What is it?
Snakes and Ladders is the classic dice game (saanp seedhi): climb the ladders, slide down the snakes, and be first to reach square 100. Play with 2 to 4 players on one phone or tablet, with any of them played by the computer. The dice is truly random and tokens move square by square so little ones can count along.
Who is it for?
Young children learning to count and take turns, families playing together, and grandparents who want a familiar game on the phone.
How to use it
- Choose 2 players, 3 or 4.
- Under Who plays choose All players are people, Last player is the computer or Everyone except Player 1 is the computer.
- Pick house rules: Rolling a 6 gives another turn and Need the exact number to land on 100 (bounce back if too high).
- Press Roll the dice (or Space) on your turn. Your token moves by itself.
- First to square 100 wins; press New game to play again.
Good to know
- Each roll uses your browser’s secure random generator, so every number from 1 to 6 is equally likely.
- The game is pure luck: perfect for children because nobody can be “better” at it.
- Example: on square 97 with the exact rule, a 5 takes you to 100 and back 2, to 98.
- Snakes and ladders comes from India, where it was once called Moksha Patam.
Errors and how to fix them
- Roll the dice does nothing: it is the computer’s turn or a token is still moving; wait a moment.
- My token went back from near 100: with the exact-number rule ticked, a roll that passes 100 bounces back by the extra steps. Untick it to let any roll that reaches 100 win.
- The game restarted: changing the number of players starts a new game.
- My game, best time or score has gone: it is kept only in this browser on this device. Private windows, clearing site data, or another browser or phone start fresh.
Open the tool: Snakes and Ladders
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