Introduction My current board game project has a lot of it’s roots in the ancient game of Senet, which, in it’s modern rules variant, is often played with throwing sticks instead of dice. I thought they could make an interesting alternative for roll-and-move, and other types of games, so I decided to investigate a bit. …
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What is it? Senet is an Ancient Egyptian Board game. It dates back as far as 3100 BCE. While it must have changed over the years, it is clearly recognisable in many tombs from ancient times. It is played on a board 30 squares by two players, each having a set number of tokens to …
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