snakes & ladders
@ModernDayWriter (3318)
New Delhi, India
June 13, 2016 2:15pm CST
Snakes and Ladders originated in India. Earlier known as Moksha Patamu, the game was initially invented as a moral lesson about karma to be taught to children. It was later commercialized and has become one of the most popular board games in the world.
Do you ever played this game or any other indoor game. I played this game in my childhood days.
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14351)
• West Haven, Connecticut
13 Jun 16
I use to play this game and loved it, also Parcheesi was alot of fun and was also created in India
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@queengreen0 (85)
• United States
13 Jun 16
What's that? I've never heard of that one.
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@queengreen0 (85)
• United States
13 Jun 16
@BACONSTRIPSXXX thank you! I will definitely look into buying this game :)
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@BACONSTRIPSXXX (14351)
• West Haven, Connecticut
13 Jun 16
@queengreen0 This is from wikipedia : Parcheesi is a brand-name American adaptation of the Indian cross and circle board game Pachisi, published by Parker Brothers[1] and Winning Moves. Created in India perhaps as early as A.D. 500, Pachisi is called the Royal Game of India
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@queengreen0 (85)
• United States
13 Jun 16
I've heard of and played this game, I never knew there was a story behind it. Thank you for enlightening me!
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@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
13 Jun 16
Interesting story to share. That's why i shared.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
17 Jun 16
I played that with my siblings in our childhood . So it originated in India . Nice to know a little trivia of that .
@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
23 Jun 16
Interesting trivia, isn't it?
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@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
25 Jun 16
@SIMPLYD thank you for submitting your reviews here on discussion 
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@LadyDuck (469488)
• Switzerland
17 Jun 16
@ModernDayWriter When I played the game on my Apple, Internet did not even exist, I had a software. Now the game is available online.
@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
17 Jun 16
@LadyDuck o well that's great I will give it a try
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@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
17 Jun 16
This game is available online too 
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
2 Sep 16
I loved the game as a child. I had no idea there was a lesson in it but will look for it and figure that out. I love board games, I still play scrabble, parchisi, and my favorite is a newer game called Rummikub.
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
2 Sep 16
@ModernDayWriter it's a game with tiles. It's facinating.
Open main menu A selection of Rummikub tiles and racks. Rummikub is a tile-based game for two to four players, combining elements of the card game rummy and mahjong. There are 104 number tiles in the game (valued 1 to 13 in four different colors, two copie
@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
2 Sep 16
@PainsOnSlate mixture of rummy and mahjong
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@ritwik17c (387)
• India
17 Jul 16
This simple game also teaches humans a significant lesson for life. It is that life is full of ups and downs, which are totally unpredictable. But you have to move on, whatever may be the result.
@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
17 Jul 16
Yup, also whatever you do your karma will give you the result according to it.
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@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
17 Jul 16
@ritwik17c yup, very good understanding you have about this game
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@ritwik17c (387)
• India
17 Jul 16
@ModernDayWriter But in this game, you don't have control over the moves whereas, in our life, we can certainly take care of our Karma (deeds). 
@marsha32 (6631)
• United States
29 Jun 16
What is popular here is chutes and ladders but i have seen the snakes and ladders version.
@shaggin (72011)
• United States
16 Jun 16
@ModernDayWriter Yes I see scrolling down now through the comments that it is similar to chutes and ladders. My children have that game.
@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
14 Jun 16
May be you played this game but with different name or version.
@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
28 Jun 16
Thank you! So much to you for interactions
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@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
13 Jul 16
Nice to hear about it from you, thank you!
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@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
14 Jun 16
Yeah i know. Is there any online version of this game too?
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@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
16 Jun 16
@Yar_Joey thank you for the advice
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@vijay_2016 (900)
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14 Jun 16
When we were children we used to play this game for hours together in the holidays it was fun the joy of climbing a ladder sometimes used to be immediately replaced with sorrow of being sent down by a snake. And sometimes it used to be the opposite
@vijay_2016 (900)
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14 Jun 16
@ModernDayWriter yeah however this game can be played buy a single person for timepass .. but it won't be as interesting as played with multiple players
@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
14 Jun 16
I love to play this game still now but unfortunately all my friends are grown up and busy in their life
@ritwik17c (387)
• India
17 Jul 16
@ModernDayWriter It is really interesting to know. Sadly I didn't know this important fact. Glorious.
@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
20 Jun 16
Yup chess is also a Indian version of game "chausar"
@psanasangma (7278)
• India
16 Jun 16
My favourite childhood game sometimes I still play with children
@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
16 Jun 16
I play it alone as I have no children
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@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
23 Jun 16
Canada is like mini punjab for us. Specially we punjabi love Canada 
@JESSY3236 (19815)
• United States
17 Jun 16
I used to love playing Snakes and Ladders. I had a small magnetic snakes and ladders game.
@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
23 Jun 16
I still have this game but running out of players now 
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@ModernDayWriter (3318)
• New Delhi, India
23 Jun 16
Yeah it's a new thing to learn
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