![]() You can't go into your final house unless you have killed another player's goti. ![]() The double goti is untouchable and in fact, no one can move their goti across a double goti, and ofcourse that inevitably creates a goti traffic jamĢ. If your 'goti' lands upon another on of your 'goti', you now have what is called a 'double goti' and your double goti can only move about in even spaces ( so if you get four, you move two spaces and so on). Of course, Ive come across some other variations as well and I have no idea which set of rules apply?ġ. Now, rather surprisingly, the smart alec tike had his own variation of the rules I'm normally used to. Now, WHO could argue with that pearl of wisdom! Ive seen a lot of Ludo superstitions (my favourite one being where my cousin would roll the dice and WHACK the dice bucket on an unsuspecting victim's head) but THIS one took the cake.Anyway, off we got started and that little tike was REALLY lucky! He kept on rolling 6s after 6s while I was still stuck in my miserable blue house. Why, I asked him? "Kyunkay green Islam ka rang hai aur lucky hai" (Because green is the colour that represents Islam and is lucky too). Her younger brother INSISTED upon choosing the green colour. So yea the story goes that me, my friend and her younger brother started off playing Ludo. THOSE are the undisputed rules of playing Ludo. 8 spaces away from the home stops) in desi Ludo boards - see image) Oh, and your 'goti' is untouchable if it is 'standing' on of those 'stops' ( surprisingly, you only find the extra stops ( i.e. Along the way other players' gotis may be 'killed' if the lucky player rolls the dice and gets an exact number which lets him/her land EXACTLY on someone else's 'goti'. Each player needs to roll a 6 on the die (or dice, depending on how fast you want to finish the game)to get one piece out of their 'house' at a time.Īs a 6 is rolled, that player will then move their way across the board, until they come to their final 'house' in the center of the board. Here's what the general undisputed rules of the game are: Minimum of two, maximum of 4 players, get to choose a colour each, which represents their 'house' - with four 'gotis' or pieces. Im going to literally translate the Urdu terminology into English, so apologies for any funny translations. Now, I'm guessing most people from Desiland and places nearby are well aware of this game. In the 1890s pachisi was adapted and modified (and subsequently patented) as Ludo, under which name it appeared in England about 1896. ![]() Instead of pieces, the emperor used girls from his harem, (sigh.ofcourse the Mughals would so such a thing) perhaps emulating Sultan Mohammed who is said to have played “living chess” in Grenada in 1408. In the centre was a dais on which he and his courtiers sat. The Mughal emperor Akbar Khan (1542-1605) had a huge open-air board of marble. Traces of early boards survive in the cave temples of Ellora in the Deccan region, and also at Agra and Allahabad. Pachisi (as Ludo was then known) is said to have originated in India during 6 A.D. by playing Ludo!Ī little historical fact about Ludo from Wikipedia: On a boring, depressing sunday afternoon at my friend's place, what with the godawful weather and a feeling of impending doom looming upon us, we decided to lighten up the mood.
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