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Preview: The royal game of Ur, board game from Mesopotamia on a round, dark brown leather playing field with playing pieces in dark blue, cobalt and yellow. They also include dice in the shape of pyramids.

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the royal game of UR

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the royal game of UR

Product No.:: B035
Shipping time:: ca. 3-4 days (abroad may vary)
Stock:: 124 pieces
Size:: 23 cm
Material game material :: glass nuggets + 4 dice pyramids made of wood
Material Playing field:: Lether
Manufacturer:: Historische Brettspiele Steffen Schmidt, Zörnigaller Str. 11, 06895 Zahna-Elster OT.Bülzig, Germany
security advice:: Caution! Not suitable for children under 3 years. Small parts can be swallowed. Choking hazard
Contact:: www.historische-Brettspiele.de/en
Contents:: 1 leather playing field, 7 glass game pieces per color, 1 replacement piece per color, 4 dice pyramids made of wood, game instructions
Weight:: 0.13 kg per piece

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18,00 EUR

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The royal game of Ur is probably the oldest board game currently known to us. It is thought to have been played as early as 2700 BC.
During excavations in the 1920s near the ancient biblical city of UR, one of these games was found. More precisely, in the royal cemetery of the city of UR. Hence the name “The Royal Game of Ur”. At that time, Ur was the capital of the Sumerians in Mesopotamia (Iraq), the Mesopotamian region located between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers.
Four of these games and a drawer containing them were found during excavations. Although the game pieces and a type of dice were preserved in a school drawer located below the playing field, the rules for this game have not come down to us directly. Thanks to the work of archaeologists, it has been possible to decipher tablets on which the rules were written. Unfortunately, the tablets are much younger. They are thought to be around 2000 years old. The rules that we are giving you here are therefore the result of a series of reconstructions. Nevertheless, it is a royal pastime.
The royal game of UR is a very entertaining game for two players in which both players try to skillfully place their pieces according to the number of points rolled in order to emerge victorious from the game.

Languages Instructions: DE, FR, IT, EN
Players:                           2
Contents:                        1 leather playing field, 5 glass playing pieces each + 1 replacement, 4 wooden dice
Warning:                         Caution! Not suitable for children under 3 years. Choking hazard.
                                        Choking hazard!
Playing field size:           23 cm

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