Each player is represented by a distinct game piece token. Boards have snakes and ladders starting and ending on different squares both factors affect the duration of play. The size of the grid varies, but is most commonly 8×8, 10×10 or 12×12 squares. The game is also sold under other names such as Chutes and Ladders, Bible Ups and Downs, etc., some with a morality motif a morality-themed Chutes and Ladders was published by the Milton Bradley Company starting from 1943. The historic version had its roots in morality lessons, on which a player's progression up the board represented a life journey complicated by virtues (ladders) and vices (snakes). The game is a simple race based on sheer luck, and it is popular with young children. The object of the game is to navigate one's game piece, according to die rolls, from the start (bottom square) to the finish (top square), helped by climbing ladders but hindered by falling down snakes. A number of "ladders" and "snakes" are pictured on the board, each connecting two specific board squares.
It is played on a game board with numbered, gridded squares. The game originated in ancient India as Moksha Patam, and was brought to the UK in the 1890s.
Snakes and ladders is a board game for two or more players regarded today as a worldwide classic. Game of Snakes and ladders, gouache on cloth (India, 19th century)
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