It maybe the world's oldest boardgame before chess, but it didn't have the popularity with only a few people knowing about it. I used to play Senet online, but the rules can be hard to understand until this video explains it well.
Honestly it's really not that hard to understand in my own personal opinion. it has elements similar to the game "Sorry" but also the game "Parchisi". A relatively simple board game for sure. It was amazing to see some of the basic concepts represented in other modern board games that I have played before!
The rules aren't actually known to senet, they were made up in modern time so you're not really playing the worlds oldest. If you want the worlds actual oldest Royal Game of Ur is much better and more fun to play.
@@alixx_legenddark_xx2819 Senet and Ur have roughly the same age, as both were played by egyptian royalty (although Senet was more popular). But both Senet and Ur rules set are still being debated, and what historians and ludologists managed to recreate is a rough understanding of the actual rules for both games. Ur managed to have more documents surviving depicting how it is played than Senet, but nobody actually knows how Senet and Ur were, in fact, played, since boardgames from the era had varying rules depending on the region they were being played - Houserules confusing the eff outta us since 3000 a.c lol
I have a set and play nearly the same way. I didn't realize the "no bearing off if you have a piece in the first row" was a thing. Will have to look at my rulebook again. Okay - just checked my rules. Sure enough, both the bearing off rule AND the point counting (1 and 3) bit are there. Also found the answer to a question I had for years: If I roll a 1 4 or 6 and can't move, do I roll again? "If no move is possible in either direction, then the turn of the player ends." Looks like he does his homework well, folks! I love learning games quickly via these vids. Cheers dude!
It'd be super cool if you did an instructionary video on the Hnefatafl varient called "Tablut" (the only extant variant that has been fully documented). I've experimented with it quite a bit in Tabletop Simulator and it's actually quite a fun game. It was a popular game amongst the Norse Vikings and was played on a Chess-like board (9x9 rather than 8x8) with an asymmetrical amount of pieces (and asymmetrical goals) for either side at a ratio of 2:1. The goal of the defenders was to get their king (starting in the middle of the board) to the edge of the board while the goal of the attackers was to capture the enemy king. There's some other rules, but they can be easily found on the game's wikipedia page or elsewhere. All in all its quite a simple, yet cool, strategy game that I think would fit well on this channel. Love your videos!
I played this at a ren faire a few years ago, it's fun. Had no idea you could sub in a d6 for the dice-sticks, though... although, that _does_ change the odds of rolling a given number. On a d6 (treated as a d5 since the 5-pip face is unused), you have equal odds (20%, or 16% if rolling a 5 is treated as lose-a-turn as a houserule) of rolling any of the numbers. With the sticks, it's binary logic with 16 possibilities in all: 4/16 of a 1, 6/16 of a 2, 4/16 of a 3, 1/16 of a 4, 1/16 of a 6. To keep the odds of each roll the same, I'd sub in four coins instead... but it's still not a good substitute since coins are a straight 50/50, while the sticks are shaped in a way that they "prefer" to land facing up (more rotational angles resolve to up than down).
I'm guessing it has to do with the way the sticks work or fall. They're rounded on one side and it seems it'd be easier to land on that side compared to all on the flat side. A larger percent of the perimeter is curved, so it's more likely to fall in that direction and stay that way. Since landing all on the flat side is less likely, it jumps from 4 to 6.
Actually, you can't substitute the 4 d2 for a single d6 ignoring 5 without affecting the relative frequencies of the different possible throws. This is because not all outcomes have the same probability. 1 and 4 have a lower probability to occur compared to 2 for example
I would just like to say... this video is very inaccurate. Errors include - from several sources e.g. BoardGameArena, 1. All round faces gives a 5, not a 6 2. If your piece is in the house of waters or space 27, you may either try to throw 4 to bear it off OR return it to the house of rebirth, attacking an enemy piece in there 3. Pieces MUST stop in the house of judgement/happiness, space 26, before moving on 4. The final 4 spaces aren't just not safe, but your pieces cannot even protect each other there 5. On space 28, you must throw a 3 to bear the piece off; similar deal with space 29 and throwing a 2 6. You can't transfer extra moves after bearing a piece, and even if you could, the only space you can do so would be from the final space. Lastly, it's likely better to play using 4 coins rather than a dice without sticks. The game relies on weighted rolls, such as 2s being 6 times more likely than 4s And don't get me wrong; this is probably the only inaccurate video on the channel and idk if the rulebook in this specific set had different rules or anything
Any Egyptian movie would have it as well, I saw the Mummies animation and it was featured, a young adult princess beat a young kid (who happen to be her future brother-in-law) in senet.
It maybe the world's oldest boardgame before chess, but it didn't have the popularity with only a few people knowing about it.
I used to play Senet online, but the rules can be hard to understand until this video explains it well.
Honestly it's really not that hard to understand in my own personal opinion. it has elements similar to the game "Sorry" but also the game "Parchisi". A relatively simple board game for sure. It was amazing to see some of the basic concepts represented in other modern board games that I have played before!
The rules aren't actually known to senet, they were made up in modern time so you're not really playing the worlds oldest. If you want the worlds actual oldest Royal Game of Ur is much better and more fun to play.
I thought the royal game of Ur was the oldest?
@@alixx_legenddark_xx2819 Senet and Ur have roughly the same age, as both were played by egyptian royalty (although Senet was more popular). But both Senet and Ur rules set are still being debated, and what historians and ludologists managed to recreate is a rough understanding of the actual rules for both games. Ur managed to have more documents surviving depicting how it is played than Senet, but nobody actually knows how Senet and Ur were, in fact, played, since boardgames from the era had varying rules depending on the region they were being played - Houserules confusing the eff outta us since 3000 a.c lol
@@itsjonesh Tf is a ludologist?
I have a set and play nearly the same way. I didn't realize the "no bearing off if you have a piece in the first row" was a thing. Will have to look at my rulebook again.
Okay - just checked my rules. Sure enough, both the bearing off rule AND the point counting (1 and 3) bit are there.
Also found the answer to a question I had for years: If I roll a 1 4 or 6 and can't move, do I roll again?
"If no move is possible in either direction, then the turn of the player ends."
Looks like he does his homework well, folks! I love learning games quickly via these vids. Cheers dude!
Egypcian kid: "can we have backgammon?"
Egypcian mom: "we have backgammon at home"
Backgammon at home:
Atleast it's good
its better
Very clear explanation of an ancient game. King Tut would be pleased with you.
I had to do a project about this game in middle school. This would have been very helpful.
Same, but for me, just two years ago
It reminds me of backgammon, only with one path that all pieces follow, and adjoining spaces protecting each other instead of stacking.
Imagine playing it with the set found in King Tut's tomb.
“Return the game! Or suffer my curse…”
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Tut: "Aight, bet."
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This is actually quite a good game.
Very simple too.
I think there are games that are similar but went overboard with the board design.
It'd be super cool if you did an instructionary video on the Hnefatafl varient called "Tablut" (the only extant variant that has been fully documented). I've experimented with it quite a bit in Tabletop Simulator and it's actually quite a fun game. It was a popular game amongst the Norse Vikings and was played on a Chess-like board (9x9 rather than 8x8) with an asymmetrical amount of pieces (and asymmetrical goals) for either side at a ratio of 2:1. The goal of the defenders was to get their king (starting in the middle of the board) to the edge of the board while the goal of the attackers was to capture the enemy king. There's some other rules, but they can be easily found on the game's wikipedia page or elsewhere. All in all its quite a simple, yet cool, strategy game that I think would fit well on this channel. Love your videos!
Ah, ancient board game
Long before chess came into existence, but chess became popular worldwide.
i've always wondered how to play senet.. it feels awfully similar to Ur
I played this at a ren faire a few years ago, it's fun. Had no idea you could sub in a d6 for the dice-sticks, though... although, that _does_ change the odds of rolling a given number. On a d6 (treated as a d5 since the 5-pip face is unused), you have equal odds (20%, or 16% if rolling a 5 is treated as lose-a-turn as a houserule) of rolling any of the numbers. With the sticks, it's binary logic with 16 possibilities in all: 4/16 of a 1, 6/16 of a 2, 4/16 of a 3, 1/16 of a 4, 1/16 of a 6. To keep the odds of each roll the same, I'd sub in four coins instead... but it's still not a good substitute since coins are a straight 50/50, while the sticks are shaped in a way that they "prefer" to land facing up (more rotational angles resolve to up than down).
I remember that my brother's box set for the TV series "Lost" came with a Senet board/pieces. I guess we can finally play it 😂
Its like ancient "sorry" game more like "my apologies the Great god ra"
Old board games like these inspired board games that exist within the universe of my DnD campaign
"Two sided dice sticks"
Holy Thoth, How old is this game?! xD
Way older than chess.
Yeah, I can tell. xD@@arrowghost
Nice to see you do more ancient board games, I wonder if you'll do the variations as well or just do the rules as written with the sets you get
I suppose this is quite an old game.... it looks really funny
Why do you skip 5? That seems like a weird choice.
I'm guessing it has to do with the way the sticks work or fall. They're rounded on one side and it seems it'd be easier to land on that side compared to all on the flat side. A larger percent of the perimeter is curved, so it's more likely to fall in that direction and stay that way. Since landing all on the flat side is less likely, it jumps from 4 to 6.
Do a video for the Royal Game of Ür, please.
The object of the game never gets old
I'm still waiting for a new game to be learned by you, JIm.
Actually, you can't substitute the 4 d2 for a single d6 ignoring 5 without affecting the relative frequencies of the different possible throws. This is because not all outcomes have the same probability. 1 and 4 have a lower probability to occur compared to 2 for example
Sooo interestinggggg!!!
Keep in mind that this is a reconstruction based on conjecture. No one really knows exactly how it was actually played.
i had to play this for a church event, it was confusing but fun
The rules are the same as check except for these changes
We can only guess at how Ancient Egyptians played it. This is the equivalent of teachers in Bob's Burgers using Burobu cards.
seems like an ancestor of backgammon
there is a term that reminds me of taking of a checker after all 15 have moved to the home board in backgammon
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Aye! The ancient egyptian game! :D
I would just like to say... this video is very inaccurate.
Errors include - from several sources e.g. BoardGameArena,
1. All round faces gives a 5, not a 6
2. If your piece is in the house of waters or space 27, you may either try to throw 4 to bear it off OR return it to the house of rebirth, attacking an enemy piece in there
3. Pieces MUST stop in the house of judgement/happiness, space 26, before moving on
4. The final 4 spaces aren't just not safe, but your pieces cannot even protect each other there
5. On space 28, you must throw a 3 to bear the piece off; similar deal with space 29 and throwing a 2
6. You can't transfer extra moves after bearing a piece, and even if you could, the only space you can do so would be from the final space.
Lastly, it's likely better to play using 4 coins rather than a dice without sticks. The game relies on weighted rolls, such as 2s being 6 times more likely than 4s
And don't get me wrong; this is probably the only inaccurate video on the channel and idk if the rulebook in this specific set had different rules or anything
Would love to see UNO No Mercy on here.
Have you considered doing dragon chess from D&D?
Day One of asking for The Campaign For North Africa.
Don't worry, I expect to stick around for a while
Make a vid about uno no mercy
it's possible to have only one turn for the with that 1,4,6 rule isn't it?
you've done other major languages, but for tamil people, even though they and me know the english language, some people don"t.
Senet as in the game portrayed in house of anubis???
Is this the game from the Ten Commandments movie?
Any Egyptian movie would have it as well, I saw the Mummies animation and it was featured, a young adult princess beat a young kid (who happen to be her future brother-in-law) in senet.
Apparently they played this in Greece it was called senate.
How to play payday please (Payday is a board game from the makers of Monopoly)
I can’t believe they made candy land thousand of years ago
No, all four color(non-black) sides down is five, no six.
So Old-School Snake n Ladders.
could you please do it for my sake?
Poker hand please
And many poker type
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Huh. These rules to Scene-It look a lot different than I remember....
remember not to cheat to not anger the gods
You can you play ono 99 is uno
Day 1
Do hoard the hams when it releases
Levels of checkerboard games
Checkers: beginner
Senet: regular
Chess: master
Thanks, now i can gamble with a moon godess so u can birth my 5 children.
How to play Ur Game when?
It's similar than the backgammon
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Dumb Ways to Die the card game have been released, wanna try that out for us?
I just wish the board had better , more authentic decorations
I thought Senet rules were lost in time.Glad they’re not
I just use ancient Egyptian rules
Senet ❌
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Weird rules man
Starting up a Senet pro league. Who's in?
This is the game that gave us 5 extra days…
FUN FACT: A video of "How to play Chess" is on recommended in a Dhar Mann video
Its 'Senet' not 'Siiinet'. Why do you guys always 'read' the alphabet instead of pronunciating them?
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Weird, that's never how I played Scene It
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I am the senet.
i haven’t senet
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