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evidence of this game in India is the depiction of boards on the caves
of Ajanta.
This game was played by the Mughal emperors of India; and kings of
India. It is said that the Mysore Ruler Customized the game to 6
Players so he could play with his 5 queens together.
Variations of the game made it to England during the late 19th
century. One which appeared around 1896 under the name of Ludo.
The players alternate turns in a clockwise direction.To enter a token
into play from its staging area to its starting square, a player must
roll a 6. If the player has no tokens yet in play and does not roll a
6, the turn passes to the next player. Once a player has one or more
tokens in play, he selects a token and moves it forward along the
track the number of squares indicated by the die roll. Players must
always move a token according to the die value rolled, and if no move
is possible, pass their turn to the next player.
When a player rolls a 6 he may choose to advance a token already in
play, or alternatively, he may enter another staged token to its
starting square. The rolling of a 6 earns the player an additional
("bonus") roll in that turn. If the additional roll results in a 6
again, the player earns an additional bonus roll. If the third roll is
also a 6, the player may not move a token and the turn immediately
passes to the next player.
A player may not end his move on a square he already occupies. If the
advance of a token ends on a square occupied by an opponent's token,
the opponent token is returned to its owner's yard. The returned token
may only be reentered into play when the owner again rolls a 6.
(Unlike Pachisi, there are no "safe" squares on the game track which
protect a player's tokens from being returned. A player's home column
squares are always safe, however, since no opponent may enter them.
Ludo played in the Indian subcontinent features a safe square in each
quadrant, normally the fourth square from the top in the rightmost
column. These squares are usually marked with a star.
The Player whoes all four tokens reach Home Wins!