Price: $44.95 - $36.09
(as of Dec 15, 2024 17:41:09 UTC - Details)

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of "The Game Of Life" with this wonderful classic edition. Everything you adored about the original 1960 game will be found inside. Good fortune is always around the corner. That's LIFE. Contains sturdy bi-fold game board with plastic buildings and mountains, money pad, cards, stock and insurance certificates, 8 plastic cars, pink and blue people-pegs, number board, bankers trays and rules. Two to six player game.
THE ORIGINAL: This is a faithful reproduction of the 1960 edition that got it all started. Remember the pink and blue peg people? The betting strip? The insurance and stock certificates? Millionaire Acres? It's all here - "That's Life!"
COLLEGE OR WORK: The age old question still rings true. Should you go to work and start earning money right away or take a few years and go to school in the hopes of having a bigtime career?
MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN: Here's another question that most everyone ponders? Well - in the Game Of Life, everyone gets a car, gets married and has kids - so have fun with it!
JUST A GAME? Sometimes it feels like this game is real - sorta! You've got to get a job, have a family, make money, get insurance, play the stock market, travel, pay taxes and hope to retire to enjoy your golden years!
FAMILY FAVORITE: Do you remember playing this classic board game from your childhood? With instant setup and easy play, this First Edition Reproduction is great fun to play when the family is together!
Reviewer: LKP
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great reproduction, great company
Review: Yes, it was worth the high cost of this reproduction(I paid 35 bucks during Xmas, it's cheaper now). Sure, it may not be the exact quality of the original, but i don't really expect that when the original was made 40 years ago in the USA and the repro is made in china. So with that in mind, this is pretty darn nice! Most importantly the game play is the same as I remember, in fact I had to read and retread as we played the instructions because of how nuanced the rules are. I purchased it as a Xmas gift for my 9 year old who was wishing for it and I'm sure he played the new dumbed down version because he seemed surprised and confused by this version. I'm glad I went with this, it has so much more interaction and opportunities to make decisions that will affect the outcome. This really maes it way more fun.The collect/pay spaces are hilariously worded, and so nostalgic! Overall, I think the critics of this version are being too picky, and in reality buying a new game versus searching out and gambling on a vintage used version is way more practical. At least you know you are getting all the pieces and there is a reputable company to contact if you have any Issue. I can vouch for this because our game came with a defective spinner, which was a total fluke as one peg was missing between numbers which was clearly a factory mis-cast. I contacted Winning Moves Games via email and they got right back to me and promptly sent out a new spinner, free of course. So, worth it to buy it new in my opinion. About the only thing I can remember being different is that the buildings and landscapes are secured and no longer fall out and need to be put back in place before each game, which is a clear improvement, unless you enjoyed sliding all of those pieces into place each time with the possibility of loosing them. Even though the weight of the board and quality of the pieces and graphics is not quite as nice, I still felt that this game is of a far superior quality to any of the new versions of classic games I have purchased in recent years, and is worth the extra cost. I am pleased that Winning Moves Games chose to make this reproduction and will certainly buy others made by them in the future. I believe they make the classic Candy Land game which is another one that has been ruined by updated graphics and poor quality.

Reviewer: M. Stellmack
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This is the original version that you are looking for
Review: Short review: Yes, this is the original version of Life that you are looking for. If you want the version that you had as a kid, this is it. Buy it.Long review: I had The Game of Life when I was a kid (in the '70's). I don't know what eventually happened to it, but I do not have it anymore. I bought a new edition of the game a few years ago. It was NOT the same as the old version that I had as a kid. It was a BAD new version. There was too much chance involved, little interaction between players, and the details of what happened to you during the game had little effect on the outcome because there are these dopey little tiles that are worth a huge amount of money that dwarfs any money you might have made during the game. So, although the new version of the game might reflect real life in that what you do during your life has no effect on how it ends, it wasn't very fun.This version that I'm reviewing now is the GREAT old version. You have to actually make decisions that have an effect on the outcome, although there is still quite a bit of chance involved. The box says it's for ages 10 and up, but my 7 and 9 year olds really enjoy it and they're learning a little about insurance, taxes, making money decisions, and, of course, revenge.Contrary to what another reviewer said, I don't notice any difference in the quality of this game versus what I recall of the version of my youth. The buildings look great and the printing on the board is fine. I was excited to see that the print style on the Share the Wealth cards was exactly the same as my childhood version. It is true that there are no images of Art Linkletter on this edition of the game, but if that is extremely important to you, you can probably print some from the internet and tape them to the box.The game takes us about an hour to play with 4 people, two of whom are children who are occasionally somewhat distractible.So although you may disagree with one of the ultimate lessons of this game, that the person who ends life with the most money is the winner, it's really a good game and there are actually other useful lessons about how life works that I didn't really notice as a kid. I gave it four stars for durability only because the money and cards and board will probably start to show some wear after awhile, but that can't be helped. And four stars for educational value because not all of the events that occur are entirely plausible or realistic. But five stars for fun and five stars overall because it is really a great game and because I was so excited to see that future generations will not have only that horrible new version of the game available to them.

Reviewer: Michael F Sposato
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Game of Life is still a favorite
Review: My husband and I like to play board games instead of watching TV at night. I love Life because it can be played in 1 evening, it is a lot of fun, the game is sturdy and can have multiple players.

Reviewer: Jessie Neal
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: This is what I remembered.
Review: This is the same version I played as a kid. It is fully assembled unlike the newer version I am replacing. I am looking forward to working this in on game night.

Reviewer: winteroses
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best version
Review: It's so great to have the real version of Life where the game smacks you between the eyes just like the lived version. I have an updated version that I bought within the past 6 years, and it was so disappointing because it's borderline "everyone gets a ribbon" with the action cards and doesn't have much negative stuff going on with the spaces or cards. Honestly, we've done a disservice to kids with the way even games have been changed so they don't really experience losing. Buy the reproduction classics whenever you get a chance. They help kids learn to think more logically and process through emotions when things don't go their way.

Reviewer: Hakuso
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: That's Life.
Review: It is Life, and the real version rather than those new weird ones. I didn't notice any of the board errors people have claimed to have found, but it is lighter and thinner than the original. I wouldn't recommend this over an old set but, for something made recently, this is about as good as you're going to get without scouring garage sales and auctions. I can't give it five stars because it is a bit cheaper than the old ones, but I can recommend this version if you're buying new. Unlike Battleship or Connect Four this is actually a serviceable game.

Reviewer: Book Buff
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great
Review: Exactly like the one I grew up with, except that it is all new! Thanks for reproducing this!

Reviewer: Oski
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Este es el LIFE que yo recuerdo haber jugado cuando era niño, en ese entonces no entendia ni la mitad de las reglas pero ahora que las entiendo lo jugue con unos amigos y nos fascino. La partida nos duro 1hr y nos divertimos bastante, muy recomendado!

Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Havent played it in 25 years. Instructions are a bit much but you might play wrong once or twice then its easy. Youtubean old video helps. Then magic. I cant believe how awesome this game is. They should make a post marriage one. That would be interesting and likely too real. Haha.

Reviewer: Nicolai Mihaleff
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: We first bought a new version and were totally disappointed. Then I started searching for an original version. Found hard to find on sold on Amazon. Brilliant quality and nostalgic dive into yesteryear!Certainly not cheap but worth it

Reviewer: C. Horswill
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: This is an awesome game and so much better than the latest version of The Game of Life.This is much, much more complex than the later versions which seem to have been dumbed down to make them too easy to win and become millionaires. This version really does make you plan and work for success so a great game to put effort in to.Probably not for the younger person but a really involved board game which has many twists and turns through out the time you play which will last much more than 1 hour with 4 people.The game is well made and has loads of quality, the money looks great, the game board looks great and it is worth every penny. there is loads more to do, and every step has an action so there seems to be more change with every turn.Things you do in the early stages of the game have large effects later on too.Worth the extra money!

Reviewer: Ralzes
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Lo compramos ya que mi esposa lo había jugado anteriormente y es el mismo que tenía.En cuestión a calidad, esta excelente, el tablero, los billetes, todo es de una calidad buena, obviamente por ser importación de EU esta en ingles..En cuestión al juego, si nunca lo han jugado, tardas aproximadamente una hora u hora y media en terminarlo, divertido para jugar con la familia.