Watch out Milton-Bradley: Journey of Life Game® unveiled tonight

Members of Journey pose by the Journey of Life gameboard created by Kathryn Hopkins, Photo/Tom Atwood

After months of hype and speculation the Journey of Life Game was unveiled tonight in the Undercroft at St. Andrew's. Members of Journey each rolled the dice and took a turn. We'll see in two weeks who completes their "tasks" and who takes the early lead in this game. Here's a brief description:

The game® has two main goals: The first goal is to help you think about your future, and your life, as a journey that you are not making alone. You are on this journey with your family, your friends, your school, your church and ultimately, with God. The second goal is to give you a chance for total and complete domination of Journey as champion of the game®. Just kidding. Sort of.

As you will see, the game® is divided into four categories:

Family/Friends

Academic/School

Community/St. Andrew’s

Spirituality/Faith

How is the game® played? Each time Journey meets, players get to roll the dice and move around the board, designed and created by Kathryn Hopkins. Depending on where you land, you will choose a card from one of the four categories. Each card has a different activity (a question, an exercise, a task) worth up to 50 points. Some of the cards are difficult, some are easy. Some are fun, some are not. Some are fair, some unfair (in terms of points). Follow the instructions on the card to receive your points. The first player to reach 200 points wins the game®. The winner will get a prize (to be determined). Don’t worry, if and when someone wins, we’ll start a new game®.

Also, you receive 10 points each time you attend Journey, and 10 points if you bring a friend. (Bribery!) Keep track of your points in your Journal. An official Scoreboard will be updated and posted for everyone to see.

We will roll the dice at every meeting of Journey, but most of the “tasks” will have to be performed outside of Journey (during your real “journey”). We have decided to use an honor system. Only you will know for sure if you did or did not follow the instructions on your card. You will be responsible for recording your answers and details of your task “results” in your own Journal. We will discuss some of these during class.

Right now The Journey of Life Game® is a demo. It is still under development. We will play it and see what revisions, if any, we need to make for future Journey classes.