What happens when you roll a six?

• It unlocks the yard. A six is the only roll that lets a token leave your yard and enter the track in Classic Ludo.
• It earns an extra roll. After any six, you roll again. Chained well, one turn can carry a token a long way down the track.

When you roll a six with tokens both in the yard and on the track, you choose: bring a new token out, or move a runner six squares. Early in the game, entering is usually right, because more tokens on the track means more options every turn. Late in the game, six squares of progress or a well-timed capture often matters more.

Sixes are not free candy. Roll three sixes in a row and your turn ends on the spot. The rule keeps one hot hand from running away with the game. Read the details in the three sixes rule.

In Quick Ludo, any roll can enter a token, so a six is pure movement power plus the extra roll. In Uckers, a six on either of the two dice puts a piece on the doorstep, and any throw containing a six earns another throw. The three sixes limit only applies in Classic, Quick and Team Ludo: Parcheesi, Uckers, Mensch ärgere Dich nicht and Fia let a streak of sixes run forever, and Pachisi has no dice at all - it uses cowrie shells.