✦ c. 2600 BCE · Ur ✦

Royal Game of Ur

✦ c. 2600 BCE · Mesopotamia ✦

Royal Game
of Ur

The world's oldest playable board game — buried with the queens of Ur, decoded from a Babylonian tablet, alive on your screen. Race your seven pieces home; rosettes grant another throw; the shared lane is a battlefield.

Classic Irving Finkel rules · British Museum reconstruction

Solid positional judgement: safety, rosettes, and races. No lookahead.