Ludo
- Is Ludo free?
- Yes — 100% free, no payment.
- Download needed?
- No — it plays in your browser.
- Works on mobile?
- Yes — phones & tablets, full touch.
- Session length?
- About 5–15 minutes.
- Players?
- 1–2 players (local).
Play the Ludo board game online free — against the computer, or pass-and-play with 2 to 4 players on one screen. Roll a six to launch a token, race all four home, and send rivals back to base on the way.
About Ludo
Ludo is the board game that has been settling family arguments for a century, and the reason it never gets old is that it looks like pure dice luck right up until the moment it isn't. Every roll gives you a choice: push your leading token closer to home, drag a straggler out of base, or ignore both and take the long shot at landing exactly on a rival and knocking it all the way back to the start.
That capture is the whole heart of the game. A token sitting six squares in front of an enemy is a token in danger, and once you start thinking that way, the safe star squares stop being decoration and become the places you actually plan your route around. The computer opponents here play the same way — they will take a capture over an advance almost every time, and they avoid parking in front of your pieces — so a win against three of them is a real one. Sixes give you another roll, but three in a row forfeits your turn, which keeps a hot streak from running away with the match.
There are three ways to play: solo against three computer rivals, a two-player duel across opposite corners, or a full four-player pass-and-play on a single phone or laptop. That last mode is the one worth knowing about — it turns any one device into a board that four people can crowd around, with no accounts and nothing to install.
Where Ludo comes from
Ludo is a simplified version of Pachisi, the cross-and-circle race game of ancient India, whose name comes from the Hindi paccis, 'twenty-five', the highest throw of its cowrie-shell dice. The cubic-die version was marketed in England in 1896 by Alfred Collier (spelled Coller in some sources), who patented it as 'Royal Ludo' under British patent 14636; the Royal Navy's Uckers is a descendant. This version is 360 PlayZone's own take on the classic. Source.
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How to play Ludo
You need a six to move a token out of your base and onto your coloured entry square. After that, every roll moves one of your tokens that many squares clockwise around the board. Landing on a square occupied by a rival sends that token back to its base, unless the square is a star or a coloured entry square, which are both safe. Rolling a six, capturing a rival, or getting a token home all earn you another roll — but three sixes in a row forfeits the turn. Bring all four tokens up your home column and onto the centre, which needs an exact roll, to win.
Controls
Desktop: click the dice or press Space to roll, then click the glowing token you want to move — keys 1-4 pick a token directly. M mutes. Touch: tap the dice to roll, then tap the token you want to move.
Tips & tricks
- Getting all four tokens out early beats sprinting one token home. With only one piece on the board every roll is forced, and a forced move is how you walk into a capture.
- Count backwards from your token to every enemy behind it. Anything sitting one to six squares ahead of a rival is inside their strike range, so break that gap or park on a star.
- A capture also grants an extra roll, which means a well-timed knock-back is often worth more than the squares you give up to set it up.
- Entering the home column needs an exact roll to finish, so leave a token on 51 or 52 at your peril — park it a couple of squares earlier where more numbers can land it.
Game features
- 100% free to play — no payment, ever
- Plays instantly in your browser — no download or install
- Works on desktop, phone and tablet
- No sign-up and no email required
- Built with HTML5 — runs on any modern browser
- Local two-player on one keyboard
Frequently asked questions
How do you play Ludo?
You need a six to move a token out of your base and onto your coloured entry square. After that, every roll moves one of your tokens that many squares clockwise around the board. Landing on a square occupied by a rival sends that token back to its base, unless the square is a star or a coloured entry square, which are both safe. Rolling a six, capturing a rival, or getting a token home all earn you another roll — but three sixes in a row forfeits the turn. Bring all four tokens up your home column and onto the centre, which needs an exact roll, to win.
What are the controls for Ludo?
Desktop: click the dice or press Space to roll, then click the glowing token you want to move — keys 1-4 pick a token directly. M mutes. Touch: tap the dice to roll, then tap the token you want to move.
How do you get better at Ludo?
Getting all four tokens out early beats sprinting one token home. With only one piece on the board every roll is forced, and a forced move is how you walk into a capture. Count backwards from your token to every enemy behind it. Anything sitting one to six squares ahead of a rival is inside their strike range, so break that gap or park on a star. The full tips list on this page covers the rest.
Does Ludo save my progress?
Partly. Ludo keeps a running win/loss tally and your settings in this browser's local storage; there is no level progress to save. Nothing is uploaded and no account is involved — clearing your browser data is what resets it.
Is Ludo unblocked at school or work?
Ludo is a plain web page — no plugin, no installer, no app store — so it loads on a Chromebook or a locked-down school or office laptop the same way any other page does. Whether it opens comes down to your network's filter rather than the game itself, and there is nothing to install either way.
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