Boustrophedon

This is a style of counter movement particular to a few games such as Snakes & Ladders and Tablan.

Some linguistic experts may recognize this term as it also applies to certain kinds of written script that are read in the same pattern (including Linear B, Hungarian Runes, and Rongo Rongo). The word comes from the Greek "turning ox" and this style of writing or game play is said to resemble to the path an ox makes as it plows a field, turning at the end of each row to return in the opposite direction. Also of note, is that the term can be used to describe the arrangement of book shelves in a library or bookstore.