Morse Snakes & Ladders
The classic board game with a code-breaking twist. Roll the die to see how far you could move — but you only advance if you correctly decode the Morse prompt that plays. Miss it and you crawl forward by half. Climb the ladders, dodge the snakes, and race a friend to square 100.
Players
Player 1's turn
Roll the die to begin.
1↑38
2
3
4↑14
5
6
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8
9↑31
10
11
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16↓6
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21↑42
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28↑84
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36↑44
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38
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46
47↓26
48
49↓11
50
51↑67
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56↓53
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62↓19
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64↓60
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71↑91
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80↑100
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87↓24
88
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93↓73
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95↓75
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98↓78
99
100
Ladder ↑ Snake ↓ Player 1 Player 2
How to play
- Choose 1 or 2 players and a difficulty: single letters, two-letter words, or fast three-letter words.
- Press “Roll the die.” A Morse prompt plays automatically and is also shown as dots and dashes.
- Type what you hear and submit. Correct = move the full roll; wrong = move only half (rounded down).
- Land on a green ladder to climb up, or a red snake to slide down. First to exactly 100 wins — overshoots bounce back.
- Stuck? Use “Replay audio” to hear it again, or “Give up (reveal)” to see the answer.
Why decode-to-move is great practice
Tying movement to decoding turns a luck-based board game into genuine listening practice. Easy mode drills the individual letters at a gentle 8 WPM, while hard mode pushes you to copy whole short words at speed. It is a fun, low-pressure way for classrooms, scouts and ham radio beginners to build copying skills. Everything runs locally in your browser.