Board games have been around since humans settled into civilizations. The oldest known game is from 3500 BC. Most of us are familiar with the game of Life. The contemporary version of the game emerged in the 60s and revolves around paydays and cash to help you succeed in the game.
The original version, however, was less cheerful. The original version, released a century prior, in 1860, revolved around the impartation of moral principles. The point of the game was to educate players on the various challenges, successes and virtues of life. It included things like prison, suicide and disgrace as some of the challenges. Wealth, happiness and school as forms of success, and truth, honesty and industry as its virtues.
Often, we fail to realize we do not life in a homogeneous world, or even timeline. The reality is that our lifetime, is ours, and other people have theirs. What our generation may take for granted, other generations may not. And hence the evolution of board games. Things we may feel very strongly about at this moment, such as money and material success, may not necessarily come along with the evolution of life. Who knows what the point of the next version of game of Life will be, if re-released in 2060. Will it still revolve around money? Or will it focus more on a virtual reality and goods? Or will it return to its origins? We have 40 years to find out.
