THOSE are the undisputed rules of playing Ludo. 8 spaces away from the home stops) in desi Ludo boards - see image) Oh, and your 'goti' is untouchable if it is 'standing' on of those 'stops' ( surprisingly, you only find the extra stops ( i.e. Along the way other players' gotis may be 'killed' if the lucky player rolls the dice and gets an exact number which lets him/her land EXACTLY on someone else's 'goti'. Each player needs to roll a 6 on the die (or dice, depending on how fast you want to finish the game)to get one piece out of their 'house' at a time.Īs a 6 is rolled, that player will then move their way across the board, until they come to their final 'house' in the center of the board. Here's what the general undisputed rules of the game are: Minimum of two, maximum of 4 players, get to choose a colour each, which represents their 'house' - with four 'gotis' or pieces. Im going to literally translate the Urdu terminology into English, so apologies for any funny translations. Now, I'm guessing most people from Desiland and places nearby are well aware of this game. In the 1890s pachisi was adapted and modified (and subsequently patented) as Ludo, under which name it appeared in England about 1896. Instead of pieces, the emperor used girls from his harem, (sigh.ofcourse the Mughals would so such a thing) perhaps emulating Sultan Mohammed who is said to have played “living chess” in Grenada in 1408. In the centre was a dais on which he and his courtiers sat. The Mughal emperor Akbar Khan (1542-1605) had a huge open-air board of marble. Traces of early boards survive in the cave temples of Ellora in the Deccan region, and also at Agra and Allahabad. Pachisi (as Ludo was then known) is said to have originated in India during 6 A.D. by playing Ludo!Ī little historical fact about Ludo from Wikipedia: On a boring, depressing sunday afternoon at my friend's place, what with the godawful weather and a feeling of impending doom looming upon us, we decided to lighten up the mood.
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