1. Ludo is played on a cross-shaped board. Each arm has 15 spaces in three rows. The middle row of each arm is the home column of the colour BEAD indicated and leads to the home area in the centre. Around the edge of the board are 4 starting areas.

2. Ludo also requires one die.

3. Each player selects four BEADs the colour of their choice.

4. BEADs are placed in the starting area closest to the player.

5. Players decide who begins the game by rolling a die.

6. Play occurs in a clockwise direction.

1. A player must roll a 6 to move a BEAD from their starting area onto the circuit. If a player has no BEADs in play and does not roll a 6, they forfeit their turn.

2. In turn, each player rolls the die and moves any BEAD on the track, the number of spaces indicated. Players must use the full number of moves on a single BEAD or forfeit their turn.

3. When a player rolls a 6, they can choose to either start a new BEAD or move a BEAD already in play.

4. When a player rolls a 6 they can roll again for another move. A player can only use two consecutive rolls of 6.

5. A player cannot land on a square that is already occupied by one of their own BEADs.

6. If a player lands on a square that is occupied by their opponent's BEAD, the opponent’s BEAD is placed back in their starting square, requiring a roll of 6 to move the BEAD back into play.

7. Players continue to move their BEADs around the board until they have completed the circuit and can move their BEADs up their home column to the home area in the centre of the board.

8. Players require an exact roll to land on the home area.

To win a player must be the first to move all their BEADs around the board, up their home column and into the home area.

1. Ludo (from Latin ludo, "I play") is a board race game for 2 to 4 players, in which the players race their four tokens from start to finish according to dice rolls.

2. Like other cross and circle games, Ludo is derived from the Indian game Pachisi, but Ludo is more simple.

3. The earliest evidence of this game in India is the depiction of boards on the caves of Ajanta. This game was played by the Mughal emperors of India - a notable example is Akbar.