This is the first piece in the AGON – Ancient Games of Nations series, a collection of amazing traditional board games for iPad. About the history of The Royal Game of Ur: In the 1920s ...

Originally played in ancient Mesopotamia, the game was popular in the Middle East. It was named the Royal Game of Ur following its discovery during excavations of the Royal Cemetery of Ur in Iraq ...

For the Royal Game of Ur, the rules were written down on a cuneiform ... "A possible option in ancient rules is to move the runner pieces and blocker pieces with the rolling of a die.

"The suggested ancient rules do not introduce the original ... based on our understanding of the hypothetical rules of the Ur Game and the analysis of the [Shahr-i Sokhta] game pieces," write ...