Ludo (board game)

Ludo is a very simple Pachisi derivative. " Ludo " comes from Latin and means " I play ".

History

The game was patented in England in 1896 under patent number 14636 and emerged from the game Patchesi. Patchesi was produced by the founded in 1795 by John Jaques & Son was the first English Pachisi derivative and distributed to the 1920s. Ludo is a highly simplified and child-friendly version of Patchesi. Likewise, the ways of the game were clear worked out color and with arrows. A big difference to Patchesi is that when Ludo the pieces are drawn in a clockwise direction. This is the first Pachisi Ludo derivative, which changed the original direction of pull.

Probably it is the direct predecessor of Parcheesi.

Game rules

The original rules of the game are very simple: will Diced with a single cube. From the corners ( yards) may be pulled out with a six. A six allows for a further throw. It can only be a token in a field. Stands on a target field an opposing character, this will be beaten and have to go back to her corner. There are no safe fields except the field before the own yard and the " stairs ". If a piece to a square that is occupied by its own, they will be united like the game Yut to a game of stone. Then pull together, but both are beaten by an opponent's piece. Blockades in areas such as in most other Pachisi derivatives do not exist. It must be taken with an accurate throw to the middle.

There are many variants of the game rules. A common variant is that the blockages are allowed again. Just as often, is a variant that the possibility of the union of two pieces does not exist. In previous versions of the game pieces were still in the form of tokens at checkers or simple leaves. More recent editions have Pöppel (male ) settled as they do not annoy you in person or Ludo are common. These are no " two towers " can build and so this game is usually omitted.

Original Ludo board

Game in Nepal on a Ludo board

Schematic Board