The lockdown and the resulting isolation have completely changed things for us. Our lives have become slower, and a lot of old trends have emerged again.
This includes: Watching re-runs of old TV shows, going back to old hobbies and playing games that we had stopped playing as we grew up.
One of them being Ludo. Remember playing the game with your family on holidays and accusing everyone of cheating just because you were losing?

Well, thanks to the internet, all of that can now be done virtually – with Ludo becoming one of the most downloaded apps during the lockdown.
Quarantine to Ludo King… pic.twitter.com/EcdSRSncrc
— Vrinda (@vrinda_trehan) April 2, 2020
Ludo king to every other game. pic.twitter.com/E2KLpOxBbT
— __ZiShAn__ (@zishhu_2601) April 1, 2020
And the apps doing best in the business are: Ludo King and Ludo Star.
Ludo king maker right now pic.twitter.com/HWmq66Mfdn
— sargasmic_YASH (@YashSatija4) March 27, 2020
People are inviting others to play with them, sharing their scores and making memes.
Lets be ludo buddies and play ludo.😌
— अमित कुमार (@amazingmka) March 28, 2020
Some Peoples is already in.
Who wants to add in group?
Join us people.🙌#ludoking
Wohoo..i finally won 🏅🏆#LudoKing 😬 pic.twitter.com/Z5ECXYO5Xq
— NiತಿN (@nithin_amin) April 3, 2020
Some are even using it to flirt, which doesn’t even come as a surprise at this point.
Guys are now sliding into my dms asking if I wanna play Ludoking. Is there a limit- pic.twitter.com/OSJx58T47t
— Saumya Lekhrajani (@Saumya642) April 3, 2020
Ludo never really went anywhere but it has become mainstream again, with the gen Z (?) realising how fun it is.
Ludo king to burger king pic.twitter.com/Cb16iMUuY9
— Muskan✨ (@Muskan_ch22) April 1, 2020
Log Quarantine mein Relationships bana rhy aur main Ludo star khel raha.
— WaQar Ameer Sathio (@Bolo_WaQar) March 29, 2020
The game has overtaken even PUBG, in terms of popularity and that says something,
LUDO KING to PUBG during this lockdown pic.twitter.com/AIGFcHUzHs
— Kolkata_Chhori (@Kolkata_Chhori) April 2, 2020
Pubg to me when I start to play Ludo king because of low network: pic.twitter.com/eHWkJ4taqK
— Polio memer (@MemerPolio) March 30, 2020
*Ludo king to pubg* pic.twitter.com/UWCA7hPRIS
— सं KE त 💸 (@the___memerr) March 30, 2020
And even though half the fun of it, is in slamming the board when you start losing, the apps will do for now.
Someone play ludo king with me im becoming obsessed
— pali hanin 🇵🇸 (@notprivatehanin) March 28, 2020
The online Ludo is a bit more complicated than our old school one, but the rules more or less remain the same.