Chutes and Ladders VCR Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Contents
• Object
• The games on your tape
• How to set up the game
• How to play
• How to win
• How to start a new game

Contents

• 1 VHS videocassette
• 1 gameboard
• 30 cards
• 4 playing pieces
• 4 plastic stands
• 1 instruction sheet

Object

Have your playing piece on the highest ladder space at the end of one game!

The games on your tape

Included on your tape are 4 separate games. "Thrills and Chills" and "Ricky and Nikki Vs. the Space Dragons" are number matching games. "The Golden Cuckoo" and "The Case of the Lost Choo-Choo" are picture and sound matching games. Bobby and Reggie, the Chutes and Ladders Kids, give a brief explanation of set-up and play for the games right on the tape.

How to set up the game

1. Place the gameboard within viewing distance of your TV.

2. Carefully punch out the cards and the playing pieces from the cardboard sheets.

3. Insert one playing piece into each plastic stand. Each player takes a playing piece and places it on the gameboard at the bottom of either ladder. See Figure 1. Two or more playing pieces can be on the same starting space.

4. The cards show numbers on one side and pictures on their opposite side. If you are playing a number matching game, you will set up the gameboard with all the number cards facing up. If you are playing a picture and sound matching game, you will set up the gameboard with all the picture cards facing up.

   The first game on the tape is a number matching game. Place the cards on the gameboard with all the number cards facing up. You will position the cards randomly, one card per square. See Figure 1.

   Figure 1. CARD SQUARES: Place your cards, one on each square, here. STARTING SPACES: Place your playing pieces here or here.

   The tape will tell you how to set up the gameboard for the other games. The tape also allows you time to set up before a new game begins.

5. When you are ready to play, follow the manufacturer's instructions for operation of your VCR. Insert the videocassette into your VCR and press PLAY.

How to play

Chutes and Ladders VCR plays differently from the Chutes and Ladders board game. Read on and pay special attention to how you move on the gameboard.

1. Youngest player goes first. Play proceeds to the left.

2. On your turn: WATCH the screen and LISTEN to the story. A visual clue will appear on the screen accompanied by an audio signal.

   • If you are playing the number matching game, the visual clue will be a number and the audio will sound like a musical note. See Figure 2A.
   • If you are playing a picture and sound matching game, the visual clue will be a picture and the audio will be a sound effect that actually matches the picture. See Figure 2B.

   Figure 2A. VISUAL CLUE. NUMBER MATCHING: One of the Chutes and Ladders Kids rides the ferris wheel 10 times. Find the number 10 card on your gameboard.

   Figure 2B. VISUAL CLUE. PICTURE AND SOUND MATCHING: The cat is meowing. Listen to the cat meow and find the matching card on the gameboard.

3. MAKING A MATCH: Locate the card on the gameboard that matches the visual clue and REMOVE it from the gameboard. Remove only one card on a turn. Make your match quickly because you only have a few seconds to do it. Form a pile off the gameboard for the cards you remove. Then do the following for whatever symbol is shown on the gameboard after you remove the card. The symbol will be a ladder or a chute.

   • If a ladder is shown, move your playing piece up the ladder one space, as shown in Figure 3. Your turn is over.

     Figure 3. Move your playing piece up one ladder space.

   • If a chute is shown, do either of the following:

     • If the space your playing piece is on pictures the TOP of a chute, then slide your playing piece down the chute to the ladder space where the bottom of the chute ends. See Figure 4A. Your turn is over.

       Figure 4A. You're at the top of the chute on this space and must slide down to this space.

How to win

If your playing piece is on the highest ladder space at the end of the game, you're the winner! See Figure 5. There could be a tie! If so, play another game and see who wins!

OVER THE TOP: If you move your playing piece over the top ladder space during the game, you automatically win the game! See Figure 5.

Figure 5. THIS IS THE WINNER. OVER THE TOP.

SOLO PLAY: Play the game alone and see how high you can go up the ladders. Try to go over the top!

How to start a new game

After each game ends, the Chutes and Ladders Kids explain set-up for the next game. Play begins automatically—no buttons to push.