Charge Large is a new game to teach good credit habits
Charge Large is a new board game inspired by the collapse of the credit card industry and the rise of predatory lending practices.
“The game is a reaction to easy credit,” Joes Davis, one of the game’s inventors said. “There was a mystique of it, a sexiness to credit.”
David and Adam Kornblum, two Long Island, New York residents were inspired to create the game after seeing credit card offers readily available at college campuses. The two began working on an idea for a board game to teach wise credit card use.
In the game players travel around the board to purchase businesses and buildings using cash and credit. As the game continues players move from gold cards to platinum and then to black cards. Hasbro has signed an agreement to license the game. It has been popular in classrooms around the country.
“Debt isn’t going to stop,” Davis said. “But we have to teach kids. The name of the game is Charge Large, but I think the real name should be Charge Large responsibly.”
