The game is a unique tool for teaching financial literacy, including the difference between assets and liabilities, understanding a financial statement and even basic personal accounting. The game is suited for players ages 14 and up-with a Cashflow for Kids game for younger players.
Perhaps skewing more towards educational than entertaining, Cashflow 101 is designed to teach players how to take charge of their personal finances, understand cash flow principles and develop the confidence to make investment decisions. It can be played by two players-but is best with three to six people. The game has retained its popularity since its release in the 1960s. In Acquire, players invest in businesses, gain a majority of shares, merge them, acquire wealth and reinvest into other chains. Monopoly, but with much more control over your fate. These game choices include all the numbers and strategy an accountant can handle.
“They’ve got great deductive reasoning for word-based games, excellent problem-solving skills for games that are team based, superb risk management capabilities and they’re stellar at asking probing questions to get to the bottom of a problem for a game like Charades,” he adds.
“The next time you get together with your friends for a games night, you definitely want to be dragging the CPA in the room onto your team,” says Adam Bercovici, co-founder and chief revenue officer at Luminari, an online community that helps connect CPAs with jobs and volunteer opportunities, education, mentorship, and more.
Luckily, accountants have many of the necessary skills to master the gaming world. So if anybody deserves the distraction of a good game, it’s the overworked CPA. CPAs have excellent deductive reasoning and problem-solving skills, so you’ll want them on your team for the next games night (Shutterstock/Standret)Īccountants often work long hours.