This was Retooled in 1991 to the collection of LIFE Tiles, which had a much more significant impact at the end of the game (awarding large amounts of money for 'notable events' you were a part of during your life). In the 1960-1990 version, milestones such as getting married and having children were celebrated by that player 'collecting presents', small amounts of money from each of the other players. The game ends with your retirement, the manner in which you do so determined by how quickly you ended the game, as well as how much money you think you ended with in comparison to the other players. You can land on spaces that cause you to lose your job, collect or pay money, have children, and more.

After that, it's pretty much free-for-all. You begin the game with two choices: go to college, which puts you at a financial disadvantage at first but gives you more career options or go immediately into a job, but have fewer career options (in the original game, a flat salary lower than ANY job available on the 'college' route.) Soon after that, you travel a bit before getting married.

Along the way, there are 'Pay Day' spaces which give you a salary whether you land on or pass them, as well as spaces at which you must stop while participating in a major life event such as buying a house. A typical turn of the game is as follows: Spin the multicolored wheel (numbered 1-10) in the middle of the gameboard, advance that number of spaces, and do what the space you land on tells you to (usually collect or pay money).

The game of life computer version