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The Game of Life: Card Game

#15731BGG ↗

2002 · 2-4 players · 30min · weight 1.55 · 195 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

BGG raw

ID
15731
Name
The Game of Life: Card Game
Year
2002
Rank
23135
Min players
2
Max players
4
Playing time
30
Min playtime
30
Max playtime
30
Avg weight
1.55
Num weights
20
Bayes avg
5.50838
Average
5.7271
Users rated
195
Num owned
427
Wanting
17
Wishing
49
Num comments
84
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:37:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (1)
Hand Management
Categories (2)
Card GameChildren's Game
Description (1002 chars)

This is the card game version of "The Game of Life". There are four types of cards: Career cards, Student/Married cards, Early Life cards, and Later Life Cards. First you must draw a Career card. You may also choose to attend college which allows you to pick a higher paying career, but you also lose three turns. Your Career card lists how much time and money you can spend on each turn. On your turn, you may play cards from your hand, but only if you have enough time or money to pay for them (some cards, like "Lucky Lottery" allow you to add your two scores together). The cards you play feature life goals that are worth points. You may also get married and have children which costs you time but earns you bonus points. When the Early Life cards are used up, play proceeds with the Later Life cards. This deck also has the Letter cards "L" "I" "F" and "E", and when all four of these cards are drawn the game ends. The players add up their scores and the one with the highest point total wins.

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.