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Honestly I’m more surprised it’s that old.

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Apparently it was the very first Milton Bradley game in 1860.  I had no idea.

Clearly it received updates over the years.  The little plastic car figures probably weren't in the original version lol.

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Surprisingly they were both plastic and cars

[u/ElvenOmega → u/PrimaryBowler4980]

You're thinking of the updated version from 1960. The original 1860 The Checkered Game of Life used little round wood(? I think?) tokens.

It also included a teetotum, which is interesting, hence why the modern one has a spinner.

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Woosh...

[u/postprandialrepose → u/PrimaryBowler4980]

Yeah, but seriously — they were precision-milled titanium spaceships and 3D-printed models of elementary particles.

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It was made by a guy who lost everything after Abraham Lincoln grew a beard.

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Oh hey a Shulk PFP

Also I'm with you on that, did not know Game of Life was that old, I thought it was like a thing Hasbro invented in the 70s

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Some say it only came out last Thursday