Ludo

Latin masculine name

Ludo is a board game in which players race colored tokens around a cross-shaped track, advancing by dice rolls and trying to reach the center before opponents.

Popular in Britain and former British colonies, it derives from the Indian game Pachisi.

We played ludo on rainy afternoons.

The name comes from Latin for "I play."

variants

Parcheesi

Indian-origin board game

digital · app · online · classic

gameplay

board

Flat rigid panel

  • diceMarked cubes for chance
  • pawnsLowest-ranked chess pieces
  • tokensCurrency substitutes

roll · turns · squares · path · capture · safe · blockade · home · start · finish

social

players

Game participants

nostalgia · childhood · competition · rivalry · luck · celebration · pastime · recreation · leisure · multiplayer

Opposites
game complexity

LudoGo

Territory-capturing board game

Bridge · Settlers of Catan · Civilization · Stratego · Scrabble

game mechanics

LudoGo

Territory-capturing board game

chess · Checkers · Othello · Shogi · checkers

name type

Ludosurname

Hereditary family identifier

family name · last name · patronymic · matronymic · clan name

Phrases
Family

elude, prelude, ludicrous, delude, interlude, allude, collude, postlude, ludic

Familiarity
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Profile
Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G