A game I played called Ur.
I played a old traditional game called The Royal Game of Ur. This game dates back to 2600-2400 BC. It was popular in the Middle East and has been found in Countries such as Iran and Syria. The rules are pretty simple to follow once you get the hang of it. The aim of the game is to get your seven checker like pieces either a black or white colour across the board and then off the board. The first person to get their pieces across and off the board wins. What controls the movement of these checker pieces are a set of four-sided, pyramid-shaped dice. Two of the corners of each die are marked and two are not. The number of marked ends facing upwards after a roll determine the amount of spaces that can be moved. The game starts when a player rolls the die and the piece can move onto their side of the board, where it is safe from capture, but once it moves to the middle line in the board it is not safe from capture unless it lands on a square which is marked. These marked squares give the player another go and the die but also protect the checker from being sent back to the start.
Once you get the hang of the games rules the game is actually very enjoyable to play although it can be frustrating sometimes to say the least. In this game it was not easy to plan ahead as you roll dice the odds are completely random so it made the game a bit more exciting. I enjoyed the game and would play it again.
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