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Ancient Egyptian Games, adapted to tell the story of Ra's nightly…
Ancient Egyptian Games
Senet
Two player race game, the objective is to get your 5 or 7 pieces past the other end of the 30 square game board
Most popular Egyptian game, played by both the rich and poor
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Initially the game was purely secular, but by the New Kingdom, Egyptian culture and beliefs influenced the game over time so that it developed a story
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seen as having the ability to facilitate the free migration of the ba through the necropolis and the idea of death and spiritual regeneration
considered to be a conduit of communication, the living and the dead were said to play the game together - became a "ritual"
Has features like pawns, that make it similar to chess
believed that Thoth played this game with Khonsu to win the right for Nut, the sky goddess, to have children by extending the year by 5 days
Mehen
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The object is to move your counters around the snake towards the head, and on the way back your lion counter can "eat" any of your opponent's counters
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Hounds and Jackals
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pegs made of expensive materials like ivory, silver and gold, but could also be made of wood
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adapted to tell the story of Ra's nightly struggles with traversing the underworld, facing dangerous obstacles
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