For the Royal Game of Ur, the rules were written down on a cuneiform ... suggesting that it requires more strategic thinking to play. "The blocker pieces cannot attack the opponent's blockers ...

It is assumed that the game pieces are complete. 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 ...

Board games might involve a race to a finish line, as in Sorry! or that ubiquitous first board game for kids, Candyland. Or they might entail a strategic battle for dominance, as in chess or checkers.

Play is a fundamental part of life ... Babylonians played the Royal Game of Ur. Egyptians played Senet. People all around the world played with knucklebones, cubic bones that were used as an ...