Key To The Front Door

By Avara Educational Quests, LLC
Price $24.95
Age 8+

Several parents present during the testing of this game mentioned how ill-prepared they had been to manage their money as young adults. Key To The Front Door deals with precisely that - making good choices about money. Each player starts with $500.00. While moving around the board on rolls of the dice, bills must be paid, necessities purchased, and financial decisions made at practically every turn. Rent is due each time around, and savings must be put aside, with additional expenses triggered by various spaces and cards. Pay Day spaces occur fairly frequently and provide income, but even so, the money goes quickly. Besting your opponents means either purchasing more basic household items than they have or simply outlasting them (anyone who can't pay their bills is out of the game). Budgeting, watching your dollars, focusing on needs instead of wants, and buying items on sale leads to success. With lots of playful twists and turns sprinkled throughout, Key To The Front Door manages to be both fast-moving fun and a remarkably good preparation for real life.