The Game of Life on Skype

A few days ago, Dee and I were Skyping when he, once again, wanted to play a game.  When I asked him what he wanted to play, he ran and got his Life game and started setting it up.


So, I got my Life game and set it up on my side.  His Mom also wanted to play with us.  We each picked out a car and got started.

Dee spun first.  He spun a four so he moved his car four spaces and I moved his car on my board four spaces, then his Mom read him what the space said.   He decided to go to college instead of getting a job so he went that direction, from there on, we played a modified, simplified version of the game that we made up as we went along.  It went something like this.

On a salary card, you got to pick or change your career.  We did not use money or the job cards but just picked whatever we wanted to be.  We added a person when we passed the Marriage space and each of us picked out a house when we passed the Buy a House space.  With a few exceptions, my board matched his board and in the cases where it didn't we went with his board.  It was fun to read about donating money to charities or attending different events.   When we landed on a baby boy or girl, we added these to our cars.

The first person to reach Retirement Mansion won the game.  Tiffany (Dee's Mom) rigged the spinning so that Dee won.  I was very surprised that a 4 year old would stay interested in this game until the end, but he did.  He also waited for his turn every time.

Not sure what is next on our game horizon, but I am sure it will be fun!