r/lovethissmug • u/RoundGeologist5417 • 4d ago

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u/Wild-Video-5317 4d ago

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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u/PrimaryBowler4980 4d ago

Surprisingly they were both plastic and cars

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u/ElvenOmega 4d ago

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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u/faux_forg 4d ago

Woosh...

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u/postprandialrepose 3d ago

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