Arcforge Ludo Deluxe

Ludo Deluxe is a calm, beautiful home for the cross-and-circle race games of the world. Roll real dice that tumble out of a leather cup onto a lit 3D board, race your glossy tokens around the cross, capture rivals and bring every token home.

Three games in one app. Ludo is the classic race: roll a 6 to leave the yard, throw again on a 6, capture on plain squares, rest on safe stars and race up your home lane. Pachisi, the royal game of India, is played with six cowrie shells, graces and castle squares. Royal Cross is the two-dice cross game with blockades, safe squares, a 20-point bonus for a capture and 10 for coming home.

Make the rules yours. Choose Quick, Classic or Long games for two, three or four players, play against the computer or pass the device to friends, and switch house rules on or off: six to start, safe stars, doubling and exact home.

Computer players with character. Four levels from Rookie to Master, plus an Adaptive level that follows how you are playing. Rani races, Kabir hunts, Mei guards, Leo lays traps and Sofia balances. Tap Hint to see what the strongest player would do and why, see the percent chance that a token is captured, and take back a move.

Learn by doing. Nine short interactive lessons teach every rule on the real board. Watch & Learn lets four computer players play while each move is explained in plain words, with a real Pause.

Play for the long run. Enter the Cup, a knockout of eight players. Play a League season of six tables. Solve the Daily Challenge: three positions, the same for everyone, rated up to three stars, with a streak. Collect 28 trophies and follow your statistics by game and by opponent level.

A board you will want to look at. Marble, wood and jewel boards, four sets of tokens, three kinds of dice, three tables, soft shadows, sparkles and sounds. Portrait and landscape on phones and tablets, text zoom up to 300%, colour-blind badge shapes on every token, reduced motion and haptics options.

No ads. No account. No tracking. Works fully offline. The first 90 seconds of real play are free; one purchase unlocks everything.

Rules help: Ludo, Pachisi and Royal Cross each have a full rules page with how to play, history and the names the game goes by around the world.