Create your own

Objective:
Design and create an updated Game of LIFE using what you know about life in 2018. You will
need to work with your group to research the different components and decide which parts of
the game you will change. Your final product must include a game board, an instructions
manual and game pieces (career cards, house deeds etc). Be creative! Your final product will be
graded on how well you’ve researched, how realistic your game is and how creative your
changes are.

Minimum requirements:
- 10 career cards including job title, salary range, three hard skills and three soft skills
required
- 6 house deeds including type of housing, maximum occupancy, market price
- 20 LIFE tiles – special achievements and rewards
- 10 unfortunate events – problems, consequences, and ways to solve
- Two insurance policies, a bank loan and a student loan
- A game board with at least 50 spaces
- An instructions manual outlining all the changes you have made to the game
https://www.hasbro.com/common/instruct/life.pdf

You will be marked on:

- Quality of Research
- Creativity
- Realism

Planning sheets included:

A. Career Cards
B. House Deeds
C. Insurance Policies and Bank Loans
D. Life Tiles
E. Unfortunate Events
F. Game Spaces

Group Members: Responsible for:

1.
2.
3.
4.

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 A. Career Cards:
Your game should include at least 10 different careers relevant to 2018. For each card, include
the job title, the salary range, and three skills needed to obtain the job.
Career: Career: Career: Career: Career:

Salary Range: Salary Range: Salary Range: Salary Range: Salary Range:

Hard Skills: Hard Skills: Hard Skills: Hard Skills: Hard Skills:

Soft Skills: Soft Skills: Soft Skills: Soft Skills: Soft Skills:

Career: Career: Career: Career: Career:

Salary Range: Salary Range: Salary Range: Salary Range: Salary Range:

Hard Skills: Hard Skills: Hard Skills: Hard Skills: Hard Skills:

Soft Skills: Soft Skills: Soft Skills: Soft Skills: Soft Skills:

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 B. House Deeds:
Think about the different housing options people may need/want/be able to afford and include
a variety of choices.
Property Type: Property Type: Property Type:

Max. Occupancy: Max. Occupancy: Max. Occupancy:

Features: Features: Features:

Sketch: Sketch: Sketch:

Price: Price: Price:

Property Type: Property Type: Property Type:

Max. Occupancy: Max. Occupancy: Max. Occupancy:

Features: Features: Features:

Sketch: Sketch: Sketch:

Price: Price: Price:

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C. Insurance Policies and Bank Loans:
Insurance policies help to offset the cost of unpredictable, often costly events. People pay a
small amount every month or year and if unfortunate circumstances arise, the insurance will
pay for it. You should have two types of insurance in your game. At some point in your game,
players may need a bank loan or a student loan. Decide how much interest would be based on
research.

Type of Insurance:

What it will cover:

What it will not cover:

Price:
Type of Insurance:

What it will cover:

What it will not cover:

Price:
Type of Loan: Bank Loan

Possible reasons for needing a bank loan:

Interest:

Type of Loan: Student Loan

Loan amount for:

A bachelor’s degree at a Canadian university $ _____________________

Interest:

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D. Life Tiles:
Each LIFE tile carries a secret message outlining a special achievement in life and a reward at
the end of the game. You may use the tiles from the game as inspiration but you must come up
with twenty new, 2018-relevant achievements.
Achievement: Achievement:

Reward: Reward:
Achievement: Achievement:

Reward: Reward:
Achievement: Achievement:

Reward: Reward:
Achievement: Achievement:

Reward: Reward:
Achievement: Achievement:

Reward: Reward:
Achievement: Achievement:

Reward: Reward:
Achievement: Achievement:

Reward: Reward:
Achievement: Achievement:

Reward: Reward:
Achievement: Achievement:

Reward: Reward:
Achievement: Achievement:

Reward: Reward:

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E. Unfortunate events:
You may choose to put these somewhere on your board. Include ten problems you may
encounter during the game, a consequence and a way for the player to solve the problem.
Problem: Problem:

Consequence: Consequence:

Way to solve: Way to solve:

Problem: Problem:

Consequence: Consequence:

Way to solve: Way to solve:

Problem: Problem:

Consequence: Consequence:

Way to solve: Way to solve:

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 Problem: Problem:

Consequence: Consequence:

Way to solve: Way to solve:

Problem: Problem:

Consequence: Consequence:

Way to solve: Way to solve:

F. Game Spaces
You should have different types of spaces in your game. In the original game:
ORANGE = most spaces are orange. Non-optional, you must follow the directions.
BLUE = these spaces are optional. You follow directions only if you want to.
GREEN = these are pay day spaces. Collect your salary if you land on, or pass these spaces. You
should not have more than 10 pay days (that’s 20% of your board).
RED = these force players to stop, even if they have moves left. In the original game, these
spaces include: Job Search, Get Married, and Buy a House.
LIFE = these spaces show pictures of LIFE tiles. They involve family activities, community service
and good deeds.

Use the following page to begin planning your board.

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 Rubric:
Names: _______________________________________________________________________

Beginning Developing Applying Extending

Research Game does not Game includes Game includes Game includes
show evidence some details details that are many additional
of research. from research well-researched details that
Details are from but mainly uses and reflect real- reflect real-life.
prior prior life. Project Project shows
knowledge. knowledge. shows evidence evidence of
Project shows Project shows of learning. learning beyond
little evidence of some evidence objectives.
learning. of learning.
Content Project is Project is Project includes Project includes
missing 4+ missing 1-3 all components extra
components components outlined in components.
from the from the criteria.
criteria. criteria.
Creativity Game uses only Game makes a Game design is Game design is
design few changes to creative and creative and
templates. game play and unique. Game interesting.
Design and design. board and Game board and
components are components are components are
minimally visually very visually
original. appealing. appealing.
Leadership and Group had Group had some Group Group
Collaboration difficulty difficulty demonstrated demonstrated
collaborating planning, setting good planning, exceptional
and creating an goals and goal-setting and planning, goal-
end product. collaborating. collaboration. setting and
collaboration.

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