Ludo (game)
Ludo is a simple board game played mainly by children, in which each player must move their four tokens from their starting positions round the board to their final allocated position. The first to do so wins. The game is a simplification of the traditional Indian game Pachisi. It originally appeared in 1896 (the game was patented in England, as patent 14636). Ludo has also been released more recently in a commercial (trademarked) version, Parcheesi.
To make a move, a player rolls a single die. If the player rolls a six, the player can bring a new piece into play, providing that there are some not already in play, or choose to move a piece of theirs already in play six places around the board. After rolling a six, a player gets another turn. (Some Parques, Parcheesi, Pachisi, Patolli,
Parchis
Additional Resources
- Hasbro sells a Trouble brand ludo set ( http://www.boardgames.com/boardgames/poptroub.html ) and a more complicated variation called Sorry ( http://www.boardgames.com/boardgames/sorry.html ).
