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- LADDERS is a highly challenging, fast paced, dice game that requires
- some luck and good strategy. The object of the game is to "capture"
- three ladders. Even though there are eleven ladders on the board, you
- will only be able to "climb" five of the eleven. The five ladders are
- determined by the first five ladders you start to climb.
-
- After the computer rolls the four dice, you must group the dice into two
- pairs, the sum of each pair denoting a particular ladder on the board.
- The computer places a marker on the lowest rung of the ladders pointed
- to by the dice. The player may then roll again, pairing the dice as
- before, either to advance an existing marker one more rung up a ladder
- or to place a new marker on a different ladder (up to a maximum of 5)
- or you "capture" three ladders. To "capture" a ladder, you must reach
- the top of the ladder.
-
- To adjust for the fact that some numbers come up more often than others,
- each ladder is a different height, corresponding to the chance of that
- number being rolled. This means that ladder seven is the longest, and
- ladders two and twelve are the shortest.
-
-
- Choosing "Q" in place of a die number, will save the game in progress
- and allow you to pick up the game the next time you call. Pressing "0"
- in place of a die number will allow you to re-enter the die number(s).
-
- When you end up losing points, LADDERS will place them into a "POOL". This
- "POOL" will continue to accumulate all points lost by any player. It will
- also accumulate the points lost by those playing on any other node(s) at the
- same time. The "POOL" points will be updated on the players screen REAL TIME
- (at the moment the player on another node loses points). The "POOL" points
- can be won by any player, that wins the game by removing 3 Ladders, 2 of
- which MUST be the "2" and "12" Ladders. The minimum amount in the "POOL"
- will be 100 points.
-
- Careful planning of which ladders to climb, as well as good old LUCK,
- will decide the outcome of LADDERS. GOOD LUCK!
-
- You may now send and/or receive messages from other players, within this Door
- itself. No longer a need to jump out and use the BBS' message base. This
- feature is controlled by your Sysop and if the menu option is not present,
- please notify the Sysop.
-