The Ladder - Yes
Despite the addition of two new members to (most of) the classic line-up for this ... more
recording (named, rather unconvincingly, after an artwork by Yoko Ono in which spectators were invited to peer at the word "YES" from the top of a ladder), it's now touch...
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The Ladder - Yes
Despite the addition of two new members to (most of) the classic line-up for this ... more
recording (named, rather unconvincingly, after an artwork by Yoko Ono in which spectators were invited to peer at the word "YES" from the top of a ladder), it's now touch...
The Ladder - Yes
Despite the addition of two new members to (most of) the classic line-up for this ... more
recording (named, rather unconvincingly, after an artwork by Yoko Ono in which spectators were invited to peer at the word "YES" from the top of a ladder), it's now touch-and-go when it comes to wringing still more ideas from these veteran prog-rockers. However, the late Bruce Fairbairn, second only to Mutt Lange in the barnstorming rock production stakes, succeeded remarkably well here. Enough of the traditional Yes elements are still present--Jon Anderson's unique voice, Chris Squire's clangy bass and so on--but dance loops, non-Western instruments and an excellent horn section all serve to move the lumbering vessel into fresh waters, with Latin and Afro-Caribbean influences adding a certain buoyancy. While it's likely that the majority of Yes's listeners will have followed the band for a large chunk of their 30-year career and will continue to buy their records as a kind of ongoing vote of thanks for the ground-breaking stuff the band produced in its heyday, this music is still more fun than the rest of us might have expected. --Roger Thomas
The Ladder - Yes
Despite the addition of two new members to (most of) the classic line-up for this ... more
recording (named, rather unconvincingly, after an artwork by Yoko Ono in which spectators were invited to peer at the word "YES" from the top of a ladder), it's now touch-and-go when it comes to wringing still more ideas from these veteran prog-rockers. However, the late Bruce Fairbairn, second only to Mutt Lange in the barnstorming rock production stakes, succeeded remarkably well here. Enough of the traditional Yes elements are still present--Jon Anderson's unique voice, Chris Squire's clangy bass and so on--but dance loops, non-Western instruments and an excellent horn section all serve to move the lumbering vessel into fresh waters, with Latin and Afro-Caribbean influences adding a certain buoyancy. While it's likely that the majority of Yes's listeners will have followed the band for a large chunk of their 30-year career and will continue to buy their records as a kind of ongoing vote of thanks for the ground-breaking stuffthe band produced in its heyday, this music is still more fun than the rest of us might have expected.--Roger Thomas
The Ladder [IMPORT] - Yes
Thirty years and a dozen-plus personnel changes after it helped launch the English ... more
progressive rock movement, Yes billsThe Ladderas a "return to form." The question is: Which form? Though opening with a sound wash and rhythmic sleight-of-hand that suggestsClose to the EdgeandTales from Topographic Oceans, it soon becomes apparent that the reunited core of the band's early 70's prime (vocalist Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Steve Howe, drummer Alan White, augmented by Billy Sherwood and Igor Khoroshev on guitar and keyboard, respectively) has remembered a thing or two from Yes's metamorphosis into a pop hit-maker ("Owner of a Lonely Heart") in the 1980s without sacrificing their willingness to occasionally take their music effortlessly off the wall. (Economic adventure, if you will.) The band takes playful, virtuosic swipes at Afro-Cuban percussion, as well as jazz, funk, and classical, and even concocts an unlikely tribute to Bob Marley that sounds about as reggae-fied as, well, Yes. And if their utopian-counterculture lyrical bent remains unbowed, it now seems like a spit in the face of the overarching cynicism of the age.--Jerry McCulley
Advantages: A good kids game. Disadvantages: None at all.
...Snakes and Ladders! An old game played by kids, A good classic game. You all know the rules, you have all played the game, so why are you even reading this review?
Good question, yes, but the other question is, Why am I writing it?
The answer is this:-.
I start with the fact that the game is easy, so easy in fact that you don't even need instructions, you could get people who have never seen a board game before, to play around and have a good time. Age is immaterial, so is gender.
This is a small game to stow away, so you won't have to throw it away to create more space, In the old games, the board folded in half, but nowadays the new ones actually fold in quarters, so the box is very small.
It is one of those games that actually bring a family together, rather than causing kids to argue. This is I think the main reason...
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Advantages: educational, fun for children, available at reasonable prices, easy to play Disadvantages: not so fun for adults!
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Snakes and Ladders
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Snakes and ladders is a very simple board game that has been around for years. The aim of the game is to get to the 'end' first. The game is based on the roll of a dice and therefore is purely down to luck.
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How To Play
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The board consists of rows of 10X10 numbered squares. There are pictures of snakes and pictures of ladders which connect one square to another. The players take turns in throwing the dice and move their counter along the number of squares that the dice states. If a player lands on a square where the bottom of a ladder starts, they get to move up to the square where the top of the ladder ends. If they land on the head of a snake then they have to go down the snake to the square where its...
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Advantages: Fun to kill some time. Disadvantages: See review
...Snakes & Ladders is a simple game which children enjoy to play anywhere, anytime.
HOW TO PLAY
You begin at the "Start" square, and roll the dice and move your counter that many spaces. The first one to get to the "End" sqaure, is the winner. It's not all simple, because if you land on a snake, you have to go down to the square where the snake trail ends. But, if you're lucky, and land on the bottom of a ladder, you go up to the square where the top of the ladder ends. Simple!
TYPE OF GAME
It's all luck. You roll a dice and move. It's THAT type of game!
LENGTH OF AVERAGE GAME
I'd say the average game takes about 10-15 minutes. It's fun to kill some time!
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PLAYERS
None really, but I'd say 4 players, with a minimum of 2.
HOW COMPLICATED IS THE GAME TO SET UP
It's very easy to set up, you just...
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