[game Round 3 Life Events [game
(19-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 19-1:
1.killed in gang-related shooting 0
2.convicted of murder (M) / commit suicide (F) 0
3.contract HIV/AIDS 0
4.kicked out of house, live on street 1
5.incarcerated and stabbed in prison (M) / raped (F) 1
6.caught dealing drugs (M) / engage in prostitution to survive (F) 2
7.expelled from high school for assaulting teacher 2
8.addicted to crack cocaine 2
9.become a pothead, live in squat house 3
10.arrested for breaking and entering (M) // beat up by boyfriend sent to emergency room for cracked skull (F) 3
11.shot in leg in gang-related shooting 3
12.drop out of high school 3
13.hospitalized for psychiatric treatment 4
14.alcoholic/wino, lose job 4
15.on welfare, have a baby 4
16.join a gang (M) / become pregnant (F) 6
17.get out of abusive relationship13
18.go through treatment14
19.become a Born Again Christian15
20.get GED17


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 3, move on to
finish the game.

Go back to INSTRUCTIONS (Round 3).