How to Play Ludo

THE PLAYBOOK · SALESWOOD

Your guide to Ludo

Start Ludo by looking at the playing area and its controls. Bring all four tokens home before the other players. Look at what changes after your first action. Make your first input carefully and watch the result. Choose a clear next step rather than rushing through the instructions.

Play with two or four people on the same device. Follow the house rules shown on the board; internet matchmaking is not available.

Try a more deliberate round

Compare the worked example with your own position. Use the reasoning, not an answer copied from a different board. Make the next step deliberately.

What counts as success

Bring all four tokens home before the other players. Read that aim before choosing your first action. Follow this game’s rules rather than another version’s.

Start here and follow along

1. Roll six to leave the yard.
2. Move an eligible token by the die value; home requires an exact roll.
3. Capture opponents on non-safe squares.
4. Six, capture and finishing a token grant another roll; a third consecutive six forfeits that roll.

Input guidance

Click or tap a piece and destination; use the turn indicator and legal-move feedback. A careful first action helps you become familiar with the layout. Avoid pressing the same control repeatedly while a move is being processed.

See how the rules apply

A token two steps from home cannot use a three. Compare this with the rule that governs the move. Read the matching step again.

Check this before moving on

Safe squares cannot capture; blockades are not part of this edition. Read the feedback to see why an action did not have the expected result. Take enough time to read a new position. If a game has a timer, learn its controls first rather than searching for them during the round.

If you are unsure