2, 3, or 4 people can play this game. Each player
uses a seed to show what place he or she has on
the board.
Each player throws the die. The player
with the highest number starts the game.
The first player throws the die and moves his or
her seed according to the number shown on the
die, beginning from square 1, marked START.
11-27
If a player rolls a 6, the die can be thrown again for
another turn.
If a marker stops on the head of a SNAKE, the
snake swallows it. The player then moves the
seed down to the tail of the snake, and reads the
message to all the players. That player’s turn is over,
and his next turn begins from the square at the tail
of the snake.
If a seed lands on a square that has the foot of
a LADDER, the player moves it to the top of the
ladder, and reads the message to all the players.
That player’s turn ends at the top of the ladder, and
his or her next turn begins from there.
The first player to reach square 100 wins the game,
but the player must throw the exact number
needed to land on that final square.
*This game was adapted for Liberia from one prepared by the National Food and Nutrition Commission
of Zambia, in PSC Newsletter, UNICEF.