Researchers have proposed a possible set of rules for an ancient board game that dates back more than 4,000 years ago, ranking as one of the oldest in the world. A paper accepted for publication in ...

The Royal Game of Ur is a 5000-year old Mesopotamian strategy board game which is wonderfully easy to learn. Download free for iPad the high-quality reconstruction of a game board from 2600 B.C., ...

For the first installment of our Ancient Games series, we're tackling the Royal Game of Ur from Mesopotamia! This is one of the oldest games in history, and the oldest one where we actually have a ...

Humans have entertained themselves with board games for thousands of years. Some, like chess and go, continue to be played ...