How to play Ludo
Sit at a table
Use Play Now to join an online table, or open a private table and invite your friends. Tables have 2 to 4 players.
Roll the die
When it is your turn, tap ROLL. One die is rolled and you move that many squares.
Bring a piece out
Your pieces start at home. Roll a 6 to bring a piece to the start square. A 6 also gives you another roll.
Move and capture
Tap the piece you want to move. Land exactly on a rival piece to capture it: it goes back home and you roll again. Start and star squares are safe.
Use the special squares
- Gift: Random loot: gold, crystals, materials or a power card. Added to your inventory when the match ends.
- Teleport: The piece teleports to the next teleport square (13 squares ahead) and captures any opponent there.
- Shield: The piece is protected for 3 turns; nobody can capture it.
- Wind: A tailwind pushes you: 3 squares forward.
- Roll Again: You roll once more.
- Brain Game: A timed brain game opens (matchsticks, shape sudoku, magic square…). Solve it for gold + another roll.
- Puzzle: A timed puzzle (number sequence, pattern, clock…). Solve it for gold + a shield for your piece.
- Stop: You skip your next turn.
- Black Hole: The piece is pulled 3 squares back.
Play your power cards
- Shield: Protects one of your pieces on the track for 3 turns.
- Early Start: Moves a piece out of base without waiting for a 6.
- Turbo: You move twice your roll this turn.
- Reroll: Don't like your roll? Roll once more.
- Golden Die: You choose what the die shows.
Bring your pieces home
After going around the board, a piece enters its home lane. You need the exact number to get home. The first player with all four pieces home wins and opens the gift chest.