The TV is the board. Your phone is your hand.
Put the board on the biggest screen in the room. Everybody scans the code on it, and their own phone becomes their controller: their dice, their choices, their settings. Nothing about your turn goes up on the wall.
The table
- The board, every piece on it
- The die landing after each flick
- The seats, who is in the room and who joined from elsewhere
- The code to scan, for anyone still sitting down
Your hand
- Your throw: you flick the die from here
- Your choices: which piece, which move
- Your settings, kept to yourself
No install for the board. Just a browser.
The shared screen is a web page. Nothing to download and nothing to sign into, so the television, a laptop, a projector or a tablet will do.
Open the board
Go to table.ludoo.online on whatever the room can see. No app, no account.
Everyone scans
A QR code and a six-character code appear. Scanning opens Ludoo on that phone and puts it at this table.
Sit down and flick
Four seats, filled in any order, by people or by characters. The board stays on the screen; the play happens on the phones.
Half the table on the sofa. Half somewhere else.
Three cousins in the room and one on a video call is the normal shape of a family game night, not an edge case. The match does not care where you are sitting, and neither does the scoreboard.
Seat 4The Grudge fills the empty seatLeaving is not losing
Lose signal and your seat waits for you. A restart of the server does not end the match either.
The table outlives the match
Play again without setting anything up twice. Same seats, same people.
Before you turn the TV on.
The questions people ask most about playing ludo on a shared screen.
Can I play ludo on my TV?
Yes. Table Mode turns any screen with a web browser into the board: open table.ludoo.online on the television, everyone scans the code on screen, and each phone becomes that player's controller.
Do I need to install anything on the TV?
No. The shared screen is a web page at table.ludoo.online. Nothing to download and nothing to sign into. A smart TV browser, a laptop plugged into the TV, a projector or a tablet all work.
What does each player need?
A phone with Ludoo on it. Scanning the code opens Ludoo on that phone and puts it at the table. Ludoo is in beta on iPhone through TestFlight and on Android; join the beta and we will send you the link.
What can everyone see on the TV?
The board, the die landing and the seats. Your dice, your options and your settings stay on your own phone.
Can someone join from somewhere else?
Yes. Anyone who is not in the room can join the same table from anywhere, and their seat is worth exactly the same as a seat on the sofa.
What if we do not have four players?
The characters fill any seat that is still empty. Four seats, filled in any order, by people or by characters.
What happens if someone loses signal?
Their seat waits for them. A restart of the server does not end the match either.
Does Table Mode work offline?
No. Table Mode needs a connection for the screen and for every phone. Solo and Pass & play are the modes that work offline.
Tonight's table
Turn the TV on. Pass round the code.
Open a table on the biggest screen in the room. Join the beta to get Ludoo on everyone's phone, iPhone or Android.