Robert Kiyosaki, the author of the book “Rich Dad Poor Dad”, has a board game out that is supposed to teach you about investing and how to grow your personal cash flow. For obvious reasons, it’s called CASHFLOW 101.
I’ve been wanting to play the game for a while now, but since it’s a specialty game you can’t just pick it up at Target or Walmart. The price tag is also a little daunting at $195.
I did, however, find the game on eBayfor a pretty good deal considering. I was able to pick it up for $137 including shipping.
I’m pretty excited to play it, but since I just got it yesterday I haven’t rounded anyone up yet. It’s also not your usual party game so I’ll have to find certain people that are interested in playing it.
The game focuses on your personal financial statements; these being your balance sheet and your income statement. As you move through the game, you have to keep your financial statements up to date so it forces you to actually go through the motions instead of just thinking about it.
Once I play the game, I’ll let you know how it is. If nothing else I’m sure it’ll be fun and entertaining.
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by KMull, on April 28 2007 @ 10:50 pm
Wow. $195 board game? It better do my laundry, too!
Interested to hear about it… if you don’t like it, you could sell it back on eBay?
by Bernard, on April 30 2007 @ 12:29 am
This is not your ordinary game just to kill your time. It’s a financial game aims to teach you about financial matters.
If the game is too expenseive to own, you might want to see if there is a Cashflow Game group in your area. Search for “Cashflow game group” and your area name in the search engine.
by majic, on April 30 2007 @ 2:49 am
The game is good, I’ve played the online version, but never in person. From what I’ve heard, the board version is more extendable - you can have house rules to enable the formation of partnerships and consortiums with the other players to take advantage of the big opportunities.
Modifying the rules a little means you add a new dimension onto the game.
What it’s best for is altering your mindset.