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The Game of Life

College or career? Big house or small house? Kids? Retirement? Apparently you can make all the major decisions of life in one afternoon with a plastic car and a spinner. The Game of Life is a classic for a reason, with plenty of surprises and questionable financial decisions along the way. Some Loan Cards in our copy have been custom-reprinted by us to keep the set complete.

  • 2–6 players
  • 1 hr to play
  • read the card and go
  • 9+ years and up
  • Quiet

$8 / night

The Crate Discount: every extra game in your order drops $4 off its own price.
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WHY RENT THIS ONE

Why it's worth a spot on your weekend

“College, career, kids, mortgage... who gave the spinner this much power?”

Remember when life was a board game? Choose a career, buy a house, start a family, collect some money, spin the wheel, and hope your little plastic car makes better decisions than you do in real life.

The Game of Life is a great nostalgia rental for parents and grandparents while giving younger players a fun way to experience a classic that has been around for generations. It is easy to recognize, easy to teach, and packed with those little moments where the wheel decides your fate.

This is a particularly good choice for a multi-generational family weekend because everyone already understands the basic idea of "pick a path and see what happens." Our copy also includes custom-reprinted Loan Cards to keep the set complete, so you can focus on the important stuff, like deciding whether your fake career is worth taking out a fake mortgage.

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Good to know

  • Table space

    Needs a decent-sized table — a coffee table will not do it.

  • Reading load

    Some reading, but not enough to slow the game down.

  • Getting knocked out

    Nobody gets knocked out. Everyone plays to the last turn.

  • Pausing mid-game

    Easy to pause. If someone has to step out, the table survives.

  • Setup time

    About 10 minutes of setup before anyone touches a piece.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Renting, answered

Can I rent The Game of Life near Plattekill?

Yes — The Game of Life is part of the Deep Space Family Games game shelf, available to rent by the night around Plattekill and the wider Hudson Valley area. Roughly 30 minutes out from Plattekill in every direction — delivery and local pickup only. Nothing to walk into.

Is requesting The Game of Life a real reservation?

No — every button on this page is a request, not a booking. Deep Space Family Games doesn't run live availability, so we confirm by hand once you tell us you want The Game of Life and when.

What happens if a piece from The Game of Life goes missing?

The Game of Life, like every game on the shelf, is counted against a written list before it goes out and again when it comes back, so a missing piece is a conversation with a number behind it, not a guess.

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Add all 4 to one request, delivery is still a single trip, and The Crate Discount drops $4 off every one but the priciest.

psst — add another and every game but the priciest one drops $4, automatically.

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SHELF NOTES

How we'd sum it up

Remember the sticker Blockbuster used to slap on the video case, the one that told you everything before you'd even flipped it over? That's the idea here.

  • Classic
  • Nostalgia
  • Crowd Pleaser
  • Kids
  • Grandparents
  • Family

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