The Game of Life

We're back with another game! It's as much fun as any board game that you play by yourself – none. HOWEVER, you will get to learn totes mucho about our lives this year. In the end, isn't Life the greatest game of all?

How to Play

Roll the die. This determines how many spaces your marker will travel.
Draw a life card. This determines what direction your marker will go: forward or "backs-wards".
Your marker will move across the board.
You can click "Show the marker" to navigate to your marker on the board.
You can click "Show the die" to navigate back to the die and life cards.
Learn about our lives in 2012, and, if you get to the last space, you win (nothing)!

The Die

Life Cards

Roll the die please
You start a new job at Security Labs as a web developer! Move forward.
You start a podcast that a couple people listen to with mild interest! Move forward.
You start a new job as a graphic-arts teacher at New Tech High School! Move forward.
You graduate with a Masters in Education! Move forward.
You eat PopRocks for the first time! Move forward.
You turn two years old on April 30^th! Move forward.
You are (mostly) potty trained! Move forward.
You are born on September 23^rd! Move forward.
You survive Christmas without getting sick! Move forward.
Anything you do is the first time you've ever done it! Move forward.
You celebrate four years of marriage to your sweetie on January 26^th! Move forward.
You dress your children in Star Trek uniforms for Halloween! Move forward.
You can't find the latest season of Doctor Who on Netflix. Move "backs-wards".
You are in a car accident days after getting into a car accident! Move "backs-wards".
Your son develops an evil laugh! Move "backs-wards".
Your daughter greets you by spitting up on you every time you hold her! Move "backs-wards".

Show the marker

You won!

Let's be honest - it's impossible to not win if you click the buttons often enough. So, congratulations on your tenacity! I knew you could do it; that's why we sent you the card.

If you want, you can click through the game again. The life cards are chosen at random, so there might be some corner of our life that you didn't get to read in a single sentence. Why wait? Click the button below to play again.

Play Again