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Ludo

Ludo for two to four players: roll the die, bring your four pawns out of the yard with a six, race them round the loop and up the home column - home takes the exact number. A pawn landing on another sends it back to its yard, except on the start and star squares; a six, a capture and a pawn home each earn another roll, and three sixes in a row lose the turn. The die tumbles on the table and the pawns hop square by square. Play the computer in the other seats at five levels, pass the die round at one screen, or watch a demo game.

By Mykhailo Makarov

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What happens

Each player has four pawns in a yard. A six brings a pawn out onto the start square; a pawn then moves round the loop by the number rolled and turns up its home column, and needs the exact number to get home. A pawn landing on a square with opposing pawns sends them back to their yards, except on the eight safe squares - the starts and the stars. A six, a capture and a pawn home each give another roll; a third six in a row loses the turn. With nothing to move the turn passes. The first to bring all four pawns home wins.

Try this

Click the die or press Space to roll, then click a pawn to move it. The right mouse button turns the view, the wheel zooms.

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