Overview

Careers is a classic board game where players pursue different career paths to achieve a secret personal success formula. Before the game begins, each player secretly writes down a combination of Fame, Fortune, and Happiness points that must total exactly 60. The first player to achieve their personal formula wins. Players travel around the outer track and enter career paths (like Hollywood, Big Business, Farming, etc.) to earn stars (Happiness), hearts (Fame), and dollars (Fortune).

Components

• 1 game board with an outer track and multiple career side-paths
• Money (salary and cash)
• Experience cards, Opportunity cards
• Fame hearts, Happiness stars
• 6 playing pieces
• 2 dice
• Secret formula sheets

Setup

1. Each player secretly writes a success formula allocating points among Fame, Fortune, and Happiness totaling exactly 60 (e.g., 20 Fame + 20 Fortune + 20 Happiness).
2. Each player starts with a set amount of salary and cash.
3. Place all pieces on the start space.
4. Shuffle Experience and Opportunity card decks.

Turn Structure

On your turn, roll two dice and move your piece that many spaces clockwise around the outer track. Follow the instructions on the space you land on. When you reach an entrance to a career path, you may choose to enter it.

Career Paths: Each career (Hollywood, Big Business, Farming, Going to Sea, College, Expedition to the Moon, Ecology, etc.) is a side loop off the main track. Moving through a career path earns various combinations of Fame, Fortune, and Happiness. Some career paths require Experience cards or other prerequisites to enter.

Actions

• Collect resources: Land on spaces that award Fame hearts, Happiness stars, or Fortune (cash/salary increases).
• Draw cards: Landing on certain spaces earns Experience or Opportunity cards.
• Enter careers: When at a career entrance, choose to enter the career path.
• Negotiate salary: Salary increases are a key source of Fortune; you collect salary each time you pass the Pay Day space.
• Use Opportunity cards: Play these for special advantages.

Scoring / Victory Conditions

The first player to achieve their secret success formula wins. A player wins when their accumulated Fame, Fortune (in thousands of dollars), and Happiness meet or exceed their self-set targets — and the three categories together total at least 60 points.

Special Rules & Edge Cases

• Players must declare victory on their turn. Other players can verify the claim.
• Salary increases are permanent and compound over the game.
• Some career paths can be entered only with specific Experience cards.
• Landing on certain spaces can lose you money, fame, or happiness.
• If you run out of money, you may need to take specific actions to recover.

Player Reference

Category	Symbol	Source
Fame	Hearts	Career paths, special spaces
Fortune	Dollars	Salary, cash awards, career paths
Happiness	Stars	Career paths, special spaces

Win condition: First to meet your secret formula (Fame + Fortune + Happiness = 60+)