Board Set-up for "Life" Size Board Game

Continuing on with the instructions for a "Life" size board game here is the board set-up I used. To make the set-up a bit easier, I have written all that we did down:

You will need 33 cardboard “spaces” labeled like so:

1 Start
1 Finish
1 Spring Break
1 Get a Job
1 Catch a Cold
1 Get Married
1 Honey Moon
1 Have a Baby
1 Vacation
4 Move Forward 2 Spaces
4 Move Back 2 Spaces
4 Move Forward 1 Space
4 Move Back 1 Space
8 Draw a Card

This is the order we had the cards in. I wanted to be sure that no one would end up in a perpetual circle between forward and back spaces.

Start
Move Forward 2 Spaces
Draw a Card
Move Back 1 Space
Draw a Card
Move Forward 1 Space
Spring Break!
Move Back 2 Spaces
*Get a Job
Move Forward 2 Spaces
Catch a Cold!
Move Forward 1 Space
Draw a Card
Move Back 1 Space
Draw a Card
Move Back 2 Spaces
**Get Married
Honey Moon (eeeewww!)
Move Forward 2 Spaces
Draw a Card
Draw a Card
Move Back 1 Space
Move Back 2 Spaces
Move Forward 1 Space
***Have a Baby
Move Back 1 Space
Move Back 2 Spaces
Draw a Card
Vacation!
Move Forward 2 Spaces
Draw a Card
Move Forward 1 Space
Finish!

*The “Get a Job” space had a table next to it. On the table were all the ‘jobs’ that players could pick from.

**The “Get Married” space had another table with the veils and ties.

***The “Have a Baby” space had a cooler with all the water balloon ‘babies’.

Remember, the players all had to carry their; jobs, marriage, and babies without dropping them. They also had to roll the huge dice.

Feel free to mix it up, add or subtract all you want! Got a better idea? E-Mail me and I will add it to this page!