1. spin the wheel
   spin the bottle
2. spin the baby

In Life, each player spins the wheel. Whoever gets the highest number goes first.

1. You collect $200.
   You punch the person to your left.
2. You go to jail.

In Monopoly, players make their way around the square board by rolling the dice. Each time they pass the Go square, they collect $200 … which they'll need to pay rent to other players.

1. 2
   4
2. 18

They can only make so many of those little wooden letters, you know. Scrabble maxes out at four players.

1. weapon
   1 or 2
2. stick figure

You can't even begin your mission in Sorry! until you draw a 1 or 2. Then, you can move your pawn into the main playing area.

1. Touch the corresponding color.
   Sprain your ankle.
2. Kiss every other player.

In Twister, the huge mat is filled with colored circles. Spin the spinner and then touch -- and hold -- that color, until you fall down.

1. banker
   lawyer
2. angry sore loser

Someone has to handle all the dough. And in Monopoly (as in life), that one person is the banker, who is chosen at the beginning of each thirty-six-hour-long game.

1. The green pawn goes back to its home.
   The red pawn must back up five spaces.
2. Both pawns must exit the game.

It's why the game is called Sorry! In this scenario, the red pawn lands on the same space as the green pawn … meaning the green pawn has to start all over again.

1. the person who can spell the longest word
   whoever draws the letter that's earliest in the alphabet
2. the best-armed person

Players each take one letter from the pile. Whoever nabs the letter closest to the start of the alphabet then goes first.

1. The rent doubles.
   insurance fraud
2. Other players start to dislike you.

In Monopoly, construction makes property much more valuable. The price of rent doubles with just one house.

1. Cash in your stocks.
   Capture all of the territories.
2. Survive all death-defying stunts.

Risk is a game of war. In order to win, one player must capture all 42 territories on the board.

1. $100
   $10,000
2. $1 million

When Life begins, each player receives $10,000 cash. And just like in real life, that $10,000 is not going to get you very far, leading to social withdrawal, depression, possible substance abuse, divorce, and ultimately, death.

1. trade it for a new car
   buy it
2. set it on fire

If a player lands on unowned property in Monopoly, she can buy that property at the listed price. Or, if she's broke, she can accept that there's no way she's ever going to win this game.

1. the youngest player
   whoever rolls the highest number
2. the player with the most cavities

As if the baby of the family doesn't already have enough unexplained privileges -- in Candyland, the youngest player goes first.

1. The player who was there first must quit the game.
   The game ends.
2. Multiple players can occupy the same square.

In Chutes & Ladders, squares are big enough for everyone. Multiple players can occupy the same square without consequences.

1. whoever survives the dragons
   whoever has the most money
2. whoever has the most babies

It's such an American concept. In Life, money determines the winner -- each player tallies up his or her cash, and the greedy one with all the dough wins the game.

1. O
   Z
2. S

Because it's so rare, the letter Z is worth 10 points. Along with Q, it is the letter with the highest value in Scrabble.

1. You take two ibuprofen.
   Call a doctor.
2. You lose.

In Twister, the strongest (or luckiest) players win. You can't touch the mat with an elbow or knee, otherwise you're immediately out of the game.

1. You stay in Jail for the remainder of the game.
   You're just visiting jail.
2. The police knock on your door in real life.

Because, you know, it's fun to just visit prison once in a while. If the dice send you to Jail, you're "Just Visiting" and you'll leave on your next roll.

1. They go back the other direction.
   They spin the spinner.
2. They climb the ladder.

Land on a chute, down you go. Approach a ladder? You immediately climb to the next square.

1. 1
   5
2. 12

When Battleship begins, each player fires a salvo of five shots. Then, you use those hits or misses to deduce where your opponent's ships might be.

1. You lose your next turn.
   You go to your room. Now!
2. You do three shots.

The licorice square in Candyland is bad news. It means you lose your next turn.

1. $0
   $200
2. $1,000

Hey now, none of that -- in Monopoly, the banker controls all of the money. There's no lending of money between players

1. insist that you'd rather buy a sailboat than have a dumb baby
   add a peg to your car
2. sob uncontrollably

In life, the fates are in charge of family planning. If you land on a baby square, you add baby pegs to your car. You won't think they're cute when you see the college tuition bills.

1. double
   triple
2. quintuple

The red square ends friendships. It triples the value of a word score and occasionally sparks domestic disputes.

1. You land on square #100.
   You exceed $5,000.
2. You find a magic portal.

The Chutes & Ladders board is filled with numbered squares. If you land directly on the square labeled #100, you win.

1. You roll again.
   You throw the board across the room in frustration.
2. You go to Jail.

Doubles is a good thing in Monopoly. It means that you'll get to roll again.

1. Eat more candy than anyone else.
   Cry louder than the other players.
2. Arrive at Rainbow Castle first.

It's a race to the finish in Candyland. Players scramble to reach the ultimate goal -- Rainbow Castle -- before their opponents.

1. 7
   12
2. 2

After you play your tiles in Scrabble, you draw more letters. The idea is to maintain tiles throughout the game.

1. You go to Jail.
   You're evicted from one property.
2. Other players start whining that it's never their turn.

Feel free to roll two doubles in a row in Monopoly, speeding your way around the board. Roll three consecutive doubles, though, and you wind up in the slammer.

1. by reaching $400 first
   by triggering the slide and releasing the game pieces
2. by placing four discs in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row

In Connect Four, players drop discs into a plastic grid. When one of them places four discs in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row, the game is over.