RFID Snakes and Ladder, It's Different

Filed in archive Implementation on May 15, 2006

Do you love playing Snakes and Ladders? If yes, then one can go to Media Centre, Huddersfield where RFID Snakes and Ladders is being played till 2nd June. The rules are similar to the traditional game but here the game board is the whole building which houses over hundred and twenty small businesses. This interesting piece of information I found at we-make-money-not-art.

Players get a counter containing an RFID chip. They have to pass it in front of the giant dice and check how far they 'rolled' on a connected website. If they land at the bottom of the ladder, they pass their counter in front of the model ladder to climb it. If they hit the head of a snake, it's a slippery slide unless they get to the model snake in time.

Models are placed around the Media Centre: in the entrance, the café bar and outside the lifts.

Players take a turn every three hours (unless they throw a six or land on a snake or a ladder, when they have to act quickly). In this way the game becomes part of the normal working day. Players might take a turn when they first arrive, another when they grab a coffee, and another at lunchtime.

And if they land on a bonus square, they get a secret prize. Players who reach the top square first win prizes from the centre's Café Ollo menu.

This game is being seen as an excellent way of creating a connection between people who live in the same location but at times feel isolated from each other. I certainly feel it is a great concept of bringing people closer through a game like snakes and ladder.