"Survive the Drama. Conquer High School. Play The Worst Years of Our Lives!"

The Worst Years of Our Lives is a second chance at your youth!

Welcome to Breakfast Bay High School, where you will get an opportunity to achieve ultimate high school glory as 3-4 players compete over the course of four years of (sometimes ill-advised) choices and (random) events that will shape you for the rest of your (fictional card game) lives.

Collect victory points by winning opportunities, earning friends, and finding that hot prom date while avoiding the dreaded challenges that come with growing up.

The player with the most victory points at the end of the game has “won” high school (and probably peaked here – so don’t feel too bad if you lose).

Don’t worry - at Breakfast Bay, you can always shuffle up and take another go at high school.

The entire high school experience takes 60-90 minutes.

The Worst Years of Our Lives is the first official game coming soon from aspiring game designer and current Kansas high school teacher Phil Hamilton, whose accomplishments include teaching the oxford comma to thousands of bored teens, coaching the super-cool activity of Scholars Bowl to four state championships, and trying to survive all of his dramatic students’ trials and tribulations during post-prom breakup season. He’s not afraid to admit that he peaked in high school and just never left.

We are currently finalizing our card and board design with our partner, Jovial Graphics, and plan to have our crowdfunding launched by the end of 2024.