Chutes and Ladders
CHUTES AND LADDERS In our Wade family game closet is a game that our children enjoyed playing called Chutes and Ladders. It was introduced in the USA in 1943 by Milton Bradley. It’s a simple game of 100 squares. Players spin a spinner or roll the dice to determine how many spaces to move. If you land at the bottom of a ladder, you are allowed to climb to its top. If you however land at the top of a slide, you quickly slide to the bottom of the slide. The winner is the player who manages to navigate the playing board, ascending to the top and landing exactly on space 100. Don’t expect to win the game without experiencing a few ladders of success and more than a few slides of failure. Did you know that the concept of this game dates back to India in the 2 nd century B.C.? It helped children learn counting and number recognition and was also used to impart lessons in morality. Its original name was “snakes and ladders.” Snak