Why I Lost

After every run, Why I Lost reads your own decisions back to you and says why the run was won or lost. Why I Lost is a turn-based life and money simulator. One turn is one month. You start with a job, a salary, rent to pay and a dream to chase: a business of your own, a flat to rent out, a place to live in or a dividend portfolio. Each month the bills settle, one to three event cards arrive, and every choice costs something: money, time or risk. Time is the real currency. A job takes most of your hours. A course, a side business or a second job takes more, and energy drains with every hour you commit. Passive income is what buys the hours back. Every month you can • answer event cards: a breakdown, a rent increase, a promotion offer. Every answer is a trade-off, and some consequences arrive months later; • buy and sell assets, borrow and repay, change jobs, study, take a week off. In…