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Game Exploration Worksheet Course GAM-21 Time 1 hour or more Student Alex Rodgers Date 3/24/18 Game Name The Royal Game of Ur Place of Origin Mesopotamia (Modern day Iraq) Date of Origin Before 2400 BC Inventor or Publisher If Known Mesopotamians (No specific Inventor) Use complete sentences, with professional-quality writing for each section below. In several sentences, describe how you played this game 1 ☐ Analog ☒ Browser ☐ Computer ☐ Console ☐ Mobile I played the game on Kongregate.com on my computer. I played with my friend and we used 2 d4 as our dice, as indicated by the game. I then played on a different website where I was able to play against a computer. In both instances I used the same strategy and came out the winner. From your own research, what is the history of this game? Who played it and when was it popular? The Royal Game of Ur was created sometime between 2600 and 2400 BC. The game was discovered by Leonard Woolley in the 1920s while he was exploring in the ancient city of Ur. The game board has been found spread all over Egypt and India. Some believe that due to the symbols inscribed on the game board, that this game could have been used as a fortune teller like device that would foresee the fate of the players. …CONTINUED ON BACK OF PAGE 1 Tell whether you played with other people, whether you had a computer opponent, simulated gameplay by playing multiple opponents yourself. Some computer implementations of games are better than others – what was the quality of your experience? GAM-21: History of Video Games Professor John Coverdale

Describe basic gameplay mechanics (i.e. how the game is played, but a complete explanation of rules is NOT required) The Royal Game of Ur is a racing game. The game is typically played with 4 different types of “dice” that have 2 possible outcomes. Depending on what is rolled, you can move one of your tokens a number of spaces. It is also possible to roll a 0, skipping your turn. There are also little flower symbols that are “safe spaces” and additionally allow you to take another turn. The goal of the game is to get all 7 of your pieces off the track. Describe the gameplay aesthetics (i.e. what is the appeal of the game, what feelings would it create for players?) The Royal Game of Ur is a racing game that can be very competitive. The ability to send your opponents pieces gives a sense of importance to each of your moves, and therefore makes the game very strategic. Players must decide whether to bring out new pieces, capture an opponents piece, or get to a safe spot and stay there each turn. What mixture of luck and strategy does this game employ? This game has a luck element in that each turn is dictated by a dice roll or coin flip. The strategy element comes with the decisions of whether to advance pieces, attack pieces, or stay in safe zones. What board games (ancient or modern) are similar to The Royal Game Of Ur? Describe the similarities. This game is very similar to the game Senet in terms of racing and the ability to capture other pieces. Other modern games that have these same mechanics are games like Sorry! And Parcheesi. In your opinion, what does this game have to do with modern computer games? Most modern games have some type of RNG in them. These games typically use luck to add fairness to the game, so that a lesser player still has a chance against a greater player. However, in The Royal Game of Ur having a good strategy going into the game gives the player a better edge. The same can be said with most modern competitive video games. Sources you used 2 (3 or more sources – Give specific, working links for any Internet sources) 1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/worldhistory/royal_game_of_ur/ 2. https://www.mastersofgames.com/cat/board/ur.htm 3. http://www.gamecabinet.com/history/Ur.html Submit this file as a Microsoft Word document, or a PDF document (Adobe Acrobat format) 2 Complete sentences NOT required your citations. For this assignment you may use Wikipedia, but you must have at least two other reliable sources. Links should be click-able. GAM-21: History of Video Games Professor John Coverdale

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