Ludo The Ever Popular Game
Board Game
1920s (published)
1920s (published)
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The game of Ludo is the English version of Pachisi, an Indian game. It is a game for up to four players, each playing with a set of four counters of different colours (usually red, yellow, blue and green). The aim of the game is to get all four playing pieces around the board and into the Home space. This game, made by the famous Chad Valley Company has a cross shape design set against a square board.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 5 parts.
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| Title | Ludo The Ever Popular Game (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Printed card |
| Brief description | Game board and boxed playing pieces for Ludo made in England by the Chad Valley Company in the 1920s |
| Physical description | Board design: printed card playing surface, folded No. of squares: 92 Squares illustrated: none Square numbering: none Squares titled: some Subject of starting square: marked Subject of ending square: marked 16 playing counters (4 x red, 4 x yellow, 4 x black, 4 x green), 1 die, game box and lid with text 'LUDO THE EVER POPULAR GAME', 1 cylindrical wooden dice shaker, 1 cone shaped wooden dice shaker striped in blue stain, varnished wood and red stain |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs E. M. Allen |
| Object history | Cross shape set against a square board, with a centre square and four arms leading from it. Each arm has 18 squares of which each has dots of different colours. There are also starting spaces for the markers of each colours. CGG - Games & Puzzles, 1991 |
| Historical context | Rewards: extra turns Forfeits: missed turns No. of Players: 4 Equipment required: markers, dice Rules placement: instruction sheet in English and French |
| Summary | The game of Ludo is the English version of Pachisi, an Indian game. It is a game for up to four players, each playing with a set of four counters of different colours (usually red, yellow, blue and green). The aim of the game is to get all four playing pieces around the board and into the Home space. This game, made by the famous Chad Valley Company has a cross shape design set against a square board. |
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| Accession number | MISC.6&:1 to 3, 5-1980 |
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| Record created | March 4, 2000 |
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