Ludo is one of those games that has been around a long time,
played by millions now worldwide. How many of you got a ludo game in your
Christmas stocking? I know I did.
This is a simple game that can be played by 2,3 or 4
players. Looking at the picture above and the 4 colours, if you were playing
the red colour, then you would move your counter around the board trying to
get it to the home location before anyone else.
To start the game each player picks a set of counters and
places them in the Starting Squares of the same colour. Take it in turns to
throw the dice, you must throw a 6 before you can move a piece onto the
track. Every time you throw a 6 you get another throw and you can move any
one counter to the number shown on the dice.
If your Counter lands on one of your opponent's they are knocked off and
returned. If one of your counters lands on top of your counters this forms a
block. Your block cannot be passed by any of the opponent's pieces.
When a counter goes all the way round the board it can enter the home
column. To land in the home you must throw the exact number.
The winner is the first player to get all four counters into the home
triangle
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