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Jinsei Game

Takara, 1967

Jinsei Game is a tabletop game published by Takara in 1967. It is played with 2 to 8 players, from age 6 and in about 30 minutes.

players
2–8
minutes
30
years
6+

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The box

Publishers
Takara, Milton Bradley, Tomy
Designer
Reuben Klamer
Year of release
1967

About the game

Jinsei Game (人生ゲーム; "Life Game") is the Japanese version of the board game that is called The Game of Life in North America. Unlike The Game of Life, the player starts in their toddler years and has to go to elementary school, junior high school, and high school before being allowed to either go to university or start their career. However, the board game has been updated numerous times like its North American counterpart. It was released in 1968 by toy company called Takara. It has been enjoyed by Japanese boys and girls for generations. The game has been adapted for the Famicom, the Super Famicom, the Game Boy, the Saturn, the PlayStation, the Nintendo 64, the Game Boy Color, the Dreamcast, the Game Boy Advance, the PlayStation 2, the GameCube, the Nintendo DS, the Wii, and the Nintendo Switch. Most of them are considered to be electronic board games while RPG Jinsei Game functions more like a role playing game with a post-industrial theme.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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