Ludo Fighters: Battle Board Game
LiveA studio game that puts a fight inside the board.
Official site: ludofighters.com
Ludo Fighters is a game by Lacspace Game Studio, and this page is our note on making it. We took the classic race around the board, kept its rules and rebuilt the capture as a brief squad battle. Version 1.1.0 is out on Google Play and the App Store, with optional mines, streak rewards and a two-against-two mode, and a plain game is always one tap away. The combat is cartoon only. For the full rules and guides, visit the official site.
- Version
- 1.1.0, live on Google Play and the App Store
- Squads
- 2 to 6 squads, 1 to 6 soldiers each
- Battlefields
- Jungle, Desert, Snowfield, Night Ops, Ruins, Volcano
- Extras
- All optional; Classic is one tap
- Modes
- Play vs Lumi AI, Custom match, Pass & play, Online squads
- Opponent
- Lumi AI, five personalities from Rookie to Commander
- Age
- For players 13 and up; cartoon combat, no blood
Lacspace Game Studio · Out now
Our board game with a battlefield in it.
Out now on Android and iPhone. On the phone it is called Ludo Fighters.
How it plays
The design choices behind the game, from the studio that made it.
Squads instead of pawns
We redrew the pieces as small cartoon troops in the four classic colours, plus two more. They march along the track, hold their ground on safe squares and shout to each other in recorded voices.
A short fight for each capture
The moment a piece lands on a rival is where the classic game goes quiet, so that is the moment we rebuilt. The attacker halts short of the target, there is a brief exchange of fire, and the loser restarts from base. It runs for about 1.3 seconds and can be tapped away.
Weapons picked for the distance
The game chooses from a pistol, rifle, shotgun, sniper shot or grenade depending on how far apart the two soldiers are, and rings on the board show who could be reached by the next roll.
Safe squares still mean safe
We wanted the old rule to survive the new theme. A soldier on a star or a start square is covered, and any shot at him bounces away.
Four ways to play
Every mode seats 2 to 6 squads: Red, Green, Yellow, Blue, Purple and Orange. Five or six squads play on a six-house board.
- Play vs Lumi AI
- One tap: you against three Lumi AI squads, with the board turned to face you.
- Custom match
- 2 to 6 squads, 1 to 6 soldiers each, Lumi AI's personality, one die or two, the battlefield, every house rule and Match Builder.
- Pass & play
- Up to six people on one phone; the far side of the table gets its own dice.
- Online squads
- Quick battle for 2, 4 or 6 players, or a private room with a code or link that can run Landmines, Mine detector and Chaos cards. Play as a guest or with an optional account. Fixed callouts and emotes (no typed chat), report and block.
Optional extras
Everything here is off until you switch it on, and Classic is one tap away. Landmines, Mine detector and Chaos cards also work in online private rooms; the rest are offline.
Landmines
Finished soldiers earn a concealed trap for the track.
Mine detector
A single sweep that reveals traps close ahead, for your eyes only.
Killstreaks
Chained captures pay out rewards: a re-roll first, then a strike from the air.
Bounty
The leading squad's front runner becomes worth chasing.
Supply drops
Help arrives near whoever is trailing.
Chaos cards
A rule-changing card turns up on a regular cycle.
Squad Wars
Two against two, played offline.
Match Builder
Mix the rules, save your sets and share them with a code.
Earned by playing
No ads and no purchases.
Daily orders and seasons
Daily orders, season ranks and a Weekend Chaos rule that changes each weekend.
Kit Room
Skins for scenery, board and dice, earned by playing. Looks only, and nothing to buy.
Friends
Optional accounts with a photo, friends, a leaderboard, battle invites and battle alerts.
Show off
Emotes, rematch, roast cards and shareable K.O. clips.
Lumi AI, five personalities
Lumi AI fills any empty seat. It rolls the same dice and sees the same board as you: no loaded dice, no hidden bonuses.
Rookie
Still learning. Good for new players.
Aggressor
Hunts your soldiers and takes risks to get a fight.
Guardian
Keeps its soldiers safe. The starting choice.
Strategist
Weighs the whole board and the real odds of being hit.
Commander
Thinks a turn ahead. The toughest seat.
Six battlefields
The same rules, six places to fight. Bases are sandbag bunkers and the centre is a headquarters with a waving flag. Ruins and Volcano each have an optional twist.
Jungle
Fireflies and falling leaves over the forest floor.
Desert
Wind and sand across a sun-baked board.
Snowfield
A frozen battlefield under falling snow.
Night Ops
A sweeping searchlight, and home lanes that glow.
Ruins
Broken stone, with optional rubble cover that stops one enemy landing.
Volcano
Lava light, with optional vents that burn a soldier back 6 squares.
Read more about Ludo Fighters
What's new
What's new in Ludo Fighters 1.1.0
Guide
How classic Ludo became a battle game
Film
The making of Nobody Told the Board
Overview
Ludo Fighters: Battle Board, an overview
Guide
How the capture became a fight
Lumi AI
Meet Lumi AI's five personalities
Guide
Offline, online, up to six squads
Parents · 13+
A parents' guide to Ludo Fighters
Studio story
From classic Ludo to a battlefield
Where it comes from
Ludo Fighters grew out of the Ludo in our Game Collection app, which keeps classic Ludo. It became a game of its own, with its own store listing, made by Lacspace Game Studio, part of Lacspace Corporation Pvt Ltd.
Google Play →App Store →Parents' guide →Press kit →Watch the film →
Find it on the official site.
Rules, guides and download links for Ludo Fighters are at ludofighters.com.