The best Pachisi / Ludo board games and variants⎇ 2024

The game Ludo is now over 100 years old (1910). But actually it is much older. In other countries slightly modified variants are known as Pachisi, Ludo or Sorry!

List with the best Ludo variants⎇ 2024

We have picked out the most different Ludo (in German "Mensch ärgere Dich nicht") variants for you and compared them with each other. The result is the following Ludo/Pachisi Top 20 games 2024

This list was last updated on February 25, 2024. We compared 144 board games for this list and selected the top 20. There's also a print version for this list.
  1. Ärger Dich schwarz!

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    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  2. Stramash

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    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 30 - 90 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  3. DOG

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    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 45 Minutes
    • 9+ years old
    • Immediately playable
    👍 Good price!18€ atAmazon.de*
  4. Noch mehr Ärger

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    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  5. TAC

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    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 60 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  6. Zapp Zerapp

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    Nominated for 4 awards and won 2.

    ⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2001

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 7+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  7. Nichts als Ärger!

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    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 45 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  8. Magic Dance

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    • 3 - 6 Players
    • 45 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  9. DOG Royal

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    Nominated for 1 award.

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    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 45 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  10. Chess Race

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 45 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  11. Mensch ärgere Dich nicht: Das Kartenspiel

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Easy to learn
    👍 Good price!8€ atAmazon.de*
  12. Black DOG

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 30 - 45 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Easy to learn

    Video reviews for Black DOG

    • YouTube Review for the game "Black DOG" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  13. Trap the Cap

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    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 6+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  14. Yakari Wettlaufspiel

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 4+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  15. Mauerhüpfer

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 30 - 40 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  16. Pachisi

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    Pachisi, often regarded as the national game of India, is a classic board game dating back to 4 AD. Its enduring popularity is due to its simple yet engaging mechanics. The game involves moving pawns around the board to reach the "home" section, with movement dictated by dice rolls. Parcheesi is a well-known westernized version of this game.

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    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 5+ years old
    • Immediately playable
    👍 Good price!17€ atAmazon.de*
  17. Four Seasons

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 4+ years old
    • Immediately playable

    Video reviews for Four Seasons

    • YouTube Review for the game "Four Seasons" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  18. Tock 6

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    • 2 - 6 Players
    • 60 Minutes
    • Immediately playable
  19. Trouble

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    Trouble is a classic board game that incorporates the Pop-O-Matic dice roller, offering a simplified take on the traditional Pachisi. Players each have a set of pawns in their color and take turns rolling the die to move their pawns around the board. The objective is straightforward: be the first to navigate all of your pawns to the finish lane.

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 45 Minutes
    • 4+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  20. Uckers

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    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 40 Minutes
    • 6+ years old

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