The race game of ancient Mesopotamia: seven pieces a side run a track of fourteen squares, and the shared middle road is dangerous ground where an enemy piece can be sent home to start again. Boards faced with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone were buried in the Royal Tombs of Ur some four and a half thousand years ago, but no rules were buried with them; the rules in this pack follow Irving Finkel's reconstruction from a Babylonian clay tablet written in 177 BCE, rosettes that grant another throw and all. Inside are three pages: a full-page printable board, a history card, and the complete rules on one card — add seven counters a side and four dice or coins for the throw. Play it free online in the Games Room, or print it at home on US Letter paper. From the School of Evershade.
The race game of ancient Mesopotamia: seven pieces a side run a track of fourteen squares, and the shared middle road is dangerous ground where an enemy piece can be sent home to start again. Boards faced with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone were buried in the Royal Tombs of Ur some four and a half thousand years ago, but no rules were buried with them; the rules in this pack follow Irving Finkel's reconstruction from a Babylonian clay tablet written in 177 BCE, rosettes that grant another throw and all. Inside are three pages: a full-page printable board, a history card, and the complete rules on one card — add seven counters a side and four dice or coins for the throw. Play it free online in the Games Room, or print it at home on US Letter paper. From the School of Evershade.
