вЂњWell thatвЂ™s just stupid,вЂќ FIRECracker snorted throwing the card back into the pile. вЂњI know what youвЂ™re thinking, and no, you canвЂ™t buy an index fund.вЂќ вЂњWait, you can buy stocks in this game? Hey, do you think itвЂ™s possible toвЂ¦вЂќДЄlan cut her off. The Deal card was an opportunity to buy a stock. So FIRECracker went first, landing first on a Payday (вЂњFuck Yeah!вЂќ) and then an Opportunity tile. Just like in real life, these doodads do nothing, and just cost money. These cards all suck, since it forces you to buy something like a TV. If you land on this, you draw a card from the вЂњDOODADвЂќ pile. Do you want to sell to this buyer?вЂќ Doodad For example, a MARKET card may say вЂњA buyer wants to buy your apartment building for $X. These cards have events on it that may affect your investments. If you land on this, you draw a card from the вЂњMARKETвЂќ pile. You have to analyze the financials of the deal and decide whether you want it, or whether you want to pass. If you land on this, you draw a card from the вЂњDEALвЂќ pile, in which youвЂ™re presented with an opportunity to buy an investment. You take your jobвЂ™s income, then minus off all the expenses (like debt payments that FIRECracker absolutely LOATHED), and then you get cash equal to the difference. All the players basically go round and round in circles (a metaphor for working the 9-to-5, I assume) and you can land on a couple different types of tiles. On the board thereвЂ™s a ring labelled вЂњRat RaceвЂќ where everyone starts off in. So anyway, when we managed to calm FIRECracker down long enough to read the rest of the rules, we decided to start the game. вЂњCar payments?!? For FUCKвЂ™S SAKE, is there a commit suicide card I can play? All hope is lost!вЂќДЄll this before the game actually officially started. вЂњThatвЂ™s too much house! Sell it and rent a 1 bedroom apartment near the airport you moron!вЂќД«ut the game wouldnвЂ™t allow her to do that so then she got all angry. I got a doctor, so I was like вЂњWOOHOO!вЂќ but then I read how much debt I had and I was like вЂњHoly shit! $150k in student debt?!?вЂќ So in other words a pretty accurate depiction of real life.ДЇIRECracker was a pilot, which is great, but then she got saddled with credit card debt, fancy private school for the kids, and a massive mortgage. That determines your starting income, but it can also come along with debt. So how this game works is that everyone gets assigned a career like barista, secretary, engineer, etc. So I knew this was going to be interesting. вЂњOoh, math! LetвЂ™s MATH SHIT UP!вЂќ she shouted whipping out her trusty phone and starting up the calculator app. IвЂ™m not sure how popular this game is with the general public but as soon as we unpacked the game and Alan distributed out a balance sheet we had to fill out to keep track of our income and investments, FIRECracker started nerding out immediately. The tagline was вЂњGet Out of the Rat Race,вЂќ so we wanted to try it out to see if we could get some inspiration for our FI board game. So imagine our surprise when Alan and Katie had bought a copy of Robert KiyosakiвЂ™s CASHFLOW game. 1500 Days.вЂќ It was a ton of fun, and youвЂ™ll be able to listen to the podcast episode when it goes live on ChooseFI in a few days.ДЄnyway, while we were at last yearвЂ™s UK Chautauqua, we had gotten into a discussion about how cool it would be to build an FI board game to teach people the principles of FI in a fun way. And after a memorable week spent with our favourite peeps, we headed for Basingstoke (aka вЂњAmazingstoke!вЂќ) to stay with Alan and Katie, our Chautauqua organizers, and while we were there, ended upВ recording an episode of the ChooseFI podcast along with JL вЂњ The GodfatherвЂќ Collins and Carl вЂњ Mr. As FIRECracker mentioned in her previous Chautauqua post, we flew 4000 miles to freeze our butts off in the UK for our Chautauqua reunion and it was 100% worth it! Even though we hadnвЂ™t seen our Chautauquan family since last August, we picked up exactly where we left off. Recently we were in Jolly Old England with our friends Alan and Katie.

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