Editing Snakes and ladders (section)

==In popular culture==
*The phrase "back to square one" originated in the game of snakes and ladders, or at least was influenced by it – the earliest attestation of the phrase refers to the game: "Withal he has the problem of maintaining the interest of the reader who is always being sent back to square one in a sort of intellectual game of snakes and ladders."<ref>[http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/back%20to%20square%20one.html "Back to square one"], ''[http://www.phrases.org.uk/ The Phrase Finder]'', Gary Martin.</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Hugh-Jones |first=E.M. |title=The American Economy, 1860–1940. by A. J. Youngson Brown |journal=The Economic Journal |publisher=Wiley |volume=62 |issue=246 |pages=411–414 |date=June 1952 |jstor=2227038 |doi=10.2307/2227038}}</ref>
*[[Snakes & Lattes]] is a [[board game café]] chain headquartered in [[Toronto]], Canada, named after snakes and ladders.<ref>{{cite news |last=Freehill-Maye |first=Lynn |title=In Toronto Cafes, Board Games Rule |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/travel/toronto-cafes-board-games.html |work=The New York Times |date=26 January 2016 |access-date=24 August 2020 |issn=0362-4331 |language=en-US}}</ref>