Ludo - A game of Family & Frie

Like other cross and circle games.

Players take turns in a clockwise order; highest throw of the die starts.



Each throw, the player decides which piece to move. A piece simply moves in a clockwise direction around the track given by the number thrown. If no piece can legally move according to the number thrown, play passes to the next player.



A throw of 6 gives another turn.



A player must throw a 6 to move a piece from the starting circle onto the first square on the track. The piece moves 6 squares around the circuit beginning with the appropriately colored start square (and the player then has another turn).



If a piece lands on a piece of a different color, the piece jumped upon is returned to its starting circle.

Winning



When a piece has circumnavigated the board, it proceeds up the home column. A piece can only be moved onto the home triangle by an exact throw.



The first person to move all 4 pieces into the home triangle wins.





If a piece lands upon a piece of the same colour, this forms a block. This block cannot be passed or landed on by any opposing piece.