Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Switch) - Game #13: Ludo

Game #13 on our list of 51 Worldwide Classics is a simpler version of an Indian game from the 6th century, Ludo! This game is played with 4 players rolling a single die trying to get all four of their pieces home. First, turn order is decided by who rolls the highest number. Then a player must roll a 6 to get one of their pieces on the track (also, rolling a 6 at any time will get you an additional turn). If you roll anything else, you forfeit your turn. Once a piece is on the track, it continues on a circular path around the board until it reaches the space before the start of the path, at which point it goes up into the home row. Two of your own pieces cannot occupy the same space, but if one of your pieces lands on a space occupied by an enemy's piece, you can send that piece back to start, and that player must roll another 6 to get that piece back out onto the track. The first player to get all four of their pieces into the home row wins.

Because there is a lot of luck involved with this game, there are no adjustable difficulty levels of CPU players, so you just have to win one game to master it. There are also several house rules you can adjust, including an adjustable starting threshold to get the game started faster (this pertains to how soon you can get your first piece on the track without having to roll a 6, from after 3 rolls to after 1 roll to instantly), a blocking mechanic (toggling the option for allowing pieces to get in front of other pieces), and goal conditions (by default, you must roll the exact number to get a piece into a spot in the home row, but you can change it to make it so overrolling is OK for getting a piece to the home row). Also, each time you play it, you can unlock a piece of trivia about the game. There are four pieces of trivia about Ludo:

1. This game originated in England. It was based on a game called pachisi.
2. Ludo is Latin for "play". Doesn't get more direct than that.
3. Pachisi, the game ludo is based on, is an Indian board game.
4. In France, it's common to allow pieces to block each other's progress.

Personal story: I owned two variations of this game as a kid, Trouble (which uses a popper for the die), and Sorry (which uses cards instead of a die).
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