Ludo is a simplified version of the Ancient Indian game of Pachisi, in which you race around a track on the game board, attempting to block your opponents while moving your markers to the goal. The game was introduced into Britain in the late 1800's, and remains popular there.

The game may be played by two to four players, each using four game pieces. Each piece enters from one of the four corners of the board, and proceeds around the board based on the roll of a die. A player may only enter the board when they roll a one or six. Any roll of a six yields a bonus roll. Pieces are captured when another player lands on a space occupied by another piece, and the previous occupant is sent back to the starting point. The object to to be the first to move all your pieces from the starting corner to your home base.

American counterparts include Parcheesi, Sorry, and Trouble.

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Ludo is a very old board racing game that originated in India more than 1,000 years ago and was very popular as a game for betting on in the British Navy 100 years ago. There are up to four players who each have four tokens of a different colour which must be raced round the board to the centre square. You will be guided step by step as you play the game. It is a very exciting and the results are unpredictable. A gamblers delight. You may either play other players or the computer. By Malcolm Bain. Shareware $14.95

"Annoy your opponents" is the motto of this board game. Up to 4 players can play in a network/internet against each other, or stand alone against the computer. Funny pixel graphics, sound, a lot of properties, and high play strength. Excitement and fun for young and old. The object of the game is to get around the board and back to your home section. If you land on another player's piece, you send them back to the start. Shareware $11.00.

Pocket Ludo for the Pocket PC is a one or two player strategy board game based on an ancient Indian game of dice. Use a combination of strategy and luck to get all your tokens home before your opponent does. Along the way, trap your opponent's tokens and try to send them back to the start box before your opponent does the same to you. It features two difficulty levels, undo, simple single tap play, persisted options/game state, full install and uninstall and integrated help. Shareware $15.00.

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Ludo Rules

Rules to the game of Ludo, as reprinted from an old game. From the excellent Game Cabinet Rules site.

An online version of a Ludo-like game, from GameSquare, based in the Netherlands.

An online version of the Parcheesi game, from Ludoteka.com, the web site where you can play the more interesting board and Spanish card games with other people on the net.

See Also: Parcheesi, Sorry, Trouble