Exercises Snake Game is a gambling game. Players would put up stakes (money) to play and then divide the stakes according to the outcome of the game.
The game notes that it is "to be played with a tee-totum, or with dice."
The game has a snakes with number 1 near head and number 54 near the tail. The snake is laid out in s curves along the vertical direction. he sections of the snake are in different colors to show Charles Magnus' printing ability. The page is also decorated with men exercising for the same purpose. They have no absolutely no function in the game.
The special positions on the snake are colored red and are have special instructions.
2 - Gives the player two throws more
9 - 1 more throw
20 - Go back to No. 4
27 - Advance to 32.
33 - 1 more throw
40 - Gives the player one-half of all the stakes
46 - Stop for the next turn
52 - The player has lost and must cease to play
52+ - Those who throw over 52 divide the balance
of the stakes
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This particular image found on the web was a sheet of paper which had the game on one side and a handbill advertising Charles Magnus' wares on the other. The handbill side indicates that this is one of 12 such games printed on a paper sheet and available for purchase.