<p>The game was very meta, it is very likely a fictional game the writers used to set up the scene between Philip and Ashley Banks.</p>
<p>Ashley read the second game card:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>It's clear your teenage daughter is
not enjoying the tedious board game being played in a forced
family-bonding moment.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Philip then says:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Fine. I try to encourage family time together, and this is the thanks I get. If you don't wanna play, you don't have to. Go on, get out of here!</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The joke being he then learns the card is real.</p>
<p>I believe the board was fabricated for the scene and the two questions intended to evoke <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scruples_(game)" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Scruples</a>. That game debuted in 1984, but had been doing updates every five years. That is about the same time as the episode <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0583077" rel="nofollow noreferrer">aired on Feb 21, 1994</a>.</p>

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2022-12-27T19:12:31.980Z
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James Risner
<p>I’m rewatching The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. In season 4 episode 19 “You’d Better Shop Around” the Bankses are playing a board game with cards and pawns. Carlton reads a card to Hilary asking “You’re in a department store and you find $50 on the floor. Do you pick it up?”</p>
<p>Does anyone know what board game they are playing?</p>
<p>A close up of a card is shown here:<br />
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/0QTmH.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/0QTmH.png" alt="card" /></a><br />
A close up of the board:
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Baw6t.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Baw6t.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>

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2020-07-05T22:14:08.237Z
I haven't watched the episode yet, but it sounds very much like [Scruples](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scruples_(game)) or a close variant.
Philip Kendall
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Which board game is the family Banks playing in Fresh Prince of Bel Air S4E19?
Amy
# Which board game is the family Banks playing in Fresh Prince of Bel Air S4E19?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-07-05)

I’m rewatching The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. In season 4 episode 19 “You’d Better Shop Around” the Bankses are playing a board game with cards and pawns. Carlton reads a card to Hilary asking “You’re in a department store and you find $50 on the floor. Do you pick it up?”

Does anyone know what board game they are playing?

A close up of a card is shown here:  
[![card](https://i.sstatic.net/0QTmH.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/0QTmH.png)  
A close up of the board:
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Baw6t.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/Baw6t.png)

**Tags:** identify-this-game

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I haven't watched the episode yet, but it sounds very much like [Scruples](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scruples_(game)) or a close variant.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2022-12-27. Score: 5

The game was very meta, it is very likely a fictional game the writers used to set up the scene between username_1 and Ashley Banks.

Ashley read the second game card:

> It's clear your teenage daughter is
> not enjoying the tedious board game being played in a forced
> family-bonding moment.

username_1 then says:

> Fine. I try to encourage family time together, and this is the thanks I get. If you don't wanna play, you don't have to. Go on, get out of here!

The joke being he then learns the card is real.

I believe the board was fabricated for the scene and the two questions intended to evoke [Scruples](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scruples_(game)). That game debuted in 1984, but had been doing updates every five years. That is about the same time as the episode [aired on Feb 21, 1994](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0583077).


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