Ludo (board game) squares on the game track which protect a player's tokens from being returned. A player's home column squares are always safe, however, since no opponent may enter them. In some parts of Africa the following rules are reportedly played: Bibliography Ludo (board game) Ludo (; ) is a strategy board game for two to four players, in which the players race their four tokens from start to finish according to the rolls of a single die. Like other cross and circle games, Ludo is derived from the Indian game Pachisi, but simpler. The game and its variations are popular in
Ludo (board game) very ancient game of Chausar played in the times of epic Mahabharata (Kurukshetra War time) about 10 century BCE. This game was played between the pandavas and kauravas. Latest version as we describe as Ludo, was played by the Mughal emperors of India; a notable example is Akbar. Pachisi was modified to use a cubic die with dice cup and patented as "Ludo" in England in 1896. The Royal Navy took Ludo and converted it into the board game Uckers. Ludo exists under different game names from various name derivations: Special areas of the Ludo board are typically coloured bright