WAH MEK The Yard — Jamaica Ludi

Game Settings

Adjust CPU strength or restart the match. YARD VIBES switches music and game sound effects on or off.

How to Play Jamaica Ludi

Roll, choose a usable die, then choose a legal piece. The game highlights what can move.

1. Roll a 6 to enter on your ENTRY square. After one full circuit, turn into your own HOME lane.
2. Each die is a separate move. You may use both dice on the same piece one after the other if each move is legal. Any roll containing a 6 also earns one bonus roll after both dice are resolved.
3. Capture: Land exactly on one rival to knock that piece back to its Yard. Passing over a rival does not knock them. Knocking a rival does not give an extra turn; only rolling a 6 gives a bonus roll.
4. Blocks: WAH MEK uses two-man blocks. Two same-color pieces on the same track square form a block. Opponents cannot land on, capture, or pass through a block, and one block cannot knock another block.
5. ENTRY blocking: A block may sit on an ENTRY square. If a rival block is on your ENTRY square, you cannot bring a piece out there until the block moves.
6. Doubles + block move: If two of your pieces are already stacked as a block and you roll doubles (for example, 5 + 5), tap either die, then tap the stacked pair to move both pieces together by that number. Moving the block uses both dice.
7. Protected HOME lane: Once a piece turns into its own HOME lane, rival pieces cannot enter that lane or capture it there.
8. You need the exact roll to reach final Home.
9. First player with all four pieces Home wins.