That time of year is approaching: stuffed full of turkey, you retire to the drawing room to smoke fat cigars, while the ladies remain to discuss, well, ehum...ladies things.
And out comes Monopoly. With ruthless verve you conspire to build a mighty property empire...if only this money was real, etc. Much booze and argumenting later, down to your last few pounds, you throw the board asunder and shake a fist at your 6 year old opponent who's been merrily whipping your ass while sneaking sips from your fruit liqueur when you're back's turned.
Well, not in our house this year. This year we're fast tracking the kids and instilling a serious work ethic with the aid of the largely letterpressed 1955 board game Careers. But it's no game; we're not playing around here; practice that hand shaking, it's a career in politics for you me'boy.
And a merry christmas to you all!
Uranium Ore? Uranium ore, Something else...
Posted by: The Worst of Perth | 20 December 2007 at 01:06 PM
If you like this game, you should check out Lie, Cheat & Steal. Basically the premise is you go into politics, and you must uhh lie, cheat and steal. You steal votes and try and guess who's bluffing, and avoid the witness stand.
Posted by: beth | 20 December 2007 at 01:45 PM
Made it here from Jon Hicks's page. Bookmarked.
Love Careers! Grew up playing it with my grandparents and brothers.
Posted by: sbh | 02 January 2008 at 10:49 PM
We used to play this all the time. One of my all-time favorite board games!
Posted by: Scott Hebert | 02 January 2008 at 10:52 PM
my friend's father actually created this game. it's a great one!
I really enjoy your design blog and hadn't considered the beauty of careers, but it is.
the 1970s version i rescued from a dumpster isn't as beautiful. Parker Brothers really watered it down.
Posted by: mark | 04 January 2008 at 09:07 PM