How to Make a Snake Game

Making the Game

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  With a pencil and the ruler, divide the paper into one hundred even squares. The best way to do this is to make ten vertical and evenly spaced lines and then cross them with ten horizontal lines.

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  Number each square from one to one hundred, starting at the square in the lower left hand corner. When you get to the number ten square, make eleven the square directly above and then move to the left so that the numbers progress in a winding pattern up the piece of paper.

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  Draw ladders that connect certain squares from lower rows of squares with higher ones. Do this only once or twice per line and usually only have them cross one row of squares. One or two that cross several rows is fine.

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  Draw snakes that connect higher rows of squares with lower rows. Follow the same rules as with the ladders, making most snakes only cross one or two rows and only a couple that drop down through several rows. Draw the head of the snake in the higher square and the tail of the snake in the lower square.

Playing the Game

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  Roll the dice. Move your counter that many number of spaces along the board from the number one square.

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  After the first roll, use math to add the number that you rolled to the number of the square that you are sitting on to find out which square you should move on to.

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  When you land on a square that contains the bottom of a ladder, you may move your piece up the ladder to the square where it terminates.

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  When you land on a square that holds the head of a snake, you must move your piece down the body of the snake to the lower square where the tail terminates.

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  The first one to reach the final square, square 100, wins the game.