Ghana Ludu

Players

Colours

Who starts?

Rules

Back kicks, slide kicks, blockades, the gotcha.

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Ghana Ludu

Click the dice to roll. Yellow starts the game.

About Ghana Ludu

Ludu is one of Ghana's most loved board games. A mix of luck, strategy and pure vibes. Whether you're sending your opponent “home” or praying for a 6 to start or to kick your opponent, the chaos never ends. This version brings the same energy to your browser. I built this with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

The Ludu wickedness

Already in the game:

  • Forward kick: land on an opponent while moving forward to kick them out
  • Back kick: count backward to hunt an opponent down
  • Side kick: land parallel to an opponent, send them home and take their spot
  • Line of sight: a token in the middle lane shields side kicks
  • Blockades: 2+ stacked tokens are a wall — cross it and you bounce back, move wasted
  • Roll banking: every 6 banks and you roll again, then spend the combo
  • The lone striker trap: kick with your only active token and the rest of your combo burns
  • Home kick: invade an opponent's home line with an exact count, then fight your way out
  • Roll banking: every 6 grants another roll — count now or roll again, your choice
  • Combine your banked values into one count to reach a kick
  • The lone striker gotcha: kick with your only token, then move it, and the kick doesn't count
  • Kicks are always optional — sometimes the wickedness is not kicking
  • Choose which token to move after rolling
  • 2, 3 or 4 players, pick your colours, pick who starts
  • Rule presets: Classic, Street, No Mercy

Coming soon:

  • Animation when sending a token home
  • Sound effects for dice rolls and kicks
  • An AI opponent (play with computer)
  • Online multiplayer (play with friends)

Van Vicker

Nadia Buari

Jackie Appiah

Majid Michel

Live commentary

Play-by-play

Player

Roll the dice to start

Turn