Talk:Ludo

message: Can the history and the talk page of the board game be associated with the new disambiguated page? I don't really know how to fix this. Vadmium 02:15, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cut and paste history 

message: The Slovenian game link seems to just go to a chat page... I won't delete it, because I don't speak the languages to know if I'm missing something!
: Probably gone by now. Vadmium (talk) 01:52, 28 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Slovenian link 

message: I have removed the following recent addition from the article:
:Ludo's very simple to grasp rules and quick nature lend it well to a family game, particularly when young children are involved (and of course, any game involving numbers can aid in early math development).
:Despite this, Ludo is criticised by many as being a game of futility, as absolutely no player skill is involved in winning - the victor is decided by successive dice rolls. Most board games, especially fiercely competitive examples such as Chess, allow the players to form a strategy of some form in order to attain victory; Ludo lacks this depth. Even games such as Monopoly, which famously involve many dice rolls, contain an element of player skill (in the form of purchase decisions).
When more than one piece is on the move, it is not correct that "absolutely no player skill is involved". I'm not sure the rest of this section really belongs to this encyclopaedia article. Feel free to put it back in, but please make sure it is correct.--Niels Ø 07:42, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I beg to differ that, if the ability to spot all possible moves is taken as a player skill too. That is, if the experienced player is able to spot all optimal moves (such as all the moves to kick an opponent's piece back to the starting point), he has a certain advantage than an inexperienced opponent. There is also more optimal moves in the Chinese version, such as moving a piece to a space of its own colour whenever possible, in order to move 4 more spaces, or moving a piece to exploit the arrow move which provides a shortcut. Kiwi8 08:15, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That's why Ludo world championships are so crowded of Ludo Grandmasters and hard-working students of such a complex game. Whenever I play with the World Ludo Champion, I always lose... certainly a game of skill, not luck. --Taraborn 22:35, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Criticism 

message: I find several bits of the description utterly confusing. Would something mind explaining (in the article!) what these statements mean?
:"To the left of each home column, one square from the edge of the board, is a starting square, also coloured."
::In the diagram I cannot find such a square. I can see a large squarish object, but these have many details inside, which look a lot like the "spaces" on the board. Are these details to be ignored? IE, is the entire red block with the cross of red squares inside it the starting square? If so, this should be mentioned!
:"At the start of the game, the player's pieces are placed in the areas to the next to the arms."
::Do you mean the "starting square"? I'm pretty sure it does. If so, this should say that as opposed to the unclear "areas next to the arms". The tabletop is next to the arms, for instance.
:"A player moves one of their pieces forward"
::What is "forward"? There is an earlier mention of "clockwise around the perimeter of the board", but I am equally confused about "perimeter of the board". The starting squares are on the perimeter of the board, but I'm guessing they are not included?
:"it passes along the "home column" of its colour."
::I assume "passes along" means "moves up the column"? If this is true, where does it enter the column? On the colored square that lies in the outside row? Does it have to be an exact roll?
I assume there is some sort of pattern of moving from the starting square out into the uncolored squares (starting where?), along the white ones (stopping on the triangles in the middle?), then to the colored home row (entering it where?) and finally to the center? Can someone explain how a single red marker would move around the board? That would help greatly!
Pictures should be used for explaining how the pieces move. Anyone good with vector graphics? Tronic2 (talk) 07:03, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that several parts of the explanation are obscure.  I'm not sure is this is just because they are badly written, or because different variants of the game are being muddled together. None of the sources cited seems authoritative. The description of 'blocks' is especially unclear.  There is a reference to blocks being 'advanced', but no explanation of what this means.  Does it mean that a block of two or more pieces can be moved together?  If so, how does this work?  If a player gets a 5, does it mean they can move a block along 5 places,. or what? For comparison, in Backgammon there is something similar to 'blocks', where two or more pieces of the same colour are on the same point, but the block cannot be moved as a whole unless the player throws a double, which is possible in Backgammon (since 2 dice are thrown) but not in Ludo.2A00:23C8:7907:4B01:E902:FD8D:24AA:A82E (talk) 14:44, 19 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Better play description? 

message: This seems to be the same game as Kimble/Trouble  but just with a different board. Could someone who knows more write a section about their similarities and differences? Tronic2 (talk) 07:08, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The English version of the page about this game and Parchisi are really kind of, well, unclear on variation. Compare with this german language section Dlamblin (talk) 11:49, 24 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Variants 

message: Are the globe and star spaces unique to Denmark? I have never seen a board without them.
--Klausok (talk) 07:20, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: May be. I was never in Denmark, and I have never seen a board with them. Eddau (talk) 11:07, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Globe and star 

message: I wrote one in the Hebrew article, so in case I do not translate it, feel free to write it yourselfs. Eddau (talk) 18:02, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who is going to write the strategy section? 

message: The "other variants" section should somehow link to the article and the category on cross and circle games. And list of national names and variants should be either complete, balanced ("due weight"), or absent (except for the aforementioned links).--Nø (talk) 08:53, 7 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other variants 

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~~ Xb2u7Zjzc32 (talk) 10:00, 15 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  GB189616426 (A)  -  A New Drawing Room Game 

message: I have heard of this imitation called "Don't be Angry". Is that simply an imitation of Ludo? Qwertyxp2000 (talk | contribs) 23:54, 4 December 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: As mentioned in the article, the German version of Ludo is called "Mensch ärgere dich nicht" which roughly translates to "Man, don't get angry." So it may be a different variation of Ludo. Digitarchive (talk) 10:14, 24 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Don't be Angry" 

message: An IP user recently added this:
:In Pakistan, there is a variation that is really interesting and it keeps all the player's interest held within the game. It is played wiih two dice. Each player has an option to move its piece/token either forward or backward. for example if rolling the dice gives 1 and 4 then player can move its single piece 4 blocks forward and then brings it 1 step backwards or 1 step forwards and 4 steps backward or 1 & 4 backward/forward. Its all about the different possibilties. Moreover player can move one of his piece 1 step backward/forward and another piece 4 steps backward/forward.
I agree this is an interesting variation, but someone are likey to revert the addition because (a) it's not quite encyclopaedic in style, and (b) it lacks a valid source/citation. Is there a source one could cite for this?
Another thing, what is this game called in Pakistan? We have a rather unfortunate situation on Wikipedia where there's one article on Ludo, another on Parcheesi, etc., though these games are really just variations or different localized names for one and the same game - see also Cross and circle game.
Perhaps this addition belongs in one of those other articles? (Actually, in terms of likely cultural travel routes, I'd guess the game in Pakistan either descends directly from the Indian Pachisi, or comes through the British Ludo, rather than through the American Parcheesi - but I don't know.)--Nø (talk) 14:52, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Re backwards movement, the sole advantage/use (that I can see) is for landing on an opponent's token. (Am I seeing it right?) --IHTS (talk) 01:06, 13 March 2017 (UTC)

text: Oh! -- and also getting to home in a precise roll. Ok, --IHTS (talk) 01:07, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Or landing two pieces (of same colour) on the same square, if that's allowed, or landing on a protected square, if such exist in this variant. As I said, I think it's an interesting variant, simply becuase it gives the player more options and thus removes Ludo a bit further from a simplistic race game like Game of the Goose.--Nø (talk) 08:08, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pakistani variation 

message: In the nomencaltuer section, we say:
* In Germany, this game is called "Mensch ärgere dich nicht" which means "Man, don't get upset"...
"Upset" was "irritated" until a recent edit. Google translate suggests "Man, don't fret".
My German is not good so I may be influenced by the similar Danish "ærgre", but I think "ärgere" is more "irritate" or "annoy" than "upset" or "fret".
(Another thing: "Man" must here be in the sense "human", but I guess "man" is the best translation in agreement with current English usage and style.)--Nø (talk) 07:16, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation of "Mensch ärgere dich nicht" 

message: "change link of encarta encylopedia in reference to https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pachisi "
"add a column of trend of becoming this game hit online with links from google play like: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.akshita.ludobattle and others" Vanshajdaga (talk) 16:59, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Replaced the broken source w/ a source that actually supports the text. --IHTS (talk) 22:09, 5 June 2018 (UTC)

text: As far as the game app, no, it's advertisement, spam, see WP:ELNO. --IHTS (talk) 09:35, 6 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 5 June 2018 

message: The british museum released a video about a game from Sumeria that in it's simplified form at least is very similar to games like Ludo. At least it felt very similar to me. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZskjLq040I / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHjznvH54Cw)
I have absolutely no reference about this but is there any connection between the presented game and Ludo/parchesi? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Valmendil (talk • contribs) 23:02, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: You're certainly correct that there are some similarities between the Royal Game of Ur and Pachisi, both in play and design. I take these as similarities of genre (they're both Race games). Offhand, I'm not aware of a reliable source that suggests a historical connection between them. Irving Finkel does not mention Pachisi in his paper "On the Rules for the Royal Game of Ur" in Ancient Board Games in Perspective -- more provocatively, in his introduction to Sedentary Games of India, he does not mention a connection to Pachisi while writing about the Royal Game of Ur occurring in India, both archeologically and as played by the Cochin Jews at least down to the 20th century. If Finkel doesn't postulate a historical connection, then I suspect there's not good evidence for one. Phil wink (talk) 05:46, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

text: I would argue the your premise should be exactly the opposite. Even if (or better especially if) there is no evidence: If the Royal Game of Ur existed already 4,500 years ago and has been played continuously since then and references to Pachisi don't date earlier than 1100-800BC (which is about 1500 years later) it can be safely assumed that the earlier game developed into the later game with the change of creating the cross shape for up to 4 players. Both of them falling into the category of race games doesn't negate the fact that Pachisi is more or less the 2-4 player version of the Royal Game of Ur. I mean the Settlers of Catan with the 6 player extension is still a variant of the Settlers of Catan, isn't it? The fact that both are in the strategy building board game category is a consequence of them being derivates and thus cannot be used as an argument against them being derivates of the same game. Tcs75 (talk) 16:15, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: But wikipedia does not make up such connections. Maybe the two games share a source. Maybe one is the source of the other. Maybe they are creations of a type almost bound to happen in cultures of a certain complexity. (The native American games similar to Ludo are either transmitted via some undocumented Thor Heyerdahl-like connection, or independently created.) We do not know - and to include speculations like these in the article, we need proper sources.--Nø (talk) 18:45, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin from a game from Sumeria 

message: Is it known what the origin/etymology of the name "Ludo" is? Can anyone find a source for it and add this information to the article? (I know "ludo" is Esperanto for "game", but I've got no idea whether that's got anything to do with it.) 95.90.232.67 (talk) 10:04, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: May I discreetly point you the the first few words of the article: "Ludo (/ˈljuːdoʊ/; from Latin ludo 'I play')" ;-)--Nø (talk) 16:31, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of the name "Ludo" 

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thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Sparks Gaming the System

message: I realise I'm not logged in, don't have an account, and I have no intention of editing. 
I just wanted to point out that there is a Jamaican variant of Ludo,known as Ludi, played with much excitement and delight on the streets of Brixton, London,(they balance the board on a bin top near here). I believe some gambling goes on ;).
Obviously I won't edit this in myself, but I hope someone here can find a source for it and put it in. 82.69.45.81 (talk) 15:21, 22 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jamaican variant