A very well crafted snakes and ladder board from India! The frame of the board is in elegant sesum wood while the board itself is made in synthetic fiber sheet. The board and the pieces are magnetic so that the pieces are stable at their respective places. This game is especially suitable for children below 12 years. Snakes and Ladders is an ancient Indian board game regarded today as a worldwide classic. It is played between two or more players on a gameboard having numbered, gridded squares. A number of "ladders" and "snakes" (or "chutes") are pictured on the board, each connecting two specific board squares. The object of the game is to navigate one"s game piece from the start (bottom square) to the finish (top square), helped or hindered by ladders and snakes, respectively. The historic version had root in morality lessons, where a player"s progression up the board represented a life journey complicated by virtues (ladders) and vices (snakes).