were considered by many to be wicked items and only for gamblers, and instead used a teetotum which is a six sided top, is where the spinner in the middle comes from. The original game was based ...

Game of Life: Life Goes On (1855 words)
by belfin - written on 20.12.05 (Very useful, 237 readings)
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I received this game as a xmas pressie about 20 something years ago but it is still all in working order and has been played over and over again throughout the years - starting with myself and then with my own children as they have grown up. Games like this seem to have taken a back seat these days since the arrival of the many dvd games available now but I feel that this type is great for getting the family together on a cold rainy day when there is nothing on telly except the usual repeats. Game of Life is quite simply about living your life and making choices along the way. It has an element of luck involved but there are important decisions that ...