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Ludo is a strategy board game for two to four players, where players race token

♛ 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. The game and its variations are popular in many countries and under various names.

♛ Ludo originated in India by the 6th century. The earliest evidence of this game in India is the depiction of boards on the caves of Ajanta. This game was played by the Mughal emperors of India. Ludo 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 Features:

- Options to select from different languages. English, Hindi, Gujarati

- Safe location, represented by star symbol, signifies its safe from other player tokens

- Select the coin moving speed

- Select the dice role in which you want to promote the coin in the play

- Eye catching design with wooden, and colorful board

- Decide how many players want to play the game, 1, 2, 3, or 4.

- Play against Computer with accurate Artificial Intelligence

- Pick your favourite board graphics

♛ Each player rolls the die; the highest roller begins the game. Players alternate turns in a clockwise direction.

♛ To enter a token into play from its yard to its starting square, a player must roll a 1. If the player has no tokens yet in play and rolls other than a 1, the turn passes to the next player. Once a player has one or more tokens in play, he selects a token and moves it forwards along the track the number of squares indicated by the die. Players must always move a token according to the die value rolled. Passes are not allowed; if no move is possible, the turn moves to the next player.

♛ When a 1 is rolled, the player may choose to advance a token already in play, or may enter another staged token to its starting square. Rolling a 1 earns the player an additional or "bonus" roll in that turn. If the bonus roll results in a 1 again, the player earns an additional bonus roll. If the third roll is also a 1, one token gets returned to home and the turn immediately passes to the next player.

♛ Players may not end their move on a square they already occupy. If the advance of a token ends on a square occupied by an opponent's token, the opponent token is returned to its owner's yard. The returned token can be reentered into play only when the owner rolls a 1. Unlike Pachisi, there are no "safe" 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.

♛ Ludo around the World:

❣ North America, the game is sold under the brand name Parcheesi. Variations of the game are sold under the brand names Sorry!, Aggravation, and Trouble.

❣ In Spain, it is called "Parchís" in Spanish and "Parxís" in Catalan.

❣ In Colombia, it is called "Parqués".Behaviour of players getting upset or similar

❣ In Germany, this game is called "Mensch ärgere dich nicht" (Man, don't get upset), and has equivalent names in many other languages, such as Albanian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, and Turkish.

❣ In Greece, the game is called "Γκρινιάρης" [Griniaris] (Grumbler) referring to typical player behaviour.

❣ In Italy, it is called "Non t'arrabbiare" (Don't get upset).

❣ In Poland, it is referred as "Chińczyk" (The Chinese)

❣ In Estonia, it is called "Reis ümber maailma" (Trip around the world).

❣ In China, Malaysia and Singapore, it is called "飞行棋" or "飞机棋" (Aeroplane Chess).

❣ In Sweden, it is called "Fia"

❣ In Denmark and Norway though, its known as Ludo.

❣ In Vietnam, it is called "Cờ cá ngựa".

❣ In France, it is called "Petits Chevaux" (Little Horses) or "Le Jeu de Dada" (dada being a colloquial word for "horse")

❣ In Hungary, this game is called "Ki nevet a végén" (Who laughs at the end).