Discover Games Summary The Royal Game of Ur is a board game thought to be played as early as 2600BC. The Lost Game seeks to restore this ancient tradition with a twist.

The Royal Game of Ur, from Ur, southern Iraq, which is dated to about 2600-2400 B.C. The board game found at the site of Shahr-i Sokhta in Iran (not pictured) is dated to around the ...

Royal Game of Ur inlaid with shell, carnelian, and lapis lazuli from around 2600 BCE. (Mary Harrsch/Flickr/CC-BY-SA 2.0) ...

The Royal Game of Ur is an ancient racing game where players try to get all of their tokens across the board first. 3000 years ago this was one of the most popular board games in the world.

Royal Game of Ur inlaid with shell, carnelian, and lapis lazuli from around 2600 BCE. ( Mary Harrsch/Flickr/CC-BY-SA 2.0 ) Players rated their experience of the rules against a similar game.