If you own a copy of the Game of LIFE (the manual version, not the electronic), you may have played it many times before. Maybe, you could have played it a lot. If you have played it so many times before that it has become monotonous, here are some variations on and rules you can add to the game to make it a little more interesting:

1. If you can salvage a 1970s edition, a 1980s edition, a 1990s edition, and a 2000s edition all at once (not Twists and Turns), play the 2000s game with a combination of the rules of all four editions. (Each decade, they redo the rules for some reason.) Keep the same cards, but pool the money, LIFE tiles and insurance policies,and use all the extras (such as the betting stripand Millionaire Tycoon rule from the 1970s). Even better, pool the cars and pegs and play with up to 30 people. (If there are more than 8 players, you will need to pool the cards as well.)
2. If you can't or don't want to pay something, rob the bank.
3. If you can't or don't want to pay something else, rob another player.
4. Blantantly disobey the rules (ha ha, I have three stock and you can only have one!!).
5. To get through the gave very quickly, move double the number you spin.
6. To stretch out the game, move half the amount you spin.
7. To really, really stretch out the game, use a coin to move (heads = one space, tails = two spaces) and only use the spinner for non-moving purposes.
8. Initiate fitting songs every time someone lands on a space or draws a card ("Happy Birthday to You," "Here Comes the Bride," "Brick House," etc.). Insist everybody sing along. Move your fingers like a conductor.
9. Play alone, without other imaginary players. See what happens when you get through life without any friends. When you're done, debate yourself over whether what you learned taught you you did or didn't want friends.
10. Play without cars. Condemn yourself, your family and your friends to be pedestrians all their lives.

Tomorrow we will learn how to cheat at Monopoly. ;)