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Chutes and Ladders
Spin, count and race toward square 100. Explore this earlier Chutes and Ladders edition and find rules that match your own game.
The play at a glance
A race with sudden changes of fortune
Spin, count forward and follow the board: a ladder can take a player toward square 100, while a chute sends a player back. The older description preserved here presents a game for two to four players that does not require reading to play.
That simple turn structure is the useful starting point. Match the rules and number of pieces to your own edition before setting up.
What the earlier page describes
- Turn
- Spin, count spaces and follow the chute or ladder on the landing square.
- Goal
- Reach square 100.
- Players in this description
- Two to four.
- Reading
- The old description says reading is not required to play.
Match the rules to your edition
The game name alone is not enough to identify the contents. For example, Hasbro’s A4756 instructions listing describes three pawns and two to three players, while this older Toysit page describes two to four players.
Use the product number on your box with Hasbro’s instruction search. Check the pieces and the rules for starting and finishing before the first round. The linked A4756 listing is an edition comparison, not a confirmed match for the photograph above.
For a first shared game, walk through one turn together: where the piece starts, how the count works and what happens on a chute or ladder. The central question is whether the player enjoys that repeated turn and the reversals along the way.
The historical record
Original Toysit coverage
The complete description from the earlier Toysit page is preserved below. Its age, language and player-count statements describe the edition covered at that time; they are not a specification for every version of the game.
Chutes and Ladders Game.
Be the first to move your child-shaped playing piece from square one to square 100, but watch out! If you land on the square that shows you ate too much candy--Ouch!--you get a tummy ache and slide down a chute to a square a few numbers below. But if you end your turn on a good-deed square, such as helping sweep up a mess, you'll be rewarded by a ladder-climb up the board. Chutes and Ladders Game is ideal for younger children who are still learning to take turns and just beginning to recognize numbers (the spinner stays in the single digits). It's also a gentle introduction to the higher numbers as players climb to 100 at the top of the board. And, thanks to all those chutes and ladders, it's got enough excitement to keep your 7-year-old on the edge of her seat. English and Spanish instructions are included; no reading is necessary to play. Chutes and Ladders is for two to four players.
Sources and editorial notes
The original publication date and exact edition number are not recorded. Hasbro’s instructions listing for A4756 was checked on October 15, 2026 as an example of why edition matching matters, not as identification of the pictured game. No hands-on play test was performed.
- Hasbro: Chutes and Ladders A4756 instructions — This listing describes three pawns and two to three players. It is not asserted to be the edition pictured here.
- Hasbro instruction search — Search using the product name and number on your own box.
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