Snakes and ladders

Snakes and ladders is not even a game. But children often receive promotional material with themed snakes-and-ladders boards. Here's how to turn it into a game! Maybe.

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Developers don't have to wait for the finished specification to start working, because they can guess the rough shape. What should they do with the parts they are uncertain about?

Contain the biggest uncertainties in separate modules with stable interfaces.

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