Chutes And Ladders Family Game Review & GIVEAWAY!!
I don’t know about you, but I loved the board game Chutes And Ladders as a kid and now I get to enjoy this same game with my GRANDKIDS!!! Okay, that’s bizarre to me, a board game that I played as a kid, I played with my kids! Now my grandkids?! WOW! Milton Bradley designs games that last for generations! Winning Moves has added Chutes And Ladders to their amazing selection of games. The artwork for the game is the same as it was in the 1970’s. How fun is that?!
Did you know that the original game came from England and was called “Snakes and Ladders”. When Milton Bradley brought the game to the United States the basic concept was the same except for a few tweaks and renamed Chutes And Ladders in 1943!! That’s a game that has truly stood the test of time!
As a refresher, to play the game you climb up the ladder and slide down the chute. The game allows for 4 players. There are 100 squares. Spin the spinner for a number 1 to 6 and if luck is on your side a ladder is in that space and you move up faster. Of course if you land on a chute….. well, back ya go.
I was excited to play with 5-year-old Alice. (Yes, my partner in reviews turned 5 on June 1st! FIVE!!)
Alice and I started playing our game, the instructions are super easy and written IN THE BOX LID!! I love, love, love that!! You can’t lose the instructions if they are printed in the lid. (Well, most people couldn’t anyway)
Alice caught on right away. Spin the spinner count your spaces. All is going well and good until The NaNa moved ahead. Ummm hummm someone was not a fan. (Okay, there was a temper tantrum and a lot of moving The NaNa’s pieces backwards) We had to have a nice long discussion about learning to be a good sport. Following the new rules and such. Then The NaNa hit a chute and all was well and good in Alice’s world.
Chutes and Ladders is fun and a great way to teach sportsmanship! (Or try anyway!)
The game board is a great weight. The spinner is sturdy. The player pieces are on small plastic pieces to hold them straight up.
WHINES
The only whine I have is that Alice cheats! About the board game? Not a single whine. I didn’t have whines when I was 5 and I still don’t have any other whines! This is another great family game from Winning Moves!
GIVEAWAY!
I am thrilled to host a giveaway so that one lucky Peanut Butter and Whine follower will win their own copy of Chutes & Ladders! GOOD LUCK!!!!
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31 Comments
Kate Sarsfield
We’ve always known the game as Snakes & Ladders – wonder why it’s called ‘chutes’?
Lily Kwan
My favorite game is Tile Lock Super Scrabble.
Amy Deeter
We love family game night.One of my favorite games on the website is The lock Scrabble
Laurie Emerson
My favorite is Candy Land. I loved playing it when I was little and both of my children love playing it now.
polly
My youngest grandson loves to play Candy Land. We also love Chutes and Ladders. Always a fun time!
Robert Brown
Our girls really like Candy Land right now, and Twister is always entertaining.
Kristina Potter
Scrabble is what my family has been stuck on lately..
Lisa V.
My daughter and I love playing Scrabble.
carol
the game of trouble is one of my favorites
Cynthia C
I think my nieces would enjoy playing Hi-Ho! Cherry-O®. Our favorite is Scrabble.
Sue E
Our favorite game is Super Scrabble! We have a lot of fun & learn at the same time!! There are so many other games on that website that we own & play.
Kathy Davis
My favorite Winning Moves Game is Candy Land. Played it a lot when I was little.
Katherine Riley
We do game nights with our friends during winter. I think we would like the Pass The Pigs® Big Pigs™ game.
Tamra Phelps
I definitely remember playing this back in the early 70s with my little brother. The classic games just go on & on!
Amy N.
When I was little, I loved playing Candy Land, Chutes and Ladders, and Old Maid with my family. I still love those but also enjoy playing Cranium because it’s a ton of fun that uses your whole brain! Thanks for this chance to win! 🙂
Martina
I love candy land
Linda Manns Linneman
We also like playing Twister. Such a fun time. Thank you for sharing
Lindsey Briggs
Our favorite game is Chutes and Ladders. I played it so much as a child and look forward to teaching my children how to play as well.
Theresa Thomas
I would love tho teach my grandsons how to play pass the pigs. My sister had the mini version I would like to get the big ones 🙂
Nikolina
Thank you for your honest review, much appreciated!
Ann
Alice is a chea-ter! Alice is a chea-ter!! Nyah nyah nyah!! …hehehe. How’s it going, Ms. Connie?
DAAAANNNG, Chutes and Ladders! I started Googling the origins of “Snakes and Ladders,” and tried to figure out why it’s (to the best of my knowledge) called C&L rather than S&L.
…WHOA. There is SO MUCH stuff on the Internet. Yet back when we played Chutes and Ladders, and that one game with the yellow plastic shapes that you had to fit in their slots while the boxy game-board wobbled and rattled out of what must have been spite, we still managed to learn stuff. You know, like spelling. And a-r-i-t-h-m-e-t-i-c.
If you’re tremendously bored, and would like to read a Cracked.com article that in all honestly I didn’t and will not read (cuz I have giveaways to enter and not-win), here ya go! “5 Classic Board Games With Disturbing Origin Stories.” Spoiler alert! #1 is (I SAID, “Spoiler alert!” :p ) “Chutes and Ladders: A Game of Hell.”
(This is the link to the second page of the story, where hellish C&L is featured.) http://www.cracked.com/article_18995_5-classic-board-games-with-disturbing-origin-stories_p2.html
Connie Gruning
Ann, LOL!! Thank you!!
Ann
Any time! 🙂
Sarah L
Happy Birthday Alice! Five (5)??? This game has been around a very long time.
Tamra Phelps
I remember playing this as a kid in the late 60s/early 70s. My youngest nephew would enjoy this, but I suspect he would invent new rules, too, lol. (He does that!)
Terry Poage
I loved playing this when I was a kid and Candy Land.
Lauryn R
I loved this game as a kid! Now that I have kids of my own I am so glad that they still make Classics like this! 🙂
Samantha Michelle
I miss playing this game! I used to play this all the time as a youngster. I did however play this when my nephews used to live here in New Jersey. They love playing board games!
Linda Manns Linneman
I used to play this game with my boys when the were young. I need to pick this up to play with my grandchildren. Thank you so much for sharing. I completely forgot about this game
KATE SARSFIELD
Uh oh, she’s at the ‘that’s not fair’ age! Thankfully it doesn’t last too long!
veronica lee
We call it Snakes and Ladders over here. It was a childhood fave board game.