How to play Snakes and Ladders

The family dice game. Race to square 100, climbing ladders and sliding down snakes.

The rules, step by step

Choose how many players: you and one, two or three computers. Everyone starts off the board, before square 1.
Press Roll the die. Your counter moves that many squares. The squares are numbered in a zigzag, starting at the bottom left.
If you land at the bottom of a ladder (a green dotted line), you climb to the top of it.
If you land on a snake's head (the dark end of a red curve), you slide down to its tail.
You must land exactly on 100. If your roll is too big, you stay where you are and try again next turn.
The first counter to reach 100 wins. The computer players take their turns by themselves.

You are on square 2 and roll a 2. You land on 4, which has a ladder up to 14, so you jump ahead ten squares.

It is all luck, so there is no wrong move. Just enjoy it.
Watch the numbers on each snake and ladder so you can say "oh no" at the right moment.
A game usually takes a few minutes, so it is a good one to play while chatting.