Pachisi & Ludo

When I introduce students to the art of game design, I seem to always start with a relatively intense focus on "game-modding" - taking a classic game of some very familiar kind and modifying it, somehow, into something that is new, different, something inviting a different kind of game experience. This site about the sister games of Pachisi & Ludo gives us a near perfect starting point.

Here you will find the history of Pachisi as well as of more than 6 related games, and lists with images of commercial and other computer implementations - enough to inspire you to new heights of Ludo-craft, as well as to give you a much stronger understanding of an entire genre of game structures.

Also, it's a lot of fun.

from Bernie DeKoven, funsmith