Ludo (; ) is a strategy-based board game for two to four players, in which the players race their four from start to finish according to the rolls of a single die<!-- Please don't change "die" to "dice" -- a single die is rolled by players in this game; "dice rolls" implies two or more. -->. Ludo shares characteristics with other cross-and-circle games from around the world; these types of games include the pre-Columbian Mesoamerican game Patolli, and the Indian game Pachisi. The game and its variations are popular in many countries and under various names.
History
thumb| An early commercially printed edition of Ludo by Chad Valley
Ludo uses a cubic die<!-- Please don't change "die" to "dice" -- a single die is rolled by players in this game; "dice rolls" implies two or more. --> with a dice cup and was marketed as "Ludo" in England in 1896 by Alfred Coller.