What is the home column in Ludo?

On the cross-shaped board, each arm has a lane of squares in one player's color, running from that player's side of the main track into the center. After a token has traveled around the 52-square track, it turns off the track and enters its own colored column. The center itself is the home triangle - the finish line.

Your home column is private. Opponents' tokens can never enter it, not even to pass through. That means a token inside your home column can never be captured. Once a token turns into the column, the race with your opponents is over - the only thing left is rolling the right numbers.

To land on the home triangle, you need an exact roll. A token 3 squares from the finish needs exactly a 3. Roll higher and that token cannot make the move - you must move another token instead, and if nothing can move, your turn is skipped automatically. Smaller rolls can still shuffle the token forward inside the column until the count fits.

1. Count the exact distance before you move a token into the column - do not trap it 6 squares out if you can help it.
2. When two tokens can move, prefer the move that leaves finishing distances you can hit with one die.
3. Remember that all four tokens must reach the home triangle to win, so keep your back tokens moving too.