<p>There is a classic game in Spain called "El juego de la Oca", which in english is known as the "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_the_Goose" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Game of The Goose</a>". There are thousands of variants for the board (including bridges, ladders etc.), so maybe you saw a Chinese version</p>

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2017-08-22T14:39:11.037Z
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Carlos Borau
<p>I remember playing it when I was young. Here is wikipedia entry for it.
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes_and_Ladders" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes_and_Ladders</a></p>

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2015-01-14T14:40:54.263Z
The question asked for a game that was *like* Snakes and Ladders.
Rainbolt
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DainDwarf
<p>Someone taught me a game that they remember playing many years before. They drew the board from memory, it looks mostly like this:</p>

<pre><code> _____________
|  __________ |
| |E|   |   | |
| | | | | | | |
| | |&lt;| |&lt;| | |
| | | | | | | |
|S|___|___|___|
</code></pre>

<p>Each player began at the start (S), took turns to roll the dice and move, to see who could read the end (E) first. In some places, there were shortcuts (&lt;) allowing players to move ahead more quickly.</p>

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2014-01-18T13:33:03.197Z
I think I saw a board like this recently. Do you know/remember any graphical details from the board? Was the game connected in any way with snake and ladders in design?What I mean is: where there snakes on the board? Ladders?
beam022
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2014-01-18T13:58:52.910Z
I never saw the original board. I saw some Chinese people playing it, but they had quickly drawn the board by hand on some graph paper and I don't know how well they had recreated it from their memory. I think they used Chinese characters to indicate the shortcuts.
Village
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What is the name of this snakes-and-ladders-like race game?
Village
# What is the name of this snakes-and-ladders-like race game?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-11-08)

Someone taught me a game that they remember playing many years before. They drew the board from memory, it looks mostly like this:

```
 _____________
|  __________ |
| |E|   |   | |
| | | | | | | |
| | |<| |<| | |
| | | | | | | |
|S|___|___|___|

```

Each player began at the start (S), took turns to roll the dice and move, to see who could read the end (E) first. In some places, there were shortcuts (<) allowing players to move ahead more quickly.

**Tags:** identify-this-game

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I think I saw a board like this recently. Do you know/remember any graphical details from the board? Was the game connected in any way with snake and ladders in design?What I mean is: where there snakes on the board? Ladders?  
> **username_0**: I never saw the original board. I saw some Chinese people playing it, but they had quickly drawn the board by hand on some graph paper and I don't know how well they had recreated it from their memory. I think they used Chinese characters to indicate the shortcuts.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-08-22. Score: 1

There is a classic game in Spain called "El juego de la Oca", which in english is known as the "[Game of The Goose](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_the_Goose)". There are thousands of variants for the board (including bridges, ladders etc.), so maybe you saw a Chinese version


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### Answer by username_3 on 2015-01-14. Score: -3

I remember playing it when I was young. Here is wikipedia entry for it.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes_and_Ladders>

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: The question asked for a game that was *like* Snakes and Ladders.  

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