How to play Snakes & Ladders on Mac
Game summary
Snakes & Ladders is a worldwide classic fun and easy to play board game for family and friends of all ages. The rules of the game are simple, navigate one's game piece from the start square 1 to the finish square 100 by rolling the dice turn by turn. One hundred squares full of traps and tricks, roll the dice and try your luck, land on a ladder and go up but if you land on a snake you're going down and first player to reach square 100 wins the game. Snakes and ladders can be played between one to six players and any player can also be played by the smart (Ai) artificial Intelligent player.
First released: May 2020
Play Snakes & Ladders on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)
The easiest way to play Snakes & Ladders on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.
Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.
Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).
Snakes & Ladders installation steps for Mac
Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Snakes & Ladders like you would on any PC.
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