[game Round 2 Life Events [game
(15-yr olds)

Steps in each round:

Step 1. Find the appropriate page. You have presumably already done this step to get to this page. If that's not how you got here, click here.

Step 2. Get 3 random numbers between 1 and 20. If any number or "life event" is repeated, get additional numbers. Click on the "Spin!" button below or use your own method (click here for alternate suggestions).

Step 3. Read the 3 numbered life events in the table below that correspond to the 3 random numbers. If table below is hard to read (text runs together), click here.

Step 4. See below (after the chart).


page 15-2:
1. attempt suicide 1
2. raped (F) // sexually molested (M) 1 // 3
3. become pregnant (F) // join a gang (M) 3
4. sexually assaulted (attempted rape) (F) // sent to juvenile court for battery (hit teacher with chair) (M) 3
5. parents divorce (D) // wage earner loses job 3 // 5
6. parents divorce (D) // get into a knife fight with another student 4
7. lose virginity and have several relationships 4
8. fighting in school repeatedly (M) // sexually harassed in school (F) 5
9. fighting in school repeatedly (M) // sexually harassed in school (F) 5
10. get caught smoking in the bathroom (MF//M) 6
11. recruited by gang (M) // Diagnosed with bulimia (F) 6 // 7
12. smoking cigarettes a lot with friends 7
13. move to a new school (worse) 8
14. get involved in theatre club at school 12
15. become a client of juvenile services 13
16. serve on a panel for race relations in your high school 14
17. parents participate in marital therapy (D) // alcoholic parent participates in AA (A) 16
18. "adopted" by a "big brother/sister" 16
19. develop on-going relationship w/ caring, supportive school counselor 18
20. parent remarries (D) / adopted by a loving family (O) // teacher develops a caring relationship with you 20 // 18


Step 4. Add the 3 "risk numbers" together (from the column on the right in the table), and consult the following chart:

Points to Cards Conversion:

Step 5. The contestant receives the number of cards indicated above. Remember that an orange risk card and a green protective card cancel each other. (Cancelled cards are returned to Vanna.) The cards the contestant now has will be used at the beginning of the next round to determine what page he or she will land on.

After all contestants have finished round 2, move on to round 3.

Go back to INSTRUCTIONS (Round 2).