Snakes and Ladders known originally as Moksha Patam is an ancient
Indian board game regarded today as a worldwide
classic. It is played between two or more players on
a gameboard having numbered gridded squares. A number of "ladders"
and "snakes" are pictured on the board each connecting two specific
board squares. The object of the game is to navigate one's game
piece according to die rolls from the start (bottom
square) to the finish (top square) helped or hindered by ladders
and snakes respectively.
The game is a simple race contest based on sheer luck and is popular with young children. The historic version had root in morality lessons where a player's progression up the board represented a life journey complicated by virtues (ladders) and vices (snakes). A commercial version with different morality lessons Chutes and Ladders is published by Milton Bradley.
The Chutes and Ladders and Gyan chauper games are also similar to this game.
The game is a simple race contest based on sheer luck and is popular with young children. The historic version had root in morality lessons where a player's progression up the board represented a life journey complicated by virtues (ladders) and vices (snakes). A commercial version with different morality lessons Chutes and Ladders is published by Milton Bradley.
The Chutes and Ladders and Gyan chauper games are also similar to this game.
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