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I loved Chute and Ladders as a kid.
Chutes and Ladders *is* much more cutthroat than Candyland! Candyland makes me weep with boredom.
Never played Candyland either.
Apparently I was feral.
They never let you join in any of the reindeer games, eh?
I know, but I think I always knew what the "real" name was.
I know we had Chutes and Ladders, the Milton Bradley game, but I'm also pretty sure I played Snakes and Ladders, maybe a mini version. I think that's how I first knew it.
I always had Snakes and Ladders. And I assumed "chutes" was British. I'm so confused.
Candyland didn't exist in my childhood either.
ETA: Also, I expect the morality pictures no longer exist, which is a shame.
They do, actually. If you're talking about the US version. They're appalling.
(I never played the game as a child. My family was not much for board games. I actively rue the day we brought that nasty freaking moralising piece of puritanical propaganda into our home.)
Never played Candyland either.
It was never one of my favorites. And then they ruined it by adding characters anyway. Not as bad as what they did to Clue, but still, leave my childhood games alone people!
P-C, here's the history of the game. [link]
Chutes and Ladders has no snakes!!! Paging Dr. Freud...
Yeah, I checked out that page and saw that it originated in India, which may explain why we had Snakes and Ladders.