Why Ludo FightersSame Ludo.
Captures you feel.
Ludo is a brilliant game with one flat moment at its heart. Ludo Fighters keeps every rule you know and turns that moment, the capture, into a short cartoon gun fight.
Be honest
What got boring about Ludo
We love Ludo. We also played enough of it to see where it sags. Three things, mostly.
- 01
The long waits
Four players, one die, and most of the game is watching someone else count squares. Nothing on the board reacts while you wait.
- 02
A capture is just a slide
The biggest moment in Ludo, knocking out a rival, is a token picked up and put back in its corner. Blink and you miss it.
- 03
No atmosphere
No sound, no setting, no sense that anything is at stake. The same flat board every single time.
What changes
The capture becomes a fight
Land exactly on an enemy that is not on a safe star and this plays out in about 1.3 seconds. Tap the board to skip it any time.
01
Stop one square short
Your roll lands exactly on an enemy. Your soldier marches up and halts on the square before it.
02
Rifles up
Both soldiers raise their rifles and face off across the line.
03
Three shots
Bang, bang, bang. Muzzle flashes and the crack of a real recorded pistol shot.
04
Down, smoke, respawn
X eyes, a fall, a puff of smoke. The enemy respawns at its base and your soldier steps onto the square.
Shields on safe stars
Shoot at a soldier on a safe star and the shot bounces off with a ricochet and a blue dome.
Real sounds
Reload, pistol shot, body fall and a respawn teleport, recorded sounds released under CC0.
Winning earns a turn
Win a gun fight and you roll again. Like every bonus, it is a switch in house rules.
Side by side
Classic Ludo vs Ludo Fighters
Point for point, here is what stays the same and what gets louder.
| Classic Ludo | Ludo Fighters | |
|---|---|---|
| Your pieces | Round tokens in four colours | Cartoon soldiers: 4 squads (Red, Green, Yellow, Blue), 4 soldiers each |
| A capture | The token goes back to base | Your soldier stops one square short and opens fire (pistol, rifle, shotgun, sniper or grenade); the enemy is knocked out, vanishes in smoke and respawns at base |
| Safe squares | A rule everyone half-remembers | 8 safe stars carry a shield: shots bounce off with a ricochet and a blue dome |
| Sound | Whatever your table sounds like | Recorded dice, footsteps for every map, reload, gunfire, ricochet and respawn, map ambience, a battle march made in code, and 39 recorded squad callouts |
| The board | One board | 4 battlefields: Jungle, Desert, Snowfield and Night Ops (dark board, glowing home lanes) |
| Nobody free to play? | No game | Lumi AI squads with five personalities, from Rookie to Commander, or online squads |
| House rules | Argued over at the table | Switches: need a 6 to leave base, three 6s forfeit, exact roll home, extra turns, one or two dice, win on first home or all home |
| Waiting on a fight | Not applicable | About 1.3 seconds, tap the board to skip, or turn on fast animations for about 0.8 seconds |
No new rulebook
The same rules you already know
If you have played Ludo at a family table, you can play Ludo Fighters in under a minute. The route is the route: once around, then up your home lane.
- Standard 15 x 15 board, 52-square track, home lanes
- Roll a 6 to leave base (a house rule you can turn off)
- Land exactly on an enemy to capture it
- Safe stars on the start squares plus 4 more
- Extra turn for a 6 (also a switch)
- Get all four home to win, or first home if you prefer
Who it is for
One phone, many ways to play
Families
Cartoon combat only. No blood, no gore: soldiers are knocked out and respawn. A Reduce motion setting skips the fights and hops if anyone prefers a calmer board.
Friends on the sofa
Pass & play hands one phone around, and the far side of the table gets its own dice. Custom match lets you name every player, 2 to 6 of you. Friends on other phones? Open a private room in Online squads.
Solo, against Lumi AI
Play vs Lumi AI puts you against three Lumi AI squads in one tap. The board turns so your colour sits bottom-left, facing you. Pick a personality from Rookie to Commander in Custom match.
Keep the rules. Add the fire.
Ludo Fighters is coming soon to Android and iPhone. Read up on the rules now and be first in when the squads deploy.