Tokyo Bound: A Life in Dice

At eighteen you leave the countryside with a single bag. Every roll of the dice is a year. At sixty, what will you have to show for it? A sugoroku-style life game: leave your hometown for Tokyo and try to make ¥100 million. One square is one year. Roll your way across 43 squares from age 18 to 60. One life takes about 15 to 20 minutes. - CHOOSE YOUR ROOTS A fishing town, a farm, a shopping street or a workshop. Each family gives you different Body, Wits, Trust and starting cash, with its own strengths and weaknesses. - DECIDE AT EACH MILESTONE How to work at 22, where to live at 30, where to put your money at 40, what to do with the next ten years at 50. Milestone squares always stop you. Office job, craftsman, commission sales or chasing a dream. Rent or buy. Go independent or go home. - EVENT CARDS AND "GREAT DEALS" A windfall, a typhoon, a certification exam, a friend asking you to…