LADDERS is a highly challenging, fast paced, dice game that requires
some luck and good strategy.  The object of the game is to "capture"
three ladders.  Even though there are eleven ladders on the board, you
will only be able to "climb" five of the eleven.  The five ladders are
determined by the first five ladders you start to climb.

After the computer rolls the four dice, you must group the dice into two
pairs, the sum of each pair denoting a particular ladder on the board.
The computer places a marker on the lowest rung of the ladders pointed
to by the dice. The player may then roll again, pairing the dice as
before, either to advance an existing marker one more rung up a ladder
or to place a new   marker on a different ladder (up to a maximum of 5)
or you "capture" three ladders.  To "capture" a ladder, you must reach
the top of the ladder.

To adjust for the fact that some numbers come up more often than others,
each ladder is a different height,  corresponding to the chance of that
number being rolled.  This means that ladder seven is the longest,  and
ladders two and twelve are the shortest.


Choosing "Q" in place of a die number, will save the game in progress
and allow you to pick up the game the next time you call. Pressing "0"
in place of a die number will allow you to re-enter the die number(s).

When you end up losing points, LADDERS will place them into a "POOL". This
"POOL" will continue to accumulate all points lost by any player. It will
also accumulate the points lost by those playing on any other node(s) at the
same time. The "POOL" points will be updated on the players screen REAL TIME
(at the moment the player on another node loses points). The "POOL" points
can be won by any player, that wins the game by removing 3 Ladders, 2 of
which MUST be the "2" and "12" Ladders. The minimum amount in the "POOL"
will be 100 points.

Careful planning of which ladders to climb,  as well as good old LUCK,
will decide the outcome of LADDERS. GOOD LUCK!

You may now send and/or receive messages from other players, within this Door 
itself. No longer a need to jump out and use the BBS' message base. This 
feature is controlled by your Sysop and if the menu option is not present,
please notify the Sysop.
