The Game of Life is the last mainstream board game to include suicide as an official mechanic
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Years since your board game has included suicide as a game mechanic; 166 years
Overview
This is a single-panel comparison meme using the standard Wojak line-up format. The top header text reads "Years since your board game has included suicide as a game mechanic". Three Wojak figures representing the popular board games Candy Land, Clue, and Monopoly have unamused, disapproving expressions as they look toward the fourth Wojak at the end of the line. This final Wojak represents the board game The Game of Life, has a smug, self-satisfied expression, and has the text "166 years" above its head, referencing that the original 1860 version of the game (called The Checkered Game of Life) included suicide as a playable mechanic.
Origin notes
This meme was posted to the Reddit r/Meme subreddit as specified in the provided source information. It references a little-known historical detail about Milton Bradley's original 1860 The Checkered Game of Life, which contained a suicide mechanic that immediately ended a player's run, unlike the heavily sanitized modern version of The Game of Life sold today. It uses the common Wojak group reaction meme template to highlight how shocking and unusual this outdated dark mechanic is compared to other mainstream modern board games.