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Chutes and Ladders Help

BoldAxis (1)
Hello! I'm currently a beginner to C++ programming and have ran into my first stump with a program, specifically with Chutes and Ladders. I'm completely clueless on how to approach the coding after asking for the 2 players' names. Logically, I should be prompting the user to "spin" the spinner, which I do by calling the function 'spinner'. But what I'm a bit stuck on is how to put that in a 'while' loop for each of the players' turn. Additionally, I'm also not sure how to go back and forth for each players' turn. Would I need to create a variable for each turn that are respective to the 2 players? Anyway, the code is obviously not complete but I've tried to program what I could. I'd appreciate any tips and suggestions. And also, arrays are not allowed. Thank you! 

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#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
using namespace std;

void welcome();
void spinner();
void checkPosition();
void checkChutesLadders();
void checkWinner();

int main()
{
  int spaceP1; //Position of player 1
  int spaceP2; // Position of player 2
  int spinMove;// Spinner that retrieves a rand num
  string player1; // Name of player 1
  string player2; // Name of player 2
  int game = 1 // Maintains the loop

  welcome();

  cout << "Enter your name (Player 1)... ";
  cin >> player1;
  cout << "Enter Player 2's name... ";
  cin >> player2;

  while (game == 1) {
    if (turn1 == player1) {
      spinner();


void welcome()
{
  cout << "Welcome to a game of Chutes and Ladders! \n";
  cout << "You and player 2 will take turns spinning the spinner. \n";
  cout << "The first person to land on 'Space 100' is the winner! \n";
  cout << "However, there are chutes and ladders on the board that \n";
  cout << "will either expedite or delay your destination to space 100 \n";
  cout << "Time to play!";
}

int spinner()
{
  srand(time(0));
  spinMove = rand()%6+1;
}


void checkChutes()
{
  if (newPosition == 16)
    newPosition = 6;
  else if (newPosition == 48)
    newPosition = 26;
  else if (newPosition == 49)
    newPosition = 11;
  else if (newPosition == 56)
    newPosition = 53;
  else if (newPosition == 62)
  newPosition = 53;
  else if (newPosition == 62)
    newPosition = 19;
  else if (newPosition == 64)
    newPosition = 60;
  else if (newPosition == 87)
    newPosition = 24;
  else if (newPosition == 93)
    newPosition = 73;
  else if (newPosition == 95)
    newPosition = 75;
  else  if (newPosition == 98)
    newPosition = 78;
  else
    newPosition = newPosition;
}
void checkLadders()
{
  if (newPosition == 4)
    newPosition = 14;
  else if (newPosition == 9)
    newPosition = 21;
  else if (newPosition == 23)
    newPosition = 44;
  else if (newPosition == 28)
    newPosition = 84;
  else if (newPosition == 36)
    newPosition = 44;
  else if (newPosition == 51)
    newPosition = 66;
  else if (newPosition == 71)
    newPosition = 90;
  else if (newPosition == 80)
    newPosition = 100;
  else
    newPosition = newPosition;
}
pogrady (677)
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while(true)
{
// do game stuff
//check for a termination condition. If the user wants to quit 
break;
}


you also only need to call srand() once. In fact you should only call srand() once.
Gulshan Singh (48)
You could have a bool that's true when it's player one's turn and false otherwise. Your game int should probably be a bool too, although what you have works.

@pogrady
It's true that you only need to call srand() once, but why should you only call it once? It does no harm multiple times.
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