
The way the last few squares as you approach Square 100 are handled varies in different versions of Snakes and Ladders. When you roll a 6, the game makes the additional roll for you automatically. Whenever a 6 is rolled, that player gets an extra roll and can move again. Taking turns, each player moves their piece the number of spaces rolled on the number cube. Your game piece will then move automatically. When it's your turn, click the number cube icon in the lower right of the board to roll the dice. Move your piece through the board using the roll of a single number cube (also called dice or a "die") to determine the number of squares to move. Movement in Snakes and Ladders is horizontally along the rows as described above. The second row goes from right to left, the third row left to right, and so on. When the right side of the board is reached at Square 10, the player moves straight up to Square 11, the start of the second row. The first row begins at Square 1 in the lower left and runs horizontally to the right. The board is numbered in horizontal switchback back-and-forth rows, also known an ox-plow or boustrophedon pattern. Thus, there are 100 squares on the board, each of which are numbered, from 1 to 100, starting in the lower left corner. The Snakes and Ladders board is a grid comprised of 10 rows of 10 square per row. In multiplayer mode, either random or with a friend, 2 players can play.īoard Layout. When playing against the computer or with friends on the same computer, up to 6 players can play at the same time. When you open the online Snakes and Ladders game, first choose whether you want to play against the computer, another person on the same computer as you, or in multiplayer mode against either random opponents from around the world or against a friend on another computer. On the other hand, landing on the mouth of a snake (or top of a chute), which is a bad thing, drops you down one or more rows as a setback away from the goal. Landing at the base of a ladder, which is a good thing, moves you up one or more rows as a shortcut to the goal. The object of Snakes and Ladders (and Chutes and Ladders) is to be the first player to reach Square 100, the top left square on the board.Īlong the way you'll encounter ladders and snakes (or chutes).

The playground theme with children, ladders, and chutes (slides) was introduced in the US in the 1940's. The only difference is that Snakes and Ladders is the ancient theme for the game. To choose the chutes version, click the button on the right that shows cartoon children game pieces and chutes. To see the snakes, click the button on the left that shows colored game pieces and a snake. Make this choice when you reach the Select Mode window. Even though the name of this online Snakes and Ladders game is just "Snakes and Ladders," it actually has both Snakes and Ladders AND Chutes and Ladders. Did you know the Snakes and Ladders board game goes back more than 2,000 years? It was used originally in India, England, and elsewhere as an educational device, to teach life lessons and morality.
