Senet - Ancient Egyptian board game | rules | history | strategy

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Deeply meaningful to the ancient Egyptian way of life, Senet (or the Game of 30 Squares) helps guide your soul through the underworld to safely arrive at the afterlife. Learn the rules, explore the game’s fascinating history, and learn winning strategies so you too can serve aboard Ra’s solar ship! Free Senet board PDF: www.thegamingbench.com/senet Senet build video: https://youtu.be/0NfOqrAeFv4 PHOTO CREDITS Mehen CC BY 3.0 Game of the Snake" (Mehen) with gamestones; Limestone; Early Dynastic Period (ca. 3.000 BC) Egyptian Museum of Berlin Faience senet board and playing pieces inscribed with the name of Amunhotep III. Reportedly from Thebes, and possibly from his tomb. CC-BY 2.5 Keith Schengili-Roberts King Tutankhamun Senet board CC BY-SA 4.0 Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt. لا روسا https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:%D9%84%D8%A7_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7&action=edit&redlink=1 (flipped image) King Tutankhamun burial mask CC BY-SA 2.0 Mark Fischer https://www.flickr.com/people/80854685@N08 Irving Finkel CC-BY-2.0 Ádám Szedlák https://www.flickr.com/photos/kelt/ Wooden Senet board CC BY-SA 3.0 Keith Schengili-Roberts Senet board CC BY-SA 4.0 Onceinawhile https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Onceinawhile Golden Ba CC BY-SA 4.0 Jl FilpoC https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jl_FilpoC Sarcophagus CC BY-SA 4.0 Mike Peel https://www.mikepeel.net/ Temple of Harthor CC BY-SA 4.0 Hamerani https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Hamerani&action=edit&redlink=1 MUSIC CREDITS Master of the Feast by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1400019 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ REFERENCES Publications • Parlett, David. Parlett’s History of Board Games. Echo Point Books & Media, 2018 • Livingstone, Ian. Board Games in 100 Moves. DK/Penguin Random House, 2019 • Donovan, Tristan. It’s All A Game. Atlantic Books, 2017 • Crist, Walter. (2020). Passing from the Middle to the New Kingdom: A Senet Board in the Rosicrucian Museum. The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 105. 030751331989628. 10.1177/0307513319896288. • Donlan, Christian. “Why did ancient Egypt spend 3000 years playing a game nobody else liked?” Eurogamer, 29 Oct. 2017, https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-06-01-why-did-ancient-egypt-spend-3000-years-playing-a-game-nobody-else-liked. • Bell, R.C. Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations, Dover Publications, 1979 • Bell, R.C. The Boardgame Book, The Knapp Press, 1979 • Kendall, Timothy. Passing Through the Netherworld. The Meaning and Play of Senet, an Ancient Egyptian Funerary Game. Kirk Game Company, 1978. Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ElHz-6tQ-o&t=198s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeLAfm1bx3U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yEPPdTpEp0 Websites https://www.thecollector.com/ancient-egyptian-inventions/ https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-06-01-why-did-ancient-egypt-spend-3000-years-playing-a-game-nobody-else-liked https://www.ancientgames.org/ https://egypttimetravel.com/ancient-egyptian-symbols/#:~:text=1%2D%20Ankh%20Symbol%20%E2%80%93%20Represents%20Life,Cycle%20of%20the%20Life%20%26%20Rebirth https://www.wikihow.com/Play-Senet https://otagomuseum.nz/athome/how-to-play-senet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senet http://www.gamecabinet.com/history/Senet.html https://www.science.org/content/article/original-board-game-death Timecodes 00:00 - Intro 00:25 - Board & pieces 01:00 - Rules 05:33 - History of Senet 11:40 - Different rule sets 17:58 - How to pronounce Senet 18:38 - Strategy 19:52 - Wrap up