Ludo Legend

Why We Picked Ludo Legend

This is Ludo in its social form, built around passing one device around the table: the rules are the familiar race home, and the color scheme is loud enough to keep everyone from losing track of whose token is whose. It runs on a solo mode too, but the pass-and-play arrangement is clearly the intended one. On 243 plays it is a quiet page, and the cheerful palette is doing most of the persuading.

How to Play

Three things decide whether a run here goes well:

• Roll the die and move a token around the track, or hand the device to the next player.
• Bring each token home before anyone else does, and expect to be sent back at least once.
• Announce whose turn it is out loud; the biggest risk here is losing track between passes.

Editor’s Note

Made for a family that shares a tablet, and short enough that nobody has to commit an evening. It works best with people in the same room, so bring them with you.

Written by the UGFJD editorial team for this page. The publisher’s own description follows below, unedited.