The Royal game of Ur is a two-player racing board game dating back to 3000 BCE. Its rules have been reconstructed with the aid of a tablet written by Itti-Marduk-balāṭu. Players each pick a colour, and, starting in opposite corners on one end of the board, race their pieces along a path for their colour. Dice are rolled to determine the number of squares pieces can move. In the middle of the board, the paths overlap, and pieces can be captured. A player wins when they successfully race all their pieces to the end of the board.
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can't believe my newest hyperfixation/special interest is a fucking four and half thousand year old boardgame
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Playing the Royal Game of Ur online, this shit's fire 🔥🔥🔥
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this is what happens when I have too much free time
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New treasures: Senet and the Royal Game of Ur in one!
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The Game of Ur (2022)
As a wrap-up gift for our friends and contributors, the Past-at-Play lab (that includes me) have whipped up a couple of stylised print-out versions of the game we have spent the last two years researching.
While it is officially called ‘royal,’ we know that literally everybody played this game 5,000 years ago, so we’re simply calling it The Game of Ur, or The Game of 20 Squares. (Now available in naval, seasonal, and research skins!)
If you want to know more, visit us on pastatplay.com!
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everyone clap and cheer me and the friend who i always end up playing 6 hour long board games with finished a game in under four hours
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New treasures: Senet and the Royal Game of Ur in one!
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