"HEART ATTACK®" is designed to let you control the length of the game without removing any of the uncertainty or unpredictability. A list of simple playing options is included below. These options will let you decide whether to play about a half an hour or half the night. You can even set time limits where once a time limit is reached, one or more of the options is removed from the game. Once all the options are gone, an ending will be close at hand. An average game, without removing or adding any game length options, will last somewhere between one and two hours, if your heart can take it that long.

For a shorter game, you may do one or more of the following;

1.  Begin the game with a certain number of cholesterol in each player’s heart.

2.  Double the gain values and / or lose values on all spaces and cards.

3.  Remove C.P.R. from game after a certain time limit.

4.  Eliminate C.P.R. for “Code Blue”, “flatline” patients at start of game.

5.  Remove the “Discharged from Hospital” and “Proceed to Recovery Room” cards.

6.  Reduce the number of cholesterol removed after a successful operation.

For a longer game, you may want to do one or more of the following;

1.  Reduce the gain values and / or lose values by half on all spaces and cards.

2.  Remove the, “Must enter Hospital now” and “Proceed to Operating Room” cards.

3.  Allow two or more C.P.R. attempts each time it is needed.

For details on playing options and procedures as well as answers to questions you may have on a function of the game, click the next link to visit the f.a.q. page.

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