coan.net: You should post that in the feature requests, thats really simular to how I've played as a kid!!!

coan.net: I agree with those and think it would generate more interest in the game if they were instituted.

Ludo variant I would like to see:

Differences:

1. Get a piece out with either a 1 or 6

2. Roll 2 dice on each turn. Can split up dice, or use both dice on same piece. Doubles does nothing special.

Anyway, that is a version i would like to see - which I think would also speed up the game

Dolittle: Yeah I've played it that way myself, I think its been suggested to Fencer already tho but it doesnt hurt to try again

nodnarbo: I have a board that i've had for years and always played by those rules. Of course it goes by a different name.

Dolittle: that's how I've always played as well

Dolittle: never heard of that version must be a new one wasnt around when i was a kid

Skittles: The game would go faster if one could bring out a stone on a one as well as a six!
That's the way I always played it.

How about ludo on a smaller board like this:

xxxooaxss
xxxohoxxs
xxxohoxxx
oooohoooo
oxxxxxxxo
ooooioooo
xxxoioxxx
txxoioxxx
ttxbooxxx

where:
x: nothing
o: empty square
h: Home black
i: Home white
s: Start Black
t: Start white
a: Arrival space Black
b: Arrival space white

This one should be quicker than normal ludo (the race length is shorther and players have just 3 men).

This is a reply to a post I already made.

Dolittle: It's time we liven these boards up then

Skittles: Hi there, know what you mean about the board being quiet....the halma board is dead!!

Dolittle: Sorry I wasnt paying to much attn to the board here, its been so quiet so long and I havnt been here much, but im here now and eager to help ya with anything I can

Where is Skittles? Hasn't posted here since Aug. '06. Hope he is ok!

nodnarbo: ya fencer implemented the auto name feature a month or 2 back

nodnarbo: whoa, that was cool

mctrivia: Ludo (nodnarbo vs. sade77)

nodnarbo: just copy everything in the address bar

I have a game where I have 17 passes before I was able to move. those passes plus the 2 non-6 dice I had on my 18th turn are 53 dice before being able to mave, I'd put a link, but I'd probably mess it up, can someone help me with that

mctrivia: You could put it in there also since there is one in there with only 22 consecutive passes.

Dolittle: nope this one beet it by a lot:
Ludo (grafzahl vs. xeribolus)

In game ID 2356629, Eriisa had 27 consecutive passes. Doesn't that qualify for the Hall of Fame?

Rose: Nope not having that problem

Is anyone else having issues with just the ludo board? All my game boards look fine but my ludo boards are all missing pieces of the board and dice. I cleared cache, refreshed and nothing helps.

Pedro Martínez: hey you are pretty good lOLOL

playBunny: Thank you for your response. I accept that people will develop many variations of a game, but I assume that somewhere there are basic rules of the game. As I look at the game preseted on this site it seems to be 95% chance with very little tactical skill facilitated. Of all the variations you mention, the 2 which would allow most tactical expression are the individual use of the dice rolls and the ability to stack and block. Maybe a variation of the present game could be added at some stage?

I'm new to LUDO on this site and find one of the rules very strange! At the start of my game I rolled 6, 6, 2. I assumed I could move 2 men out with the 6s and move one of them 2 with the 2. But NO! I must make all the moves with one man! Very different from how we played the board game all those years ago.

We have 3 places if anyone is interested in playing in the Ludo tournie. Pm me and I,ll invite if so.
Thanks very much!

How about ludo on a smaller board like this:

xxxooaxss
xxxohoxxs
xxxohoxxx
oooohoooo
oxxxxxxxo
ooooioooo
xxxoioxxx
txxoioxxx
ttxbooxxx

where:
x: nothing
o: empty square
h: Home black
i: Home white
s: Start Black
t: Start white
a: Arrival space Black
b: Arrival space white

This one should be quicker than normal ludo (the race length is shorther and players have just 3 men).

Hi everyone. I have recently implemented hexkid's AutoPlay Utility on my server. This is not officially part of Brain King but can be useful. If you are not already using hexkid's autoplayer you can sign up for mine at http://mctrivia.com/BK/AutoPlayer

This utility will play any games were you are in pass position or have only one possible choice.

Does anyone have any game situations that could have gone either way? I would love to spur good conversation about ludo and why one move of a piece would be better than another piece. I am not talking just any game situation here, but plays where it could go either way, and maybe even the statistical probability of good things and bad things happening after this said play!?

Anyone got anything?

I will look and see if I can find anything. :-)

playBunny: 2 players or 4 players ?

Well there are 40 squares(well circles) on the board plus 4 home space and 4 start spaces. This means that white can take up

48c4 posible ways(sorry can't find my calculator)

That is the easy thing to figure out. I beleive to calculate the number of positions both sides can be on would be

48c4+44c4+x

not sure at this moment how to calculate x. It i caused because the extra 8 positions are seperate for each board. I will have to think more about this when I have slept.

rednaz23: '

but not from the start

By the way, as someone mentioned shortest game here, I am interested to know about longest game, my longest was 154.

Hrqls: AFter about 30 passes I tried to pay him to give me a 6!

rednaz23: wow! what did you pay fencer to do that ? ;)

Ludo (nivabef vs. rednaz23)

ties the record! 48 straight!

TeamBundy: Ludo (Skittles vs. varkala)

rednaz23: Yes, my record is also 10, which would be equivalent to 30! Maybe you can find the game so it can be added to the I Love Ludo Hall of Fame? And... while the person with 17 doesn't show up, we can share the bad luck record? :-)

Here is my: 10 straight passes to start a game:
Ludo (TJ vs. TeamBundy)

TeamBundy: My most is 10... I believe I was told someone once had 17!? I am not sure though... statistically speaking that would be like someone going approx. 51 in a row.

Pedro Martínez: do you have statistics of most passes at the beginning of a game? That would be a real interesting record (currently at 7 in a game). :-)

Pedro Martínez: wow! its nice to see that there are players who are having even less luck :)

whats the shortest total amount of moves to win a games of ludo on this site ? (including passes) :)

Only three moves made in a game:
májinka vs. gatulda

Ludo: The game of luck? - October 06

2 day time limit
1400 BKR minimum
Starts October 1st

grafzahl: The odds of a number coming up are as so...

First time... well... 100%
2 times: 16.66% - 1/6
3 times: 2.78% - 1/36
4 times: .46% - 1/216
5 times: .08% - 1/1296
6 times: .013% - 1/7776

Here is another example of such a game...

i don't know if this is a record but i will tell it ... *g*
http://brainking.com/en/ShowGame?g=1881658
in the moves 58 - 63 i only got the number 2 ;)

If anyone is still looking to join a Ludo team for the Team Tournament, The Official Lines Fellowship is still looking for 2 more players to join the team so we can compete against the other fellowships!