7. Game of Life
The Game of Life was created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of U.S. boardgame company Milton Bradley, and was inspired by ‘The Checkered Game of Life’, which inventor Reuben had spotted in the company’s archives. A condensed version of ‘real life’ in which contestants drive their plastic cars around a three-dimensional board, players face a series of crucial decisions including how far to take their studies and whether to have children – all dictated by a roll of the dice! The updated version of 1992 even tests players’ ability to say ‘no’ to drugs, and offers special rewards for recycling and learning CPR! Over 50 million copies have been sold worldwide.
