BOARD GAME: LUDO

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Games are best way to exercising our body as well as mind. Games bring a thought of winning, patience, competition in us. They are best way to entertain ourselves. People have various interests about games, some people love playing indoor games while some are interesting in outdoor games as games help us in gaining fitness and better health.

LUDO

Ludo from Latin word is a board game for two or four players, in which players race their four tokens from start to end. Like many others board games, ludo also derived from Indian game Pachisi.

HISTORY

Pachisi was formed in India in 16^th century. The original version is also explained in Indian Mahabharata in which Shakuni uses cursed dice to beat Pandavas and last after losing everything. Yudhisthira puts his wife Draupadi on stake and loses her. The Pandavas gets all their belongings back, after Draupadi cursed the whole Kur lineage, but stops at intervention of Gandhari.

It was also known as Chaupar in earliest times in Indian subcontinent. In 1896, Pachisi was modified to use a cubic dice and patented as “ludo” in England. The royal navy took this game and developed into board game Uckers.

LUDOA BOARD

Two, three or four players can play ludo without partnership. At start of this game, each player’s four tokens are staged in player’s yard (a large corner area of board in player’s color). When enable, they enter their tokens one per turn on their respective starting area and proceed to race them clockwise along the track. When reaching the square below their home column, a plyer continues by moving tokens to finishing square. The rolls of single dice control the swiftness of tokens; entry to finishing square requires a precise roll from player. They have to bring all the tokens to finish wins the game. The other continues to play to determine 2^nd, 3^rd game finishers.

GAMEPLAY

Each player rolls a dice; the highest roller begins the game. Players take their turn in clockwise manner. To enter the token into play from its yard to starting square, a player requires to rolls the six. If player has no token in paly and rolls some other than six then turn passes to next player.

Players must mov a token according to dice value rolled up. Once players have more tokens in play, they select a token and move it forward according to the track of board. If token advances onto spot occupied by opponent’s token, then opposing token is returned back to its respective home. This forces the opponent to roll up six to take its token out of the yard and move it again. If token advances onto a spot occupied by a token of same color, then it forms a “block”. If an opposing token lands on same spot as block, then advancing token is returned back to its respective home.

A player home column squares are always safe, as no opponent may enter them. In a home column, a player jumps over; after one rotation is done, player must enter the home and roll exact number required to get each token onto home triangle.

Ludo is best source for family to spend quality time together. As everybody is busy in their schedule, board games can be a good way to spend time together inside a home.