Randolph has published over 100 games, including one of the events at the MSO, Twixt. Snails reflects a great deal of his philosophy about games.
Snails requires only that a contestant can count to two.
Six snails of different colour advance after a throw of a pair of dice. Each face on each die is the colour of a snail, so the snails can never advance more than two squares in any one turn. For snails it is customary and proper to go slowly,' he smiles. Despite its simplicity, the game contains two vital elements, tensions and rules, both of which he believes children dislike. He secretly credits part of the success of this game to the physical snails themselves, which he suspects 'the children use as missiles'.