There are four players: Red, Blue, Yellow and Green.
Red is the first player (you).
A little arrow inidcates whose turn it is.
Every player has four men and a dice.
First, click the green button to start the game and throw a dice.
The dice is shown at the centre of the board.

In each turn you move as far as the dice tells you.
Each man has to run the course of white positions (and starting points) once, and then has to be entered into the target area of your colour.

A six gets your man to your starting point for the course.
Also, a six gives you another throw of the dice and another move.

To make the race more interesting, one man is positioned at the starting position when the game begins.
If your man lands on an occupied position, the captured piece will go back into its reserve area.
If you cannot move, click the PASS button (letter 'P' in variants 1 and 2).

When you move into your home base (marked by the letter 'H'), your token will disappear.
The first player with all men in the home base (i.e., with no men left) wins.
If your throw is too large for entering the home base, you have to move anither piece.
If you cannot move a piece, you have to pass until you can move.

Variant 1a: All Men start in reserve zone.
Variants 2, 2a : here capturing, if possible, is mandatory.
Variants 3, 3a, 4, 4a: These are the author's versions, positioned somewhere in between Ludo and the German variant (see below). The starting positions are slightly different from those in Ludo. The men have to be stored in the target zone of your colour. The target zone consists of the four coloured positions at the end of your circuit route.
Variants 5, 5a, 6, 6a: This is the German version ('Mensch ärgere dich nicht', 'Frustration' in USA). The starting positions are slightly different from those in Ludo. The crourse is shorter than in Ludo. The men have to be stored in the target zone of your colour. The target zone consists of the four coloured positions at the end of your circuit route.

Please note that there are several alternative piece sets available.

 
Ludo and Frustration are simple, classic board games for all ages.

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