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Senet is an ancient Egyptian game, of which 2 copies have been found in the tomb of Tuthanchamon. It was a royal game. The rules of the game have not been passed down, but they have been reconstructed. It is a tactical game and is played with chopsticks instead of a die. The game is made of wood and contains a storage compartment for the playing pieces, the rules and the sticks. The Senet game has formed the basis for today's backgammon. In Senet they try to get their own pieces off the board as quickly as possible. To this end, you throw four sticks, each of which has a white flat side and a round black side. 1 white side in the roll of 4 above means 1 step, 2 means 2 etc., with 0 white (so everything black you throw 6. Whoever throws 1, 4 or 6 may immediately throw again. If one lands on a piece of the other player, he hits that piece and places it on the spot from which the attacker came. However, if a player has two pieces next to each other, the other player may not capture these pieces (but over them, provided the throw is high enough). If a player forms a blockade of three pieces next to each other, the opponent may not even cross it. Finally, the board contains the "river", if your throw ends on the river, you have to go back to the middle of the board and someone is already there all the way back to the beginning, and there are some protected places.
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