The historic version had its roots in morality lessons, on which a player's progression up the board represented a life journey complicated by virtues (ladders) and vices (snakes). The game is a simple race based on sheer luck, and it is popular with young children. The object of the game is to navigate one's game piece, according to die rolls, from the start (bottom square) to the finish (top square), helped by climbing ladders but hindered by falling down snakes. A number of "ladders" and "snakes" are pictured on the board, each connecting two specific board squares. It is played on a game board with numbered, gridded squares. Snakes and ladders, known originally as Moksha Patam, is an ancient Indian board game for two or more players regarded today as a worldwide classic. Game of Snakes and ladders, gouache on cloth (India, 19th century)
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