Mid-Life Crisis
BGG rank
BGG #31,077
BGG rating
4.1

Mid-Life Crisis

1982

Rules assistance for Mid-Life Crisis

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–6 players
  • 60 min
  • 18+
  • Complexity 1.2/5

Rules assistant for Mid-Life Crisis

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Mid-Life Crisis is a board game released in 1982 for 2–6 players, 60 minutes per game, and ages 18 and up. It was designed by Michael Stern and its main mechanics are Roll / Spin and Move and Dice Rolling.

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About the 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.

Designers

Publishers

  • The Game Works, Inc.
  • Olga International
  • BV Leisure Ltd

Questions and answers

Mid-Life Crisis supports 2–6 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.