The Royal game of Ur is played on an unusually shaped board. It is a very different shape compared to other board designs, the board has a four by three squares which is joined by two squares which acts like a bridge which connects to a two by three squares.
No one knows the right way how the game is meant to be played but there have been three suggestions by games historians as to which path the counters should take around the board. All three say that players enter the board by using the outer row on the fourth square from the left going left. One player enters on the top row and the other player enters on the lower row. When a players counter reaches one of the corners, it moves to the middle row and travels along to reach the other side of the board.
British Museum. (). Royal Game of Ur. [Available online]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Game_of_Ur.
[Accessed 6th March 2015]
British Museum. (). The Rules of the Royal Game of Ur. [Available online]: http://www.mastersgames.com/rules/royal-ur-rules.htm.
[Accessed 6th March 2015]
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