Did you know?
Snakes and ladders came from an old Indian game. Ladders stood for good deeds and snakes for bad ones.
Chess grew from an old Indian game called chaturanga.
Ludo is a lot like pachisi, an old board game played in India.
Try this: Make Your Own Board
Draw a grid with 5 rows of 5 boxes. Number the boxes from 1 to 25, zigzagging up. Draw 2 ladders and 2 snakes. Use buttons as counters. Roll a dice and move. Climb up the ladders and slide down the snakes. First to reach 25 wins!
Go further: A Game of Stones
Go is an old board game from China. Players take turns placing black and white stones on a grid. Each player tries to surround more space than the other. The rules are simple, but the game can be very tricky! Today, people play Go and chess against clever computers too.
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