The gameboard for this game consists of thirty spaces, known as "houses," arranged in three rows. Pieces that land in house twenty-seven must go back to the beginning. Each turn, players roll four sticks with one rounded and one flat side, and move either a lion or a jackal piece a certain number of
The gameboard for this game consists of thirty spaces, known as "houses," arranged in three rows. Pieces that land in house twenty-seven must go back to the beginning. Each turn, players roll four sticks with one rounded and one flat side, and move either a lion or a jackal piece a certain number of squares. For 10 points, name this ancestor of backgammon played by both commoners and pharaohs in ancient Egypt.
The gameboard for this game consists of thirty spaces, known as "houses," arranged in three rows.
{senet} [or {senat}; or {s'ent}]