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The Game of LIFE
The Game of Life, also known simply as LIFE, is a board game originally created in 1860 by Milton Bradley, as The Checkered Game of Life. The game simulates a person's travels through his or her life, from college to retirement, with jobs, marriages and children (or not) along the way. Two to six players can participate in one game; however, variations of the game have been made to accommodate a maximum of eight or ten players. The modern version was originally published one hundred years later, in 1960 (then "heartily endorsed" by Art Linkletter, with a circular picture of him on the box) by the Milton Bradley Company (now a subsidiary of Hasbro).
The game was originally created in 1860 by Milton Bradley as The Checkered Game of Life. This was the first game created by Bradley, a successful lithographer, whose major product until that time was a portrait of Abraham Lincoln with a clean shaven face, which did not do very well once the subject grew his now-famous beard. The game sold 45,000 copies by the end of its first year. Like many games from the 19th century, such as The Mansion of Happiness by S.B. Ives in 1843, it had a strong moral message.
Bradley's game did not include dice, but instead used a teetotum, a six sided top (dice were considered too similar to gambling).
The game board was essentially a modified checkerboard. The object was to land on the "good" spaces and collect 100 points. A player could gain fifty points toward this goal by reaching "Happy Old Age" in the far corner, opposite "Infancy" where one began.
In 1960, the one hundredth anniversary of the game, the form of the game now known as The Game of Life, was introduced, designed by Reuben Klamer. There were many re-publishings over the years, including 1959, 1961, 1966, 1978, 1985, 1992, 2000, and 2005.
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To get to the coordinates of the cache you need to solve the puzzle.
Puzzle:
What better way to do a "Game of Life" puzzle than to find out how many years someone who has passed away lived. We all play the game of Life and end up in the same place. In this puzzle you are going to go to two cemeteries so please be respectful of the area and follow the cemetery hours and rules. The cache is not hidden in any cemetery.
For the North coordinates go to this little cemetery and stand at the following coordinates: N 42° 35.869 W 82° 58.477. From there look at where the picture below was taken from and find the tombstone that is missing from the picture. The coordinates are approximate so you may have to move around a little. Once you find the missing tombstone, go to it and find out how many years he or she lived. In other words, how old was that person when he or she died. Your answer will be A.
For the West coordinates go West to this little cemetery and stand at the following coordinates: N 42° 36.458 W 82° 58.948. Follow the same procedure used in getting North by using the picture below to find the tombstone that is missing from the picture. Once you find the missing tombstone, go to it and find out how many years he or she lived. In other words, how old was that person when he or she died. Your answer will be B.
Don't forget to bring a printout of the pictures with you.
Now to get the cache:
C = 11*A+12 , D = 3*B-29
Cache = N 42° 37.C W 82° 59.D
You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.