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From: wdr@faron.UUCP (William D. Ricker)
Newsgroups: net.games
Subject: Re: Chutes and Ladders
Message-ID: <322@faron.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 15:25:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: faron.322
Posted: Wed Aug  7 15:25:00 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 8-Aug-85 01:41:58 EDT
References: <399@ucdavis.UUCP> <8400003@hpcnoe.UUCP>
Reply-To: wdr@faron.UUCP (William D. Ricker)
Organization: The MITRE Coporation, Bedford, MA
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Summary: 

In article <8400003@hpcnoe.UUCP> jeff@hpcnoa.UUCP (jeff) writes:
>
> (Maybe we could get a discussion up on the strategic elements of
>       Chutes and Ladders :-)
>
>-- Jeff Wu

An interesting note is the Chutes and Ladders was originally played in
India, home of Parchesi.  Each ladder was labled and illustrated with a
Virtue, each chute with a vice.  There were more vices than virtues.
The goal, of course, was to reach nirvanna (square 100) by way of
virtues, avoiding vices.
--bill ricker, collector of non-war, non-computer games;
	       player of games of all kinds.

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