Snakes and ladders in exactly 3 minutes
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hello and welcome to snakes and ladders in about three minutes this is a game for any number of players it has a solo mode playing time is anywhere from five minutes to an eternity it is a deceptively complex game snakes and ladders also known in the United States by the farlis snaky title of chutes and ladders is an ancient board game that has its origins in India and was imported to the west thanks to British imperialism and American capitalism sex and ladders takes on the bold challenge of teaching players ethical frameworks and moral decision-making and the ladders represent virtuous actions towards enlightenment while the snakes represent damning sins that leave you morally weaker in order to win this game you must navigate the board successfully to the end the first player to reach the final space hasn't aend enlightenment and can lord it over those morally inferior to themselves competitive each player is alone in their search for moral enlightenment dice the ability to control dice of your mind is the key to victory snakes the ever-present snakes represent areas of the board you must avoid ladders well managed use of ladders is the key to victory flair turn on your turn you'll take a dye of your choice and roll it the number you get will advance your palm that many steps along the path to victory if you're all a correct number and enjoy movement on a ladder you will move your palm to the top of the ladder congratulations you've improved your chances of winning sounds easy right but there is a catch if you land on a snake you must move your pawn to the bottom of the snake this is a bad play and you should feel bad when you chose to roll a number that lands you on a snake it won't help you win so I highly recommend not landing on snakes clearly the
obvious strategy in this game is to roll the correct numbers and not to roll the incorrect ones if you can master dice rolling correctly the game is easier to win once you have moved it is the next players turn why would you like this game while on the surface snakes and ladders appears to be nothing more than an arbitrary dice throwing exercise but no actual decisions to be made and is therefore outside the definition of what a gamer's the truth is far from that this is a game with sublime skill and nuance and the winning strategies in this game fall into two major categories first of all you can be lucky bless or charmed into winning if you win a game that has proof that the divine entity watching over you has truly blessed you and you should use this chance to tell everyone who lost how damned it unloved they are the second strategy and the one I employ is a technical and mental mastery of telekinesis I manipulate the diets of my mind in order to win and that's an excellent transferable skill to other games the single best thing about this game is snakes it's a crying shame American children of the deprived the snakes however some people will remain convinced that this is a random luck fest and you can do your best to convince some otherwise but it is likely not worth it it's also very difficult to source a copy of this game of real snakes if you're looking for an area control game with the same amount of mental acuity of snakes and ladders I recommend tic-tac-toe and if you want a game where you don't even have to win the game to lord it over people we're simply owning the game will give you feelings of divine smugness I recommend Kingdom death monster