Mid-Life Crisis (1982)

About this game

Objective is to get through your middle years with more money, less stress and fewer divorce points than your opponents or to declare a MID-LIFE CRISIS in which case you must go broke, get divorced and crack up before anyone else reaches the end of the game. The game consists of actioning Crisis Cards, playing ZAP! cards on other players, paying other players for their professional assistance and accumulating (or not!) stress points, divorce points and money.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 6.
• Rules load. At 1.2/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 18 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.