Ludo
Sign in to saveLudo (; ) is a strategy-based board game for two to four players, in which the players race their four from start to finish according to the rolls of a single die. Ludo shares characteristics with other cross-and-circle games from around the world; these types of games include the pre-Columbian Mesoamerican game Patolli, and the Indian game Pachisi. The game and its variations are popular in many countries and under various names.
Key facts
- Game.title
- Ludo
- Game.italic title
- no
- Game.subject_name
- Ludo
- Game.image_link
- Ludo-3.jpg
- Game.image_caption
- An early commercial Ludo board by Chad Valley (toy brand) (mid 20th Century)
- Game.years
- Since
- Game.genre
- Board game Race game Dice game
- Game.players
- 2–4 <!--
- Game.ages
- 5+
- Game.playing_time
- < 90 min
- Game.random_chance
- High (dice rolling)
- Game.skills
- Strategy, tactics, counting, probability
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Ludo-2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ludo
- minimum number of players
- 4
- maximum number of players
- 4
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- History
- Ludo board
- Rules
- Overview
- Gameplay
- Variants
- List of international variants
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- German specific
- French
- Hasbro
- Chinese
- Canadian
- Latvian
- Differences
- African
- Indian
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
Ludo (; ) is a strategy-based board game for two to four players, in which the players race their four from start to finish according to the rolls of a single die. Ludo shares characteristics with other cross-and-circle games from around the world; these types of games include the pre-Columbian Mesoamerican game Patolli, and the Indian game Pachisi. The game and its variations are popular in many countries and under various names.
==History== thumb| An early commercially printed edition of Ludo by Chad Valley Ludo uses a cubic die with a dice cup and was marketed as "Ludo" in England in 1896 by Alfred Coller.Coller eventually patented the game and sold it as "Royal Ludo". The board game Uckers, popular in the Royal Navy, is based on Ludo.
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