Advantages: educational, fun for children, available at reasonable prices, easy to play Disadvantages: not so fun for adults!
...~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Snakes and Ladders
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
How To Play
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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...
Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
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...
Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
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...
Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
helpful 24.01.2009
Compare similar products to Snakes And Ladders - Reemer