Ur Game: The Game of Ancient Gods
Bartoš Studio · 2020 · Casual, PvP, Board Game, Tabletop, Strategy
PC
Positive92% · 24
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About Ur Game: The Game of Ancient Gods
Ur Game is a re-creation of The Royal Game of Ur, ancient game that is now older than 4500 years.
It originated in ancient mesopotamia and was spread in to the world.
Play as ancient god and express your anger or delight as you gain emotion points.
Play against AI or make use of local or online multiplayer.
The game was popular for more than 2400 years Looks simple, and players need to use strategy combined with luck to achieve goal.
It looks simple and short, but it's an action packed racing game.
It's a racing game, players need to get all of their stones to the finish while throwing special tetrahedral dice and moving their stones according to the value of the thrown dice. Player wins once all of his playpieces are in the finish. There are 5 rosette fields on the board (flower) , which grant another throw to the player who has landed a stone on it. One field can be occupied only by one stone at a time. Player needs to throw exact number to get to the finish.
In case there are no moves possible within the range of the thrown dice value, player wont move any stones and the opponent is on the move.
It originated in ancient mesopotamia and was spread in to the world.
Play as ancient god and express your anger or delight as you gain emotion points.
Play against AI or make use of local or online multiplayer.
The game was popular for more than 2400 years Looks simple, and players need to use strategy combined with luck to achieve goal.
It looks simple and short, but it's an action packed racing game.
It's a racing game, players need to get all of their stones to the finish while throwing special tetrahedral dice and moving their stones according to the value of the thrown dice. Player wins once all of his playpieces are in the finish. There are 5 rosette fields on the board (flower) , which grant another throw to the player who has landed a stone on it. One field can be occupied only by one stone at a time. Player needs to throw exact number to get to the finish.
In case there are no moves possible within the range of the thrown dice value, player wont move any stones and the opponent is on the move.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
This game is truly something special... Just close your eyes for a moment and you will picture being an ancient Sumerian plebeian who is squeezing in a quick and competitive game of Ur before casually sacrificing a few children to Baal.3 found this helpful
Fun implementation of The Royal Game of Ur. Auto-roll is nice. It would be nice if there was a mode to automatically play if there's only one move.3 found this helpful
A fun old old game1 found this helpful
There are games you play for fun, games you play for mastery, games you play to keep your brain at its peak and then there are games you play out of respect. The Royal Game of Ur on Steam belongs firmly in the last category — and if you truly call yourself a board gamer, dice gamer, or lover of tabletop history, then owning Ur in some form isn’t optional. It’s a rite of passage. An act of homage to the ancestors who sat around fires and palace floors, rolling dice and racing tokens more than 4,500 years ago, in beautiful lapis lazuli boards. This Steam version doesn’t just digitally adapt a game — it preserves a legacy. The Royal Game of Ur was discovered in the 1920s by archaeologist Sir Leonard Woolley during excavations at the Royal Cemetery of Ur, in modern-day Iraq. Among the treasures of ancient Mesopotamia were beautifully inlaid boards — shells, lapis lazuli, and geometric designs — clearly marked with a path and rosette symbols. For decades, the rules were a mystery. Then came the breakthrough: a Babylonian clay tablet, deciphered in the 1980s by scholar Irving Finkel, which described gameplay, movement, and even omens associated with the board. Suddenly, humanity didn’…
It's a nice game that I like to play from time to time when I just want to chill... would love to see more cosmetics or more Steam achievements for it.
Good for a few minutes. I wish there was more to it though. Single player experience is not so great. This is definitely a cool, functional conversion though. I wouldn't recommend it unless on heavy sale.
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