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> Senet is the oldest known board game. I was always under the impression that a form of backgammon was on the ancient Mesopotamian/Sumerian scene around the s
by wanda 5y ago
> Senet is the oldest known board game.
I was always under the impression that a form of backgammon was on the ancient Mesopotamian/Sumerian scene around the same time -- though, now that I actually come to look for a good source to support that notion, I'm struggling to find one.
Wikipedia and other sources just say "backgammon can be traced back nearly 5000 years" [0]
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backgammon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backgammon
- mabub24 5y agoYou might be thinking of Ur, which is roughly 4,500 years old. This is an interesting video from Dr. Irving Finkel on it and its playing rules.[0] [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZskjLq040I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZskjLq040I
- guard-of-terra 5y agoThere are quite a few rulesets for the board. It's hard to say how exactly the inventors has played it. In this video the basic ruleset is shown. More advanced sets make use of more tile types, of pieces being two-sided - so that pieces have to return where they have started from, after being flipped at the opposite side of the board.