What is Classic Ludo?

• Four tokens per player start in the yard; you need a six to bring one out.
• Rolling a six earns an extra roll - but three sixes in a row ends your turn.
• The track has 52 squares with 8 safe squares (4 start + 4 star).
• Landing exactly on a single enemy token captures it back to its yard.
• Your home column is private, and the home triangle needs an exact roll.
• If you have no legal move, your turn is skipped automatically.
• The first player with all four tokens home wins.

Classic Ludo took its modern form in England in the 1890s as a simplified, dice-based version of the much older Indian game Pachisi. Its balance of luck and choice made it a household game across Britain, India, Africa and beyond. Every other variant here is best understood as Classic Ludo with a few rules swapped - the rules hub lays them all out side by side.

Classic Ludo lives on the homepage and runs right in your browser against AI opponents - no download and no sign-up. The game tracks your wins, best time and best score, and finished games can be ranked by completion time on the leaderboard. A strong target: finish a 4-player game in under 12 minutes.

Short on time? Quick Ludo trims the game to 5-10 minutes. Want history, teamwork or tougher rules? The full game list has Pachisi, Parcheesi, Team Ludo, Uckers, Mensch ärgere Dich nicht and Fia, all free.