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We tend to use the rule where the king have to reach any space around the edge but I think that only works because we use a 9x9 board, you would think that would make it easy for the king to win, especially since we also need the king to be surrounded by 4 pieces (or 3 pieces and a no move square like the throne) and we still have an about even outcome. The larger the board, the harder you need to make it for the defenders to win to balance things. I read that with an 11x11 board and using the Copenhagen rules the king have just below 60% chance of winning. I seen but never played a 16x16 board, that must be a nightmare for the attackers. Anyways, it is a fun game since it is one of those games that are very easy to learn but hard to master. It is also easy to make your own board and bring it when travelling and playing is a lot faster then chess. I bought my copy at the Wisby Museum in Gotland. I think you missed one important rule though: If it is your turn and you can't move any piece you lost. That doesn't happen often but it does happen (at least to the defenders, I am not so sure it could happen to the attacker).

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Your playing board has a dragon-like creature on the sides. I have seen a similar drawing/carving before, and wonder if you have a source of inspiration. If yes, would you share where you found it?

Ancient Egyptians symbolized 5 as universe where the gods live eternally because the pentagonal five pointed star aptly symbolizes the belief that the king, after his death, becomes a star. Therefore rolling a 5 symbolizes winning the game and is NOT used. This was done intentionally to prevent lay off with a roll of 6 (or 5 since it is not used) when automatically stopped on square 26. Therefore to get a piece off the board from square 26 you need to roll twice. A roll of 1 is water trap, 2, 3, 4 are prep for godhood, 5 is not possible, and 6 brings you to the edge then backwards and is shows what is lucky in life can be unlucky in reaching godhood. The path to godhood from mummification on square 26 is not 1 easy step.

Shuffleboard with coins, got it

Ha'Penny is pronounced "Hay penny" and even that is shortened to "Haypny". Similar to how "Two Pence" is "Tuppence" . Good to see Americans interested in old English stuff.

I the situation where a player rolled a "2" which would have landed him on the other players safe zone. In that situation could he you have just brought another stone on to the board or do you just lose your turn ? And why cant you do that?

Great video. I love that you talk about the fact that it is a reconstructed game, that variations are OK and actually make the game even more fun and versatile :)

Do you think it's like Jumanji?

Your videos are so practical and educational, thank you very much for creating such great content for the public!

I feel like the other squares also have a lot of meaning and rules to them that we don't fully understand. It would make more sense for each player to start at the very beginning of the board instead of having all pieces already on the board to begin with. For instance, there was a "Netting" square that was right after the House Of Rebirth, that might be something like if you go there, you lose a turn or you go back to the beginning of the table. I don't believe there were extra turns if you roll a 1, 4, or all black. The all black should be 0 and a loss of turns. I love that since we don't fully know the rules, that we can all improvise and make things pretty interesting while playing. You could also play without blockades and without any spaces being "safe." Also what if when someone is occupied on a square, but the original rules might've been you can't land on the same square as an opponent at all.. meaning you can't switch the pawns around, but you lose a turn. See how many variations are possible? lol

The reason for the dices instead of flat discs (coins) is the ease of pickup. Simple as that.

Thanks Raven. I did need to understand the origins of the game of Casino Craps.

Recently made a copy of this game and played it with my grandson (11). Looking forward to trying out the different versions. Out of interest, have you heard of the little known Ancient Palace Of Knossos game based on an artifact they dug up that looked to be a game? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knossos_board_game (I made my own board version in Windows Word using pics of ancient Greek tiles). It contains elements from UR being that it is a race game but I find it more involved and also love it, because it is from my home country.

Very informative. Thank you!

Much more popular than the games of Um and Huh?

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just saw this at Hampton Court on the UK. got my self a board - great explanation

Thank you for this enjoyable and informative video. As a 70-year-old Londoner, I have played this game many times in the pubs of my youth, but I still learned a lot from your video which is full of useful tips.

Okay. I was right. No one has addressed this. If you roll more than you need to reach an opponent, can you knock the opponent off and keep going? Or do you have to roll exactly the amount to land on the opponent and knock him off? My wife and I just played where you could go through opponent's pieces, knocking them off as you go. Was that wrong?

If you land on the house of water Square and the house of rebirth is occupied, what do you do?

The king can only be captured what's 4 surrounding attackers three if it's at the edge. Two spaces cannot capture a king

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no you have to add a nother one

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Love this channel. I’d love to see new videos! You should check out the mysterious game Luibo.

This is awesome. I wrote about discussing the history of yard games from around the world. I can't wait to learn more about ancient games from you.

Boards were lubricated with arrowroot powder, or some other talcum type powder as arrowroot isnt common these days

I love your tutorial. But I need to clarify something in the rules you provided; if 28 -30 are "safe" if player 1 is on those spaces and just waiting to roll a 1,2, or 3... and player 2 gets to 26, player 2 just has to wait for player 1 to win in effect since they can not stomp square 28,29,or 30? Or am I missing something. Thanks for the amazing tutorial though. Love the game

Another great addition to our homeschool unit. Thanks so much for sharing!

it is called shax in somali. it is originally from somalia and somali people. people are mistaken with chess which originally from india. you can google it if you want.

Love the enthusiasm but hilarious pronunciation of 'Shove Ha'penny'.

I love those dice. It's there a tutorial on how you made them?

I'm guessing the path length of 16 is mostly likely to be correct, based on a couple of things. The similar game boards found in India were straightened to that length, and it makes the rosette safe squares come out spaced more regularly, every four squares from one end to the other.

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No disrespect intended, but you are pronouncing the name wrong. In English it is pronounced as 'Shove Ape-knee'

Perfect for our homeschool unit. Thanks for sharing!

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facinatingly simple gameplay😮need to use this with newer games somewhere🤨🤔

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In Hastings there’s a regional tradition where all the spectators shout ‘seagull’ when you get three in a bed. There are a number of reasons given for this, some of which (and maybe all) are true. Firstly, a number 3 tipped on its side looks a bit like a seagull in flight. Secondly, in some coastal areas, the lines were referred to as ‘albatrabes’, which is an old name for an albatross. In a day and age where albatrosses are now a rare sight around British coasts they use the name of the much more common seagull. Thirdly, in some coastal towns there is a belief that the best type of wood to make the boards from is drift-wood, and the more seagull droppings on it the better as some believe it changes the quality of the wood and makes it perfect for the game. In my home county of Dorset, shove ha’ penny boards were traditionally (although by no means exclusively) made from slate treated with arrowroot power or French chalk to make it more slippery. There is also a Dorset variant played on a much longer board which, instead of parallel lines, has a square at the far end divided into four smaller squares with a central circle, and hemispheres around the edge. There is a good example of the Dorset long-board in the Red Lion public house in Swanage. I once read (and I don’t know if this is actually true) that early forms of the game were played directly on a pub table which was usually made from wooden planks fastened together to make the table top, creating convenient lines to form the beds.

reading a script! haha thanks for the information

Great video, I recently got into historical gaming and loving it. On a side note your link for boards and lay outs is missing the standard lay out for the 11x11 board.

We play a variant where every piece goes on every square. Starting in the middle (like the red line on 9.10) one going clockwise and one going anti clockwise, both finishing the home run down the centre makes for much more fun. The family prefer a 4 sided dice (a rectangular piece of wood similar size to 3 dice stuck together and numbered 1-4) I made some of the pyramid shape dice out of self drying clay.

It really warms my heart to know that gamers have been house ruling according to their tastes for at least five thousand years. That makes me feel better about demanding Free Parking always pay out fees in Monopoly.

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Thanks ☺️ a question: a Blue piece moves on the edge in between a corner square and a Black, can another black piece capture the Blue by moving and blocking the Blue from 3 sides?

*White Wolf flashbacks* Winning against the computer is not easy