The Ludo Board Game Fantasy

So they wanted to play dirty, well I could play dirty!

I adjusted my Wonderbra, undid a couple of buttons and hitched up my skirt a little. I headed back to the game and they watched me as I walked towards them. I could tell what they were thinking

I bent over the table. I was determined to show them a thing or two.

I reached over, my nails glistening and silver, and grasped the plastic cup. I worked it up and down, the dice trying to escape, my finger preventing it until I was good and ready. I released my digit and the die shot onto the board, my heart was pumping. It was a six! I'd done it!!

I threw back my head and laughed at their amazement as I caught it again. I moved my final counter to the start. I was up and running again, nothing could stop me now.

You could have captured the atmosphere with a spoon. I sat down on my seat, crossed my legs and observed my lacy stocking tops.

I felt well satisfied as I emptied the remainder of the bottle into my glass. They sneered as I took a swig, the familiar liquid rasping on my throat, cooling and pleasing. This was a particularly good year for Sunny Delight and I felt sure that Sunny was delighted.

I glanced down at my legs and silky stockings once more and I couldn't believe there was a ladder. This sort of thing doesn't happen to me. The mouse started to climb the ladder and the choir began to sing:

"A little mouse with clogs on, well I declare, going clip clippety clop on the ..."

I wobbled nervously on my chair and as I did so fell backwards, six legs akimbo, two of them must have been mine.

Thump! I awoke with a jerk (I must stop calling him that) and resolved that I would cut down on supermarket cheap red plonk.

What a strange dream!

I eased myself out of bed and stood under the shower. As the warm water flooded over my body I recovered my thoughts and returned to the real world.

"Ludo", I thought. A dream about Ludo and all because I was thinking about what to write about next on Squidoo. Was it the wine or my addiction* I pondered!

Whatever it was I've ended up writing a lens on Ludo. The spirit of Squidoo moves in mysterious ways!

I'll hit you with a 'notta lotta people know that' old fashioned type fact: Did you know that Ludo was evolved from the Indian game 'parcheesi'?

I didn't believe it either at first.

*That's my addiction to Squidoo, of course, I'm over my chocolate addiction!

For strictly research purposes only I played Ludo with two borrowed seven year olds. You know, it's a brain numbing, boring game! Okay for kids but definitely not for us grown ups. Each game took us an average thirty-seven minutes, but there were lots of deep and meaningful discussion points along the way - but I stayed calm.

Two to four people can play, well it's not much fun playing with yourself is it? I think you really need three to make it worthwhile.

The idea is to get all your (wo)men/counters 'home' first.

You take turns to shake the die (singular of dice) and move your counters round a board of squares, depending on the number thrown - throw a five and move five squares (hope this isn't too technical).

You keep moving round the board until you reach the home section in the centre. To make it even more amusing, you have to get a 'six' to start and if another player lands on the square, that you are already occupying, then back you go to the start, what a giggle! There are four counters for each player to get home.

Please pay attention, I'll be asking questions later!

To clarify a few other bits about Ludo

You can have all your counters moving round the board, providing you get a six to start off each one (of course).

If you throw a six you can have another throw of the die and clap your hands with glee.

When we played we had to get the exact number to get home i.e. three squares left then we needed to throw a three (of course).

The counters are red, blue, yellow and green. I prefer red as they are faster - no not really (this isn't F1, everyone has an equal chance).

It all depends on the numbers you throw (of course).

I found that shaking the plastic cup a lucky seven times didn't help, or make, a scrap of difference to shaking it once, twice or any other number you can think of.

One fascinating incident, however, left me wondering if there is more to Ludo than I first imagined:

I shook the plastic cup four times and...

threw a four, spooky or what?!

Okay, lets have some more interesting Ludo facts such as:

* Ludo is a Latin word meaning 'I play'.

* Ludo is known as Fia in Sweden and Ludi in the Caribbean.

* You can play Ludo online for free at FetchFido.

Kindly note: No responsibility can be accepted for any outcome caused by playing or attempting to play Ludo.

If playing in mixed company always take proper precautions, you never know your luck.

Enough of all this excitement, it's results time! Here is my verdict on Ludo, Derrr diddle er der, der derrrrr ...

For children Ludo is a 7/10 but ... for adults Ludo is only 3/10

To be honest, I can't imagine that adults would want to play this game other than with their children. Unless, that is, there is Strip Ludo or something I don't know about. Own up! Are there any Ludo Clubs or Associations out there? Are there any championship matches we should look forward to: Swats v Anoraks and so on?

The children I tried out the game with appeared to quite enjoy it, but they may just have been polite to humour me and I did have crisps, sweets and ice cream. There were a few arguments but the mother of one of the delights told me that this was quite normal.

I didn't win any of the games we played so that shows how really, really silly it is! Not that I'm a bad loser of course.

I personally wouldn't want to play Ludo (or dream about it) again. I feel it is old fashioned, out dated, well past its sell by date etc. etc.

Give me a bit of Taboo, Pictionary, Scrabble, Monopoly or even Chess any day. They are much more fun board games

LUDO JOKE!

Plain looking nurse to sexy looking nurse: "Have you seen that Welshman in Ward 3 who is tatooed all over? I was giving him a bath this morning and I noticed he's even got LUDO tattooed on his you-know-what."

Sexy nurse: "That's not LUDO, that's LLANDUDNO."

This Squidoo lens was powered by an excess of red wine

Here are a few of my other lenses:

FOOD
My Love For Cheesecake Recipes
My Love For Marmite Recipes
Chocolate And Being A Chocoholic
Suzie's English Mustard Talk
My Embarrassing Experience With Smirnoff Vodka

LIFE QUESTIONS
Is There Such A Thing As Time?
Is There Life After Death?
Why I Abhor Violence

OTHER STUFF
How To Enjoy Chess
The Ludo Board Game Fantasy
Suzie's Household Tips
Aromatherapy, Oils, Massage and Recipes