Ludo

LudoisacrossandcircleboardgamesimilartopatolliandWahoothatinvolvesmovingasetnumberofpiecesormarblesaroundtheboard,tryingtogetthemintothesafetyzone.

TheUckersandChaupargamesarealsosimilartoludowithafewdifferencesinrules.

Menschisa boardgame developedinGermanyby JosefFriedrichSchmidt in1907or1908.

Thegamewasissuedin1914andsoldabout70millioncopies,drivenbyhugepopularityamong Germantroops servingin WorldWarI Itisa crossandcirclegame withthecirclecollapsedontothecross,similartotheIndiangame Pachisi,theColombiangame Parqués,theSpanishgameParchístheAmericangames Parcheesi(Parchisi), Aggravationand TroubletheEnglishgame Ludo.



RulesforplayingLudo:

-NumberofPlayers:2to4

-Object:Tobethefirstplayertomovealloftheirownpiecesoutofthestartingarea,aroundtheboard,andintohome.

-SettingUp:Aplayermustthrowa6tomoveapiecefromthestartingcircleontothefirstsquareonthetrack.andathrowof6givesanotherturn.

-Playing:Playerstaketurnsinaclockwiseorder;highestthrowofthediestarts.
Eachthrow,theplayerdecideswhichpiecetomove.Apiecesimplymovesinaclockwisedirectionaroundthetrackgivenbythenumberthrown.Ifnopiececanlegallymoveaccordingtothenumberthrown,playpassestothenextplayer.

Ifapiecelandsonapieceofadifferentcolour,thepiecejumpeduponisreturnedtoitsstartingcircle.

Ifapiecelandsuponapieceofthesamecolour,thisformsablock.Thisblockcannotbepassedorlandedonbyanyopposingpiece.


-Winning:Whenapiecehascircumnavigatedtheboard,itproceedsupthehomecolumn.Apiececanonlybemovedontothehometrianglebyanexactthrow.

Thefirstpersontomoveall4piecesintothehometrianglewins.