Ludo Veer

I-Ludo iwumdlalo webhodi wakudala olandelela umsuka wawo emuva eNdiya yasendulo. Ekuqaleni eyaziwa ngokuthi "i-Pachisi," iguquke emakhulwini eminyaka yaba inguqulo yesimanje esiyibonayo namuhla. Igama lomdlalo, "Ludo," liyisiLatini elisho ukuthi "Ngiyadlala," okubonisa ukukhanga kwawo kwendawo yonke kanye nokuduma okusabalele kuwo wonke amasiko nezizukulwane.

Ibhodi legeyimu liqukethe igridi eyisikwele ehlukaniswe amaquadranti anemibala emine, ngalinye limelela isisekelo sasekhaya somdlali. I-quadrant ngayinye iqukethe isethi yezindawo ezine zokuqala, ithrekhi eholela endaweni yokuqedela emaphakathi, kanye nendlela yokuzulazula kumathokheni ebhodini.

Ngokuvamile abadlali basebenzisa idayisi elijwayelekile elinamacala ayisithupha ukuze banqume ukuthi zingaki izikhala amathokheni abo angahamba ngazo ekujikeni ngakunye. Umgomo ulula: gijimisa wonke amathokheni akho ebhodini futhi ngokuphepha ungene endaweni yokuqedela ngaphambi kwabamelene nawe.

Ukuqala umdlalo, umdlali ngamunye ukhetha umbala futhi abeke amathokheni akhe amane ezindaweni zabo zokuqala. Ukuhleleka kokudlala kuvame ukunqunywa ngokugoqa idayisi, bese kuthi i-roll ephezulu ihambe kuqala, ilandelwe amanye ngendlela yewashi.

Uma umdlalo usuqalile, abadlali bayashintshana ngokugingqa idayisi futhi bahambise amathokheni abo ngokufanele. Iroli yesithupha ivumela umdlali ukuthi akhiphe ithokheni endaweni yokuqala futhi ayibeke endaweni emisiwe ngaphandle kwesisekelo sasekhaya. Ukwengeza, ukugoqa isithupha kunikeza umdlali ithuba elengeziwe.

Amathokheni ahamba ngethrekhi ngendlela yewashi, aqhubekisela phambili inani lezikhala ezikhonjiswe i-dice roll. Abadlali kufanele bahlele ukunyakaza kwabo ngokucophelela, bacabangele izindawo zamathokheni abo, ukuvinjwa okungenzeka, kanye nokunyakaza kwabamelene nabo.

Esinye sezici ezihlukile ze-Ludo yikhono lokuthwebula amathokheni abaphikisi. Uma umdlali efika endaweni ehlala ithokheni yombangi, ithokheni yombangi ibuyiselwa endaweni yayo yokuqala, futhi umdlali othwebulayo uthola elinye ithuba.

Ukuzulazula engxenyeni yokugcina yebhodi legeyimu kudinga ukunemba nesikhathi. Abadlali kumele bagiqe inombolo eqondile edingekayo ukuze bangene endaweni yokuqedela, baqinisekise ukuthi amathokheni abo awashiywa engcupheni yokubanjwa abamelene nabo.

Umdlali wokuqala ohambise ngempumelelo wonke amathokheni awo amane endaweni yokuqedela uwina umdlalo. Kodwa-ke, ukufinyelela entanjeni akulula ngaso sonke isikhathi, njengoba abadlali kufanele babhekane nokungabikezeleki kwama-dice rolls kanye namaqhinga okuqondisa izimbangi zabo.

Ubulula be-Ludo nokufinyeleleka kwayo kuyenza ibe ukukhetha okudumile kubadlali bayo yonke iminyaka. Imithetho yayo eqondile kanye nokudlala kwegeyimu okusheshayo kuyenza ilungele imibuthano yomndeni, izikhathi zokudlala ezivamile, noma imiqhudelwano yokuncintisana.