I'm David Farrier in New Zealand accidentally marooned in America and I want to figure out what makes this country tick.

Now a few weeks ago I was watching some stand-up comedy and somehow the comedian got to talking about board games and then they mentioned a game called

shoots and ladders. If you're an American listening you're going, yeah shoots and ladders that game we played as kids.

But if you're from New Zealand or a bunch of other countries,

you're going what the heck is shoots and ladders. Because in New Zealand, we call it snakes and ladders.

I couldn't concentrate on the comedy routine anymore because all I could think about was Americans insisting on calling snakes and ladders by the totally bonkers name shoots and ladders.

And so in today's flightless bird I attempt to find out more about the name of this American board game which takes me down a rabbit hole of board game craziness I never knew existed. So, get ready to roll that dye and vanquish your opponents,

because this is the Shoots and Ladders episode.

Flag this.

Flagless.

Flightless bird touch down in America.

I'm a flyless bird down in America.

Doesn't get more exciting than this.

Board games.

I love board games.

You're a board game gal.

I am. You have a stack over here yes as I made this episode different companies they saw their payday

They finally we're gonna get famous. We're gonna be on flight this bird and they started sending board games.

You've got monopoly here.

No monopoly knock out.

That's different.

And there's all sorts.

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