Seriously, thank goodness for you and this site! I had been searching and searching to get my games questions answered out there to no avail. Could you tell me the difference or the why the 1960 is better than the 1977/1985? Given, you said the 1977 is a close second, but I’m now not sure which one to get. (I remember the little illustrated married people at the church, and two illustrated horses amongst other random children and images drawn around the board.) I’m trying to deice whether to get the one I remember (1977/1985) or the 1960 Art Linkletter one that you said is the best. I had the ’85 version I think, though it may have been the 77, since the board didn’t change. Got a questinon for you again (I’ve posted on your Payday article). All in all, it was a serious reworking of the how the game played. Reaching one of the red game board spaces accessed these cards: Job Search, Get Married, and Buy a House, while the Stock cards could be purchased at the beginning of the turn. The certificates were trimmed to Automobile and Homeowner’s insurance (Life and Fire insurance were removed), and the money-making power of the Stock certificates was drastically reduced, and were now part of the Life decks of cards, which also included Careers, Salary, and House Deeds. The game mechanic was seriously affected by the removal of the Share the Wealth cards and the addition of Life Tiles, which added secret milestones that, if achieved, could be cashed in at the end of the game for big money. With the 1990s came more changes to The Game of Life, including a reworking of the game board the game paths were altered, “penalty” spaces were changed to “reward” spaces (to be more life-affirming and politically correct), and the colors were modified. The game mechanic stayed pretty much the same, however. The gas-guzzling convertibles were replaced with minivan tokens, and the game board spaces were recolored from black to orange for standard spaces. The 1980s version changed the certificates once again, adding colors to help distinguish one from the other. The Game of Life was a smash hit, and would go on to sell an amazing 50 million copies since its 1960 release! The game featured high quality game parts, and had a high replay value as it played differently each time it was played. Art Linkletter was convinced to provide a celebrity endorsement, and his smiling face adorned the corner of the 1960 version of The Game of Life. Klamer seized the opportunity presented to him by Milton Bradley’s board of directors, reached back in time to Milton Bradley’s first game, and developed a game using its concepts. (Mr Klamer was an amazing toy maker, responsible for an incredible array of toys, such as Moon Rocks, erector construction sets, and snap-together hobby kits, among many others. Enter Reubae Klamer, a toy inventor who had some success working with Art Linkletter (a popular television personality of the day) inventing and selling toys such as the “Spin-a-Hoop,” a competitor for the Hula-Hoop. One hundred years later, the company that The Checkered Game of Life built was searching for a way to celebrate its centennial anniversary. Art Linkletter (left) and Reuben Klamer (2nd from right)
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