Choose a player to start. You can do this randomly by having each player spin the spinner -- the player with the highest number starts the game. Set the direction of play to the left or right. The first player kicks off the game by spinning the spinner again. He then moves his pawn on to the board based on the number he spun -- so, if he got a two, he would move two spaces on the board to the #2 square. Play then moves to the next player. If a player lands on a square at the bottom of a ladder -- a good deed -- he travels up to the square at its top. If he lands at the top of a chute -- a naughty deed -- he has to travel down to the square at the bottom of the chute.
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