snakes and ladders – VoVatia (original) (raw)

When I Get to the Bottom, I Go Back to the Top of the Slide

I recently saw an update from Amanda Palmer where she mentioned playing Snakes and Ladders with her son, apparently what you do when your husband leaves you in the middle of a pandemic, or something. But what I actually wanted … Continue reading →

Posted in Amanda Palmer, Animals, Board Games, Games, Hinduism, History, India, Islam, Jainism, Music, Pachisi, Philosophy, Religion | Tagged asuras, candy land, chutes and ladders, devas, fatalism, gyan chaupar, gyandev, karma, milton bradley, moksha patam, morality, snakes, snakes and ladders |

Gaming the System

I already wrote a post about sports and games in the Oz series, but I had a few more ideas along those lines that I thought I could develop somewhat. Characters in the books are frequently seen playing games, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Board Games, Chess, Chris Dulabone, Dick Martin, Eloise Jarvis McGraw, Games, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Sports | Tagged a queer quest for oz, baseball, croquet, dorothy of oz, game preserve, game river, jack pott, jack pumpkinhead of oz, lucky bucky in oz, ozmapolitan, ploppa, polo, queen zixi of ix, roger baum, ruth morris, ruth waara, scrabble, sir hokus of pokes, snakes and ladders, spinner, sticks and stones, the emerald city of oz, the enchanted island of oz, the flying bus in oz, the magic cryptogram of oz, the magical monarch of mo, the royal book of oz, the rundelstone of oz, umbrella island in oz |