To  play snakes and ladders you need from 4 players to 5 players and a dice.First you need  the 4 counters on number 1 then player 1 rolls the dice. if you land on a snake you half to go down the snake and you end up on the snakes tale.    player 2 rolls the dice. if you land on the bottom of a ladder & then the other players throw the dice  until one of the player reach 100 then they win