Q&A for How to Play Ludo

If another player has 2 pieces in the same square, you cannot pass or jump over them at all.

Blocks are only removed if the player moves one of their pieces to break it apart.

Yes, you can move the same piece a total of 9 squares or you can split the movement between 2 pieces.

You can't share a space with another player's piece, so their pawn will automatically get sent back to their home base.

You attack another pawn by getting an exact number that lands on top of that pawn.

No, that position is a safe zone for both you and your opponent.

You don't have to attack. However, it usually gives you better results, as you delay your opponent from winning.

If there are two counters in one space, they are called doubles. To capture your opponent's doubles, you have to attack with doubles, or triples. Otherwise, you cannot capture them, or even go ahead.

In some games, you can. In others, you might not be able to. Check the rules of your Ludo set or agree to your own set of rules before beginning the game.

When this happens, it means you made some sort of "wall" and your opponent can't pass unless you want to move one of the two pieces (it's a rule of the game, it's not cheating).

You cannot win the game if the opponent does not get any pieces out, as you have to take out one of the opponent's pieces in order to go to the home pocket.

You can't. You can only get onto your own home run, which is the one corresponding to your piece color.

No, you have to stay where you are.

Yes, they are important since they mark a person's house and quarter of the board. They are used to indicate houses and to show players how to navigate around the board.

The rules may vary, but it is usually agreed that doubles are considered different from singles and therefore require another double to kill them. The same applies to singles, doubles are different from them and so they can only be killed by singles. Also, while rules may vary, if you have a double, then turns are counted individually. Some take this to mean that doubles cannot move as one and must be played as singles, while others take this to mean the roll is divided. If you roll a 2,4, or 6, then each piece takes its own part, so a double can only move half of the required number. Rolling a 2 means a double moves 1, a 4 means 2 and so on.

Yes, he can. It is the same when all the pawns are out and you roll a six. Choose the player that you want to move ahead six.

It doesn't matter whether you have hit your opponent's pawn; if you have reached home entrance, you can indeed go in.

No, you can only move one of your piece at time.

No, that is not how you traditionally play Ludo, although you can be creative and change the game to suit you and your friends' needs.

Then it will become a Ludo hop star piece and it can move four times a turn but must go back 10 spaces at the end of each turn.

No, you cannot. One roll can be used on only one pawn. If you roll a six, then only one pawn will move six spaces.

No, you cannot do that.

It is your choice to either release a pawn or play with a released pawn; however, it is recommended that you release a pawn so that you have multiple options of playing in the next turns.

Yes, but only if the player wishes to. If a player has some pawns already on the board and has a pawn in his/her little box and rolls a 6, s/he can move either his/her pawns already outside or his/her other pawn inside the home box.

In that case, consider the player lucky! It's just luck.

Yes, one of the three pawns can. But the other two, as stated above, are in a pair or double. You can only move the doubles when you get an even number rolling the die.

You can only separate doubles if you reach a star (it can be any of the four stars on the board) or if you reach the home stretch, in which case you can roll odd numbers and still move your pawns inside if you have space to, by just taking off a pawn from the double.

No. You must be able to move your pawns as much space as the total number you get after rolling the die. So, you have to pass the turn, you don't have a move.

Depends on the rules you're playing on. In some places, you get to roll the die again after killing a piece. But generally, if you kill a piece with a number, you can't move that piece again and you have to give the 4 with another piece. If you don't have another piece, then you must move the only piece you have 6+4=10 spaces and can't kill a piece at 6.

No, it's a safe place for every pawn in almost every variation of ludo, so you can't attack there.