Today's task with the Summer Learning Journey Programme is "Caines Arcade" For this activity we would like to know about your favourite game. It can be a board game, a card game, a game that you play outside with friends (e.g., rugby) or a quiet game that you play by yourself. On your blog, tell us about your favourite game. What is it called? How do you play it? There are multiple games that I love to play usually with my friends, playing games outside e.g (Tag, Octopus) and board games e.g (Snakes & Ladders). What is your favourite board game, card game or an outside game to play with your friends or by yourself?
I have multiple favourites of board games but my number one board game to play is definitely a classic Its named Snakes & Ladders. The aim of the game is to try and reach number one hundred before anyone else and try to avoid the snakes by slipping and sliding down them. How To Play: The object of the game is to be the first player to reach the end by moving across the board from square one to the final square. Most boards wrap back and forth, so you move left to right across the first row, then move up to the second and move right to left, and so on. Follow the numbers on the board to see how to move forward. For example, if you rolled a five and you were on space number 11, then you would move your game piece to space number 16.
Each player should roll one die to see who gets the highest number. Whoever rolls the highest number gets to take the first turn. After the first player takes a turn, the person sitting to that player’s left will take a turn. Play continues in a circle going left. The ladders on the game board allow you to move upwards and get ahead faster. If you land exactly on a square that shows an image of the bottom of a ladder, then you may move your game piece all the way up to the square at the top of the ladder. If you land at the top of a ladder or somewhere in the middle of a ladder, just stay put. You never move down ladders. Some versions have snakes on the board, while others have chutes (slides). Snakes (or chutes) move you back on the board because you have to slide down them. If you land exactly at the top of a snake or chute, slide your game piece all the way to the square at the bottom of the snake or chute
If you roll a six, then you get an extra turn. First, move your piece forward six squares and then roll the die again. If you land on any snakes or ladders, follow the instructions above to move up or down and then roll again to take your extra turn. As long as you keep rolling sixes, you can keep moving! The first person to reach the highest square on the board wins, usually square 100. But there's a twist! If you roll too high, your piece "bounces" off the last square and moves back. You can only win by rolling the exact number needed to land on the last square.
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Hello Bella,
ReplyDeleteSnakes and ladders is an awesome game! I’ve played it many a time with all of my siblings, and it’s so much fun. We do get super competitive sometimes, but it’s definitely always a blast racing to the ladders and trying to strategically roll the dice to stay away from snakes.
I absolutely love games, they’re one of my favourite things to do. My favourite has to be Monopoly though. I get super competitive, but it helps that I’m studying economics at university right now which I think gives me a little bit of an advantage at playing. My family plays Monopoly right to the end, so sometimes games can last for days. When selling or buying properties, we all try and outbid each other and get competitive with strategies and the building of hotels to convince the person selling not to give it to certain people. My favourite part is landing on Free Parking where you get to collect the money from the middle.
What other games do you like to play?
Happy gaming!
Shannon (SLJ)