About LudoLive

LudoLive is a browser version of Ludo, the race-home board game, built so a group can be playing within a minute of one person sharing a link. Its sister game, Snakes & Ladders — Jungle Edition, lives on the same site.

What the site offers

Two games, each playable three ways: against the computer, pass & play on one shared device, or in a private online room joined with a code. Ludo seats two to six players — five- and six-player tables get their own pentagon and hexagon boards rather than squeezing onto the square one. Snakes & Ladders is the classic 100-square race with Classic and Last One Standing finishes.

Alongside the games, the site keeps a reference for how they actually play: the Ludo rules, a guide to using the app, a small set of in-depth guides and the FAQ.

How the rules pages are kept accurate

Every rule on the site describes what the game's own rules engine does, not what a rulebook elsewhere says. Where LudoLive deliberately differs from rules some families play — it has no blocking, caps a turn at two sixes instead of forfeiting on a third, and lets the race continue for second place — the pages say so plainly, and the rule differences guide lists each one. The rules, how-to-play and guide pages show the date they were last checked against the game.

How the games are built

• In the browser. Both games run entirely in the page; the AI and pass & play modes keep working offline once loaded.
• Peer-to-peer rooms. Online players connect directly to each other. The player who creates the room acts as the referee: their browser deals the dice and checks every move against the rules, so a guest can't move a token illegally.
• Your data stays with you. Profiles, settings and statistics are stored in your own browser, not on a server — the privacy policy has the details.
• Original artwork. The boards, dice, tokens, avatars and the jungle Snakes & Ladders board were drawn for these games.

Reporting a problem

Bug reports, rule questions and feature ideas go to one inbox — through the contact page or by email to playludolive@gmail.com. If you think a page describes a rule differently from how the game plays it, say which page and what happened on the board — that is exactly the kind of report the “last reviewed” dates exist for.