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Ludo score tracker, approved by everyone who played.

Roll the dice and race your four tokens around the board and home. log8 keeps the score with the people you actually play. Record the finishing order, with times, strokes, points or kilos if you have them. The other players approve it, and your head-to-head record, group board and personal history build themselves.

Scoring

How log8 scores Ludo

Record the finishing order, with times, strokes, points or kilos if you have them.

  1. Record just the winner, or the full order.
  2. Up to 8 people fit in one match, everyone for themselves.
  3. No draws.

The basics

How to play Ludo

The casual version of the rules. log8 shows the same guide in the app, on the game's page.

  • Players2 to 4 players. Each one plays alone.
  • How to winGet all four of your tokens home before anyone else.
  • How groups differSome groups give an extra roll for cutting a token or reaching home, or let two tokens block a square. Agree before you start.
  1. Roll a 6 to bring a token out onto your start square.
  2. Move a token forward by the number you roll.
  3. Roll a 6 and you roll again.
  4. Land exactly on someone else’s token and it goes back to their base.
  5. Tokens on a safe square, usually marked with a star, can’t be cut.
  6. You need the exact number to reach home.

Play better

Ludo tips

  1. Get more than one token out early.
  2. Sit on a safe square when someone is right behind you.
  3. Cut tokens that are close to home first.

In the app

Logging a game in log8

  1. Pick the game and the playersChoose Ludo, then everyone who played. Friends without log8 can join as guests.
  2. Enter the resultRecord the finishing order, with times, strokes, points or kilos if you have them.
  3. The other players approveFriends on log8 get 48 hours to approve it, or tap Disagree if it is wrong. Guests count straight away. A result nobody answers closes without counting.
  4. Your record updatesOnce it is official it counts toward your head-to-head records, group board, badges and cups.

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Questions

Ludo in log8: questions

Can I keep Ludo scores with friends in log8?

Yes. Ludo is one of the 72 built-in games. Record the finishing order, with times, strokes, points or kilos if you have them. The other players approve it, then it counts.

How do you win at Ludo?

Get all four of your tokens home before anyone else.

How many people play Ludo?

2 to 4 players. Each one plays alone.

Do people play Ludo differently?

Some groups give an extra roll for cutting a token or reaching home, or let two tokens block a square. Agree before you start.

Do my friends need the app?

No. Add a friend as a guest and the game counts straight away. If they join log8 later, the games move to their account.

Settle your Ludo rivalry.

log8 is coming soon to Android and iPhone, and is free to download. It is in closed testing now: write to us for an invite, or to hear the day it reaches the stores.

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