Ludo

Rules

Move all 4 of your pieces from home around the board and into your coloured home column. The first player to get all four pieces home wins.

Each player has 4 pieces of one colour. All pieces begin in the home area and players take turns rolling one die.

Roll a 6 to bring a piece from home onto your starting square. After rolling a 6, roll again.

Choose one of your pieces in play and move it forward exactly the number of spaces shown on the die.

If your piece lands on a square occupied by an opponent, that opponent's piece is sent back home and must enter the board again.

You cannot capture your own piece. If a move would end on a square occupied by one of your own pieces, choose another legal move.

After travelling around the board, a piece enters the home column of its own colour. A piece must reach an available home space by exact count.

The first player to move all 4 pieces into the home column wins.

Having several pieces on the board gives you more choices on later rolls. A 6 is often most valuable when it brings another piece into play.

Capturing an opponent sends them a long way back, but check whether your piece will be easy to capture after the move.

Do not rely on a single runner. Pieces at different positions give you more useful moves and reduce the damage if one is captured.

Before moving, check which opposing pieces could reach you on their next roll. The furthest move forward is not always the safest.

You need an exact count to move into the home column. Pieces at different distances from home make more die results useful.

When several of your pieces are close to home, a safe move can be worth more than chasing every possible capture.

A 6 lets you bring a piece out of home and gives you another roll.

No. The first player to get all four pieces home wins.

Yes. A piece can enter an available home space only by exact count.