## Description
_Ladders to Learning: Balloon Race_ is an educational game for ages 10 years
upwards and allows one to four players to play a board game about the subject
of Air and the Atmosphere. The game is a single screen and shows four paths
with 15 dots with hot-air balloons on the starting dot, and the idea is for
the balloons to reach the other side of the water with the first balloon to
reach the 15th dot the winner. Each player takes it in turns to spin a dial
with an arrow, and on the dial are the numbers one to four, and four question
marks. If the arrow stops on a number then the player moves that many dots
before the next player then spins. Occasionally a strong wind will appear and
move the player back.
If the player stops the arrow on a question mark then they answer a question
and if the answer is correct then they move forwards. If the answer is wrong
then an explanation of the correct answer appears. To land on the winning dot
then the correct number must be spun to land on the dot exactly or the player
moves back to where they first spun the arrow. Before the game starts, the
players have the chance to read about Air and Atmosphere to give them a better
chance to answer the questions correctly.
Ladders to Learning: Balloon Race