Can you cheat death by solving this riddle? - Shravan S K

Summary by Krater

Two bards sentenced to death by Death are given a chance to escape by playing a game of life-sized snakes and ladders in a cavern. By strategically landing on snakes instead of ladders, they manage to reach the exit in five rolls.

From the video

Answers: Can you solve a snakes and ladders puzzle to escape from Death?

• snakes and ladders mathematical puzzle
• probability and game theory
• reverse-engineering dice rolls

What it concludes

• Counterintuitively, taking snakes can open up strategic opportunities that ladders do not by allowing players to cover distances and avoid unplayable overlap paths.
• A five-roll path to escape the cavern using specific snake and ladder combinations is possible without exceeding the five-move limit.