Ludo by the Numbers

Ludo looks like pure luck, but a few questions about it have real answers: how often a game ends with no capture, how long a game runs at two, three or four seats, and whether the obvious move is the right one. These notes work them out from simulated games and say plainly what the numbers do not show.

Articles

• Ludo capture odds: about 1 in 28 two-player games end without one (10 October 2026)