Snakes and Ladders

Hadi-ware

Contains ads

About this game

Snakes and Ladders, known originally as Moksha Patam, is an ancient Indian board game regarded today as a worldwide classic. It is played between two or more players on a gameboard having numbered, gridded squares. A number of "ladders" and "snakes" are pictured on the board, each connecting two specific board squares. 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 or hindered by ladders and snakes respectively.

The game is a simple race contest based on sheer luck, and is popular with young children. The historic version had root in morality lessons, where a player's progression up the board represented a life journey complicated by virtues (ladders) and vices (snakes). A commercial version with different morality lessons, Chutes and Ladders, is published by Milton Bradley.

The Chutes and Ladders, and Gyan chauper games are also similar to this game.

Ratings and reviews

To be honest, this is actually really good. It's hands-down the best Snakes & Ladders game out there, I'm not joking. The dice are truly randomized, the layout is really good (wish is was slightly larger, or adjustable), nothing is fixed and there's plently of boards to switch between. The advertisements only pop-up after a game and they only last about 5 seconds (no in-game ads). I highly recommend this to anyone that enjoys the game. 9/10; The only thing it needs is more settings.

Good game with a terrible bug. If the option of 'Can hit and send to home position' is disabled, and both the players land in same spot, the coin/pawn doesn't move even after tapping on it. I have tried it on 2 players mode (both humans). Developers, please resolve this issue at the earliest. Playing with human players with that option disabled is impossible. Further, I don't understand the need to tap on the coin. It can be made automatic since there's no alternatives available for the player.

This is good, however, this isn't the real snakes and ladders game. For three reasons; firstly you need two get a "one" to start and not a six and secondly, if an opponent/s are on the same square, then they should be left alone. They don't go back to the beginning because that would be Ludo. And thirdly, when you land on 100 you have to get a one to offically win. If you are on 99, then you need to get a two and vice versa. I recommend that these must be improved. But this app is nice to play.

What's new

Some bugs fixed