The Game of Life

***The Game of Life*** is an American television game show hosted by Frank Nicotero and based on the Milton Bradley board game of the same name. It aired on The Hub from September 24, 2011 to April 15, 2012.

## Gameplay

Two families, consisting of either one parent and two kids or two kids and one adult, compete in a game of knowledge and stunts to win the grand prize.

### Round 1

Each team takes a turn "driving" the Game of Life car through a Life adventure of their choice. (The car actually faces a green screen animation and can be shaken in various ways to simulate turns, bumps, and jumps in the road). After choosing one of the two adventures, the team reaches a fork in the road where they must face a series of 50/50 questions. The driver (usually the kid) turns the wheel toward the fork they feel is the correct answer. Correct answers earn "Life points", whereas the wrong answer stops the car for five seconds. Correct answers in this round are worth 100 points on the first question, then 100 Added for each of the correct answers. The adventure continues until the car runs out of gas (time, two minutes), ending the team's turn.

### Round 2

Play remains the same as in Round 1, usually with the second team going first. Life points in this round are doubled (200, 400, 600, etc.) In addition, the third question (usually the second) of the adventure earns extra gas for the car to its life point value, allowing the chance to answer more questions and possibly earn Life points, and whoever has the most life points get to spin the bonus spin.

### Bonus Spin

The team with the highest score after Round 2 gets to spin a giant version of the Game of Life Spinner for a special bonus prize, which they win if they can successfully predict where the spinner will land on an odd or even number. A consolation prize is awarded for a wrong guess. In the event of a tie, the team takes the odd numbers while the other team takes the even numbers, and host Nicotero spins the spinner. The team that wins receives the bonus prize, while the other gets a consolation prize. For Season 2, a prize was added for each number.

### Round 3

For this round, both teams compete simultaneously for a 60 second stunt. Each time the task in the stunt is successfully complete, 250 or 500 Life points are added to the teams. The teams wear red and blue "The Game of Life" T-shirts, respectively. The team with the highest score at the end of the round advances to the Grand Prize Round while the losing team receives a consolation prize that was never announced onscreen. If both teams are tied with the same score at the of the round, the Bonus Spin is played again.

### Grand Prize Round

The round is played in two parts. In the first part, each member of the winning family is asked a "would-you rather"-style question during the commercial break based on one of the three adventures they played during the show. The other two family members must predict which answer is given. Each right answer earns an extra number on the Game of Life Spinner, which the team faces one more time. The team again chooses between odd and even numbers, plus any extra numbers of their choice that they earned. If the Spinner lands on any of the numbers that were chosen, the team wins the grand prize of a family vacation (except for the premiere, which had a 3-D family screening room). A consolation prize is again awarded for a wrong guess.