two players each begin with seven tokens in their homeand the first player to move all seven to the goal is the winner players take turns throwing four dice these dice are four-pointed pyramid shapes called tetrahedrons each die has two marked pointsgiving an even chance that the dice come up marked or unmarked instead of diceour game uses coins whose heads act as the marked point the player can move token one space for each marked point that comes up this means they can move single token between zero and four spacesthough they're most likely to roll two spaces the tokens travel along the path indicated in figure - only one token may exist on space at time if token lands on an opponent' token while in the shared middle paththe opponent' token is sent back home if token lands on the middle flower squareit is safe from being landed on if token lands on any of the other four flower tilesthe player gets to roll again our game will represent the tokens with the letters and home home goal goal figure - the path each player' token takes from their home to their goal video featuring youtuber tom scott and british museum curator irving finkel discussing the royal game of ur can be found at www youtube com/watch? =wzskjlq royal game of ur