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description: Learn how to play Ludo Classic. Read the complete rules, gameplay mechanics, safe zones, and winning strategies for the classic board game.
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  <h1 class="mb-4 text-primary">How to Play Ludo Classic</h1>
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    <p>Ludo is a strategy board game for two to four players, in which the players race their four tokens from start to finish according to the rolls of a single die. Here are the standard rules followed in Ludo Classic.</p>

    <h4 class="mt-4">1. Game Setup</h4>
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      <li>The game is played on a board with a cross-shaped play area. Each arm of the cross has three columns of squares.</li>
      <li>Each player chooses one of the four colors (Red, Green, Yellow, Blue) and gets four tokens of that color.</li>
      <li>The tokens start in their respective starting yards.</li>
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    <h4 class="mt-4">2. Rolling the Dice</h4>
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      <li>Players take turns in a clockwise order to roll the die.</li>
      <li>To move a token out of the starting yard into the play area, a player must roll a <strong>6</strong>.</li>
      <li>If a player rolls a 6, they get an extra bonus roll.</li>
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    <h4 class="mt-4">3. Moving Tokens</h4>
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      <li>Once a token is in play, the player moves it forward along the track according to the number rolled on the die.</li>
      <li>Tokens must complete a full path around the board to enter their colored "Home" column.</li>
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    <h4 class="mt-4">4. Capturing Opponents</h4>
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      <li>If a token lands on a square already occupied by an opponent's token, the opponent's token is captured and sent back to its starting yard.</li>
      <li>Capturing an opponent's token gives the capturing player an extra bonus roll.</li>
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    <h4 class="mt-4">5. Safe Zones</h4>
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      <li>Squares marked with a Star (★) are safe zones. Tokens cannot be captured while on these squares.</li>
      <li>The starting squares of each color are also considered safe zones.</li>
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    <h4 class="mt-4">6. Winning the Game</h4>
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      <li>To win, a player must move all four of their tokens into the Home triangle at the center of the board.</li>
      <li>Tokens must enter the Home triangle by an exact roll. For example, if a token is 3 steps away from Home, the player must roll exactly a 3.</li>
      <li>The first player to bring all four tokens Home is the winner!</li>
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