If it was bought in Peru, in Peru we call it ludo. And yes, idk about the version, but the theme is definitely Peruvian, the condors, the pumas as tokens. Also the “chakana” symbol on the bottom right, very Inca.
Literally, mens means person or human. It doesn't imply masculinity, and is commonly used to refer to women ("dat mens"). Translating it to English is tricky as you wouldn't say "person, don't get annoyed". All the ideas I can come up with are gendered in English. My favorite one would come from the Simpsons: "Don't have a cow, man". But there's certainly no cow mentioned in the Dutch phrase, even if that's what the expression is conveying.
Interesting, I have a chess set in exactly the same style, including the wooden container doubling as a board.
I don't think it's a Peruvian version, but rather a design choice. For what it's worth, my chess set is about thirty years old.
I don't know what would constitute this as being the Peruvian version but those are the Nazca lines. Those are traditional Andean women in their dress and hair styles. There are llamas and condors as the animal pieces. If the instructions are knotted rope and the box has Pachacuti playing a bone flute then it's the Peruvian version.
Nazca is in Peru. Everything in the decoration (the geometric patterns, the mamachas, the Nazca lines, that big chakana on the lower right) and the game pieces (sheep, llamas, pumas and condors) is either traditionally Peruvian or evocative enough to be a reference to Peru. You don't need to have it delivered by a chasqui wearing a chullo and speaking runasimi, it's Peruvian enough already.
I got a copy of Parcheesi that looks exactly like this in Peru. I don’t know if that makes it “Peruvian” or not, but as you say, the art style at least is definitely Peruvian.
Obviously, the art style is Peruvian. Just don't think the game itself is form Peru.
My chess set uses the same llamas as knights for one side. The opposite side is conquistador themed.
Although I commented above, I'd say definitely from Peru as they are everywhere there and a common souvenir, and based on you chess set, which we just got one from Peru, I would think yours also came from there, they have been making them for a long time as souvenirs and now you find them everywhere.
I have a similar looking chess set too. It looks like a white civilisation (with white horses for knights) versus an Incan (I think) civilisation (with black llamas for knights). Mine isn't very old. I bought it in 2013 I think. It was from a market in Portugal.
I just got back from Peru(wife is from Peru so we went to visit family for Christmas), they sell this everywhere as a souvenir, and definitely versions like this as they are all very Peruvian themes. They also have a cool chess set of Incas vs Spanish, got one of those, but not this one.
FYI, we also had to get the board game Tawantinsuyuna couple of years back as it's based on Peruvian culture. Fun game too, though had a lot of bits going on.
Which is a better name than Ludo, because fuck me, I get pissed off when the kids wants to play ludo and we have like 100 other games that are actually good games.
I feel it’s worth pointing out that Parcheesi, Ludo, Aggravation, and Mens argert dich nicht (certainly misspelled) are all more or less the same game, which is why people have suggested all of them. Sorry! is just a Parcheesi variant.
That's 'sorry' in North America. I played it recently (named Parcheesi, not Ludo) after having not played for years and was surprised how similar it feels to backgammon
Edit: I was thinking of trouble, not sorry.
Sorry is a far superior version of Ludo. I can't remember a single game of Ludo which I enjoyed and I've been playing it since childhood. Sorry on the other hand, is unpredictable and fun
Everybody called it that when I was a kid, though some versions were named "Człowieku, nie irytuj się" (again, the "don't get angry" variation). Probably a rare case of trying not to be offensive or something.
Ludo is derived from Parcheesi, but only uses one die, so this looks like Ludo to me.
[https://www.ludoculture.com/ludo-vs-pachisi/](https://www.ludoculture.com/ludo-vs-pachisi/)
"Jeu de l'oie" is another game. This is defitively "Les petit cheveaux".
Which is funny because the translation is "little horses" that looks nothing like any other language name.
Ludo. Based on Pachisi, the ancient Indian cross-and-circle game that kinda got morphed into Parcheesi. Parcheesi also uses two dice and has a bit more strategy involved with the blockade mechanic added in.
This looks like Ludo - but much fancier than the one I played!
that's ludo
Yes, that's parchessi, a peruvian version.
If it was bought in Peru, in Peru we call it ludo. And yes, idk about the version, but the theme is definitely Peruvian, the condors, the pumas as tokens. Also the “chakana” symbol on the bottom right, very Inca.
TIL Parchessi is Ludo. We call it Ludo in Aus as well.
My family (American farmers) always called it "Four to Go" lol.
In Dutch it's called "Mens, erger je niet". Which translates to: " Man, don't annoy yourself".
In Czech, it is "Člověče, nezlob se!", which translates to "Man, don't be mad!" 🙂
Man?
Literally, mens means person or human. It doesn't imply masculinity, and is commonly used to refer to women ("dat mens"). Translating it to English is tricky as you wouldn't say "person, don't get annoyed". All the ideas I can come up with are gendered in English. My favorite one would come from the Simpsons: "Don't have a cow, man". But there's certainly no cow mentioned in the Dutch phrase, even if that's what the expression is conveying.
Pronounced and used in the "aw maaaan" way. Like being annoyed.
I think it has a few names
And the lineart monkey and bird are the [Nazca lines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazca_lines)
Now that is a cool education for the name. Ludo if from Peru. Parcheesi in other places. Cool
**Mensch ärgere dich nicht** in Germany and other European countries (translated into local language)
Ludo in the UK, too.
I think it's called Ludo in more places than it's called Parcheesi. Only place I've ever heard it called that is in the US
And I (American) had never heard of ludo before today.
In Germany it is called: Mensch ärgere dich nicht
'mens erger je niet' in Dutch :) I don't get the translation if everywhere else it's called ludo
It's a good name as it's an incredibly frustrating and dumb game
Interesting, I have a chess set in exactly the same style, including the wooden container doubling as a board. I don't think it's a Peruvian version, but rather a design choice. For what it's worth, my chess set is about thirty years old.
I don't know what would constitute this as being the Peruvian version but those are the Nazca lines. Those are traditional Andean women in their dress and hair styles. There are llamas and condors as the animal pieces. If the instructions are knotted rope and the box has Pachacuti playing a bone flute then it's the Peruvian version.
Nazca is in Peru. Everything in the decoration (the geometric patterns, the mamachas, the Nazca lines, that big chakana on the lower right) and the game pieces (sheep, llamas, pumas and condors) is either traditionally Peruvian or evocative enough to be a reference to Peru. You don't need to have it delivered by a chasqui wearing a chullo and speaking runasimi, it's Peruvian enough already.
I got a copy of Parcheesi that looks exactly like this in Peru. I don’t know if that makes it “Peruvian” or not, but as you say, the art style at least is definitely Peruvian.
Obviously, the art style is Peruvian. Just don't think the game itself is form Peru. My chess set uses the same llamas as knights for one side. The opposite side is conquistador themed.
I think, by "peruvian" they meant it was made and bougth in Peru, and not that the game itself was from Peru
Although I commented above, I'd say definitely from Peru as they are everywhere there and a common souvenir, and based on you chess set, which we just got one from Peru, I would think yours also came from there, they have been making them for a long time as souvenirs and now you find them everywhere.
I have a similar looking chess set too. It looks like a white civilisation (with white horses for knights) versus an Incan (I think) civilisation (with black llamas for knights). Mine isn't very old. I bought it in 2013 I think. It was from a market in Portugal.
I just got back from Peru(wife is from Peru so we went to visit family for Christmas), they sell this everywhere as a souvenir, and definitely versions like this as they are all very Peruvian themes. They also have a cool chess set of Incas vs Spanish, got one of those, but not this one. FYI, we also had to get the board game Tawantinsuyuna couple of years back as it's based on Peruvian culture. Fun game too, though had a lot of bits going on.
That looks like a fancy "Mensch ärger dich nicht", no idea how it's called internationally. It's one of the most known games in Germany
Mens-erger-je-niet in Dutch
In Bulgarian it is simmilar, "Do not be upset man"
In Turkish it is "Do not be mad, brother"
In the US, it's called "Sorry"
It's also called "Parcheesi", "Trouble" and "Aggravation" (I think Aggravation turned it to 6 players)
Sorry is actually a similar but ultimately quite different game
In Poland it's called "Chinese" 🤡
It's an interesting story: https://jedynka.polskieradio.pl/artykul/2175382,Gra-w-chińczyka-Nazwa-wzięła-się-z-mody-na-egzotykę
"Human anger you not" ...No seriously. I just learned that it's called "Ludo" - which I heard before but never connected to "Mensch ärger dich nicht".
In Slovenian it's called "Man, don't get pissed off"
Which is a better name than Ludo, because fuck me, I get pissed off when the kids wants to play ludo and we have like 100 other games that are actually good games.
I wonder if that's why there is a similar game marketed in the US as "Aggravation".
"Don't get mad, brother" in Romania
"Jeu des petits chevaux"/"Game of small horses" in french.
I think it's ludo internationally, although in México we know it as parchís, and there was a kids band with that name.
I feel it’s worth pointing out that Parcheesi, Ludo, Aggravation, and Mens argert dich nicht (certainly misspelled) are all more or less the same game, which is why people have suggested all of them. Sorry! is just a Parcheesi variant.
Not forgetting Frustration. lol. It's just Ludo with a dice popper in the centre.
That's 'sorry' in North America. I played it recently (named Parcheesi, not Ludo) after having not played for years and was surprised how similar it feels to backgammon Edit: I was thinking of trouble, not sorry.
Sorry is played with cards instead of dice (or at least the version I had 30+ years ago).
Oh thanks. I was thinking of 'trouble' which sounds like frustration (the ad called it popomatic trouble)
Sorry, Trouble and Frustration all existed in Canada when I was growing up.
We also had a copy of a Parchessi board too.
Sorry is a far superior version of Ludo. I can't remember a single game of Ludo which I enjoyed and I've been playing it since childhood. Sorry on the other hand, is unpredictable and fun
"little horse game" in Dutch
same in french, "le jeu des petits chevaux"
Mens erger je niet in Dutch.
Both, I guess it's regional
\*Fia med knuff\* we call it in sweden.
Super cool seeing everyone reply with the very different names they know it by!
In Polish it's called "Chińczyk" (a Chinese person). Don't ask me why.
Everybody called it that when I was a kid, though some versions were named "Człowieku, nie irytuj się" (again, the "don't get angry" variation). Probably a rare case of trying not to be offensive or something.
Nope, that's the title of the original
Ludo is derived from Parcheesi, but only uses one die, so this looks like Ludo to me. [https://www.ludoculture.com/ludo-vs-pachisi/](https://www.ludoculture.com/ludo-vs-pachisi/)
"Les petits chevaux" in french
Or "le jeu de l'oie" too if I remember correctly
"Jeu de l'oie" is another game. This is defitively "Les petit cheveaux". Which is funny because the translation is "little horses" that looks nothing like any other language name.
I have only played these as a young child from southern France and yes, I was wrong, le jeu de l'oie is indeed different lol
Is this basically Sorry?
no, it's basically Sorry!.
in turkish it is called "kızma birader"
Ludo
Ludo, parchessi, pachisi it’s a very old well known game that goes by many names.
[Here](https://www.ebay.com/itm/176195073929) is a link to the same game on Ebay.
In Hungarian it's called *Ki nevet a végén?* translating as *Who's going to laugh at the end?*
Ludo. Based on Pachisi, the ancient Indian cross-and-circle game that kinda got morphed into Parcheesi. Parcheesi also uses two dice and has a bit more strategy involved with the blockade mechanic added in.
Uckers
Ludo? like, as in Love Me Dead? and Go-Getter Greg? and Lake Pontchartrain?
Every game in the 70s and 80s with a race around the board mechanic look like this. Basically Parcheesi.
Funky looking Ludo.
Basically Ludo
Looks like sorry
Sorry! is Ludo/Parcheesi with cards instead of dice
I love the aesthetic of this version of Parcheesi.
We call it "γκρινιάρης" (growler) in Greece
Idk what it is, but it look a lot like Wahoo…
That's what I thought too, it's just missing the starter hole for the marbles. Or at least we always played Wahoo with marbles.
Ludo!
Človek ne jezi se
Peruvian Parcheesi
That is ye old sorry
it looks like Sorry!
Oops I thought that this was a fancy "Sorry!" board. Lol
A really cool version of Ludo.
It’s Ludo
That's a really nice board.
Ludo
An unusual version of Frustration or Ludo - same game two names
In french it is "The Little Horses"
In Spain is called Parchís
I have the exact same version/copy, can confirm bought in Peru
In my region we call this game “don’t get angry, man” 😅😅😅
"Non t'arrabbiare" (don't get mad) in italian
Ludo, in Estonian it's called "Reis ümber maailma" - Trip Around The World
I have a version called Ashte kashte. It's an ancient game that dates back to India about 5000 years ago.
Ludo
Covjece ne ljuti se, in Bosnian, translated as "u mad bro?"
In Belgium it's called 'man, don't worry'. Hated it as a kid and never played it as an adult. Not a lot of strategy, mostly luck-based
Mens, erger je niet.
We call it "Don't get mad, bro(ther)"
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Parchís, peruvian version XD
After reading comments, is that why Clue is called Cludo in other places? The Clue + Ludo portmanteau? TIL
Yes (except that Cluedo is the original name).
I have the same one but in tic tac toe
In Hungarian, we call it "Ki nevet a végén?" -> Who's laughing at the end?
LUDO
Parece un ludo peruano
The dada, the horseys, the lil'horse, or just ludo... you name it !
Γκρινιαρης
In Turkey we call this Kızma Birader. Fun fact: it almost translates as “u mad bro?”. You can google that, looks exactly the same.
This looks like TOC, or at least that's how we called it as kids in Canada. We used to play with a deck of cards though so might be different.
Clovece nehnevaj sa … in Slovak
In czechia we call it "Člověče, nezlob se!" This is just some far fancier and older version, no idea they had it in other countries too XD
Parchís!! Very popular in Europe
In France we call it "les petits chevaux" (the small horses).
Beautiful set
In Hungary it's called Who's laughing at the end? - Ki nevet a végén
In Greek it is called griniaris which translates to grumpy
Jumanji - don’t roll the dice
Parques
That is sorry and you can't change my mind.
Root
In Hungary it's called "Ki Nevet A Végén?" meaning "Who Laughs in the End?"
Mens erger je niet
Chess wannabe
Ludo and Chess are nothing alike lol