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Royal-er Game of Ur
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Royal-er Game of Ur

Designed by Daniel Solis

Published by Luchacabra

Casual Flow: 15 Min Teach

Players

2-8

Community Snapshot

Medium-Light complexity
~1 min
5.7 on BGG (9)

Categories

Abstract Strategy
Pure strategy with no hidden information or luck — think Chess or Go.
Dice
Dice rolling is a core mechanism — outcomes depend partly on luck.
Racing
Be the first to the finish — speed, risk, and route choices.

Since 2006, Royal-er Game of Ur has captivated fans of roll / spin and move with its medium-light complexity design.

How It Plays

Roll / Spin and Move

Roll the dice (or spin a wheel) and move that many spaces — a classic way to race around a board.

About This Game

This is an abstract strategy game played with dice and a chess board. You are trying to move your dice across the chess board (in a fixed zig-zag pattern) before your opponent has move their dice across the board in the opposite pattern. The twist comes that after you have rolled and moved a die (which can be your own OR an opponents), it is placed on the board with the rolled number up, and if you land on a die, you move again based on the number showing, but forwards if it is your opponents die, but backwards if your own.…

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Play Time

1 min

Complexity

1.7 / 5

Rating

5.7

Year

2006