Careers by Winning Moves

by Winning Moves

Product Features

• Careers - a Classic American Board Game.
• First introduced in the 1950s and still popular today.
• Players: 2 - 4
• Entertained families since bursting on the scene in the 1950s.
• Ages 8 and up

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 9.3 x 18.4 inches ; 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00134FDC2
• Item model number: 1116
• Manufacturer recommended age: 8 months and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,714 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)

Product Description

Careers, the all-time classic game, has entertained families since bursting on the scene in the 1950s. Now, its original play, look and feel are back. Choose your own personal success formula (Fame, Fortune or Happiness) and decide which combination of careers will help you make it come true. Contains game board, money pad, four movers, two dice, 28 Opportunity cards, 28 Exposure cards, formula sheets and instructions.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic!, September 6, 2009

By 

John B. Goode "JBG" (Earth) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)   

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Careers by Winning Moves (Toy)

I don't know why this classic game isn't more popular and more widely available. It's certainly a lot more fun than a lot of the classic games you find on store shelves.

This is a very easy to play game. It's basically a roll and move game where you throw dice to move through the gameboard collecting money, units of fame and happiness. You choose your careers with varying amounts of each and when you collect them all ahead of the others, you win. There is not a lot of strategy in it and there is not a lot of interaction with other players as far as trading or winning things off each other goes. For the compulsive type of player you can always plan and play to win by memorizing the best careers to get the maximum amount of money, fame and happiness, but what's the fun in that?

I recommend this easy to play and lots of fun game for the youngish players (6-7 and up) and players just wanting to have a great time without too much cerebral involvement.

Our playgroup has had a lot of fun in creating expansion packs of extra careers such as Dictator (jail your opponents = 10 happiness), rock star (fall off stage = go to hospital), book author (Oprah reads your book = 10 fame), etc. to slide on the board so that's something that players who want something more can do.

Summary: Classic, easy to play and lots of fun!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Brought back memories, September 12, 2009

By 

Erin L. Shannon (Minneapolis, MN USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Careers by Winning Moves (Toy)

I LOVED this game as a kid and it was fun to rediscover it! My 15 year old step-daughter enjoyed an "old-fashioned" game as well. It was good to get her away from the computer and video games! I miss the lift and erase score board and they would would be more "eco-friendly" than the paper.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This game is full of math!, January 10, 2010

A Kid's Review

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Careers by Winning Moves (Toy)

I think that Careers has a lot of math involved in the game. This makes the game extra fun. Now that I have the game, I play it a LOT because I love math. And I love to try to become famous as a goal in Careers. My mom also likes that it has a happiness goal in the game. It has a nice sense of balance, and shows some of the trade offs in life. She thinks that's a nice thing to have presented early, in this easy to access game.