Ancient Board Game

Started by Philippe, August 28, 2018, 02:31:12 PM

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Philippe

It's pretty amazing when you realize just how old this is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZskjLq040I

(Roughly 700 years before Abraham started heading for the Mediterranean).
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Yeah but seriously: is it going to run under Windows 10?  Nostalgia's all very well, but...

Jarhead0331

^I was going to say...unless there is a vassal version, this probably belongs in a different forum.
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Philippe

Yes, you should probably move this to the board game forum, or something like that.  My bad.
Every generation gets the Greeks and Romans it deserves.


History is a bad joke played by the living on the dead.


Senility is no excuse for feeblemindedness.

CJReich46

I have heard of it.

Interestingly there was a book when I was a kid called Games of the World. Ur was mentioned in it (even how to build the game set). As was Wari, Go, Albuquerque, Shogi and others.  They had sections on how to actually make them.

I think online there's a version of it somewhere you can actually play, and even Senet too.

https://yvnar.itch.io/the-game-of-ur

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