Some Days Are Game On

We have a closet in our home with board games stacked floor to ceiling.  Many of these games are from long ago: Scrabble, Sorry, Chutes and Ladders, Battleship, Operation, Candy Land.

I remember playing The Game of Life. This game had a very cool three dimensional board with a built-in clickety spinner.  The place markers were little convertible cars. The goal of the game was to retire (finish) with the most assets (stuff).

The Game of Life was suppose to mirror real life. The first choice in the game was college or business.  Then you got married, had a family, and collected stock, property, and cold, fake cash. The most coveted square was Pay Day. I believe a better name could have been The Ultimate Status Quo Game.

There have been several revisions to The Game of Life since the original 1960 edition. Even with revisions, there is no way any game can mirror real life.

How do you revise The Game of Life to accommodate the impact of the Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam, the Cold War, the Digital Revolution, 9/11, the recession, escalating political discord/dysfunction?  Just for starters. It would take more than changing the convertible car to a minivan.

The Game of Life, even the most current edition, is a game, not a mirror, and certainly not real.  Honestly, what could be more not real than the status quo?

Oh, I know.  Barbie's body measurements?