Broken Ladders

Players: 1+

Time: Medium

Genres: Dice, Mapp Games

Introduction
Broken Ladders is a board game created by Hotchoc26 from the Mapp Games board game series. It involves 2 or more players going up ladders repeatedly and scoring points, while avoiding fragile rungs which cause players to fall off the ladder and finish their game.

Equipment

 * Instructions
 * 1x Score sheet per player, with a pencil and eraser
 * 1x Board
 * 1x Die
 * 1x Counter per player
 * Set of different rungs

Aim of the Game
The aim of the game is to last the longest on the ladder without falling off by stepping on a fragile rung.

Setting Up
Each player takes a pencil, eraser, score sheet and counter, writes down their name and puts their counter on the bottom of the first ladder (Level 1). Players each roll the dice and whoever gets the highest roll goes first, continuing clockwise. On a player's turn, players move up the number of rungs on the ladder according to the dice outcome.

Rungs
All ladders on the board are made up of rungs, which come in a variety of conditions, from no damage to very unstable. Each time a player lands on a rung, it becomes more and more unstable, and more likely to break. Each time a player goes up the whole ladder, they earn a specified number of points, depending on the level. The score stops building up when a player falls off the ladder, and must wait for the other players to fall. The following diagram shows the levels of rungs there are on the ladders:



Landing on a level 4 rung (with the long crack) turns the rung into a level 5 rung (partly bent) and players landing on that rung then turn it into a level 6 rung, and so on. Players landing on a level 6 rung turn it into a level 7 rung, but do not fall off the ladder. Only players initially landing on a level 7 rung fall off.

Ladder 1 - Easy
Rungs (8): All rungs are level 1 (stable)

Scores: 10 points for each lap.

Ladder 2
Scores: 12 points for each lap.

Ladder 3
Scores: 15 points for each lap.

Ladder 4
Scores: 18 points for each lap.

Ladder 5
Scores: 20 points for each lap.

Ladder 6 - Hard
Scores: 25 points for each lap.

Walkthrough
Video coming soon!