Careers (board game)

Careers
Box cover and game layout, Winning Moves edition
DesignersJames Cooke Brown
PublishersWinning Moves
Parker Brothers
Pressman Toy Corporation
Waddingtons
Publication1955
Players2 to 6
Setup time5-10 minutes
Playing time45-90 minutes
ChanceMedium
SkillsRoll-and-Move
Win Condition Choice
Money Management

Careers is a board game first manufactured by Parker Brothers in 1955 for $2.97 US;[1] it was most recently produced by Winning Moves Games. It was devised by the sociologist James Cooke Brown.[2] Victory conditions (a secret "Success Formula") consist of a minimum amount of fame, happiness and money (designated as fortune and counted in thousands of dollars) that the player must gain. Players (from two to six) set their own victory conditions before the game begins, the total of which must be sixty or one hundred (the higher total is recommended when only two people are playing).

So for example in a regular multi-player game a player can set a goal of 20 hearts of happiness, 20 stars of fame, and 20 thousand dollars of fortune, or 45 hearts, 15 thousand dollars and no interest in any fame.[3]

  1. ^ Coopee, Todd (17 October 2018). "Careers". ToyTales.ca.
  2. ^ "What a Career by Eleanor Updale". The History Girls. 25 Jan 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  3. ^ Parker Brothers' Careers game instructions (on Hasbro website)