Tools for Game Making
   • Animal Morphs- www.switchzoo.com
   • City Designs – www.citycreator.com
   • Digital Art – Microsoft Paint
   • Images – Google Image Search
   • Collecting Images – PowerPoint
   • Printing – Color print when approved
                Making Snakes & Ladders Type Board Games
                                                          
                1. Decide on an idea for your game. Is it: 
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                     A Spaceship? 
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                     A Castle ? 
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                     A Maze ? 
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                     A Haunted House with ghosts ? 
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                     A Forest with big trees ? 
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                     A Secret Island ? 
                2. Make your game 50 squares long. Every 5 or 6 squares, something good or 
                bad should happen to the player. Use lots of colors and make your drawings big 
                and exciting. 
                3. Make some playing pieces from card with each player's first name written on. 
                4. Use some of these words, or use your own: 
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                     Go back 3 Squares 
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                     You find a secret tunnel, go forward 4. 
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                     It's dark. Nobody can see you. Add 2 to your next throw. 
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                     Miss a turn. 
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                     You are tired. Miss a turn. 
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                     The guards are sleeping. Have an extra turn. 
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                     Go back to the Start. 
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                     You find a map. Go to number 25. 
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                     Take the secret road to number 40. 
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                     Have another go. 
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                     You have gone the wrong way. Go back 10.
        Game board                 
                                                                            
        Situation Cards
            Write onto each card a situation related to the story which will cause players to go forward or backwards a number of 
            spaces or miss a turn.  
        Dice or Spinner
        Markers
        Playing the Game
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            Each child chooses a game marker. 
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            Decide who will begin the game. 
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            Throw dice (or spin) and move markers accordingly. 
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            Whenever marker lands on an situation square, child is to pick up a situation card and follow the instructions. 
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            Game is finished when end square is reached.
                                             Go ahead      Miss one turn
                           START             2 spaces
                                                            Go back 2 
                                                             spaces
                                      Go back 2 
                                      spaces
                                      Miss one 
                          Go ahead 2   turn                 Go ahead 2 
                           spaces                            spaces
                                                     END
                          Take
                           the 
                          Shortcut Pass
                                             Go back 2 
                                             spaces           Take the 
                                                              Shortcut
                                                                Pass
                                                            Take an extra 
                                                              turn
                          Take an extra 
                            turn
                                   Go ahead 2      Take an extra 
                                    spaces           turn