Here’s how to Play Snakes and Ladders as a Drinking Game - Rules in Detail:
..For Best results, we recommend that each player is given his/her own dice. All players roll at the same time. All players move at the same time. If you don't have enough dice for each player, you'll find helpful notes below.
..At their landing squares, players drink as needed. Then they place a Drink Token to end the turn.
..Remember: If a player lands on a square that’s occupied by Drink Tokens, he takes 1 drink for each drink token on that square!
..Note that Drink Tokens remain in place until the end of the game.
..This is Optional: Make a toast at the start of your game where everybody drinks. Use an invocation like: “May the stairs find us with regularity and the Snakes, none at all!” (Legend: Snakes & Ladders is said to be based on a traditional 16th Century Indian game where the goal is spiritual salvation thru virtue(the ladders). Meanwhile, base vices (the snakes) countermand our efforts. If you like the symbolism, don't feel like arguing with Indian mystics, or just love your booze, then go ahead and do this optional rule!)
..When it comes to Climbing Ladders and Sliding down Snakes, we recommend 2 different sets of consequences. You choose between…:
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Action: Climb a Ladder |
Action: Slide Down a Snake |
Option #1
(Suitable for)
(Light Drinkers) |
Except for the guy who climbs the ladder, everybody takes 1 drink. |
The unlucky player takes 1 drink in addition to any drink tokens he finds at the bottom of the Snake/Slide. |
Option #2
(Suitable for)
(Heavy Drinkers) |
Take the number of rows (or levels) that the Player ascends. Player then assigns this many drinks to other players – he can assign all to 1 player, or distribute at will. |
The unlucky player takes 1 drink for each row (or level) that he descends. He also drinks according to any Drink Tokens on his landing square. |
..In order to land at the last square, a player needs to roll the exact number. Excessive rolls result in backtracking – the player moves against the flow of the board.
..For example: Player 1 is at square 98. He needs to roll a 2 in order to win. Suppose he rolls a 5: he has to move a total of 5 squares. Therefore he moves his token 2 squares forward (99-100), then 3 squares back (99-98-97). He lands at square 97. In case square 97 contains any Drinking Tokens, he takes 1 drink for each token. At the end of his turn, he drops 1 Drink Token at square 97.
..The way this works out is that, as you get closer to square #100, you will do a LOT of drinking!
..At game's end, recall that the winner collects all the Drink Tokens from the board and distributes these at will to the other players. The other players get 1 drink per token.
Playing Drunken Snakes and Ladders with Just 1 Die:
First of all, an explanation: The reason why everybody should move at the same time is so there are no first and last players -- the first player would always have fewer Drink Tokens to contend with, and the last player will always have more to avoid.
If you only have 1 die for everybody, then we recommend the following alternatives:
..Make everybody roll in sequence. Somebody should write down their rolls. Then make everybody move at once.
..As you get more drunken during the game, this option might be better: everybody moves in sequence -- 1 at a time -- but they drop their drink tokens at the same time. This way, in each round, drink tokens are introduced all at the same time. |
