🐍 Snakes & Ladders

How to play

Two counters race up a 10x10 board numbered 1 to 100. Players take turns rolling one die and moving that many squares; ladders carry you up and snakes drop you down. The first counter to land on 100 wins.

• Roll Dice — rolls for whoever's turn it is and moves that counter. The button is disabled while the dice animation runs.
• New Game — starts a fresh two-player game with both counters back at the start.

Scoring

There are no points; the square you stand on is the whole score. A roll adds one to six squares, capped at 100, so a roll that would overshoot leaves you on 100 and wins. There are eight ladders — 4 to 14, 9 to 31, 20 to 38, 28 to 84, 40 to 59, 51 to 67, 63 to 81 and 71 to 91 — and six snakes: 97 down to 78, 95 to 56, 88 to 24, 76 to 37, 62 to 19 and 54 to 34. Rows run in alternating directions, so the numbering snakes back and forth up the board, and the side panel shows each player's current square.

Tips

• Square 28 is the biggest single jump on the board, lifting you 56 squares to 84. Landing on it usually decides the game.
• The 90s are dangerous. Both 95 and 97 are snakes, so a counter in the high 80s can be thrown right back down.
• The ladder at 71 lands you on 91, which sits above the 88 snake and below the 95 one — the safest way into the final stretch.

Frequently asked questions