Uräus

Uräus is an ancient Egyptian dice game, aim of the game is to bring one’s 3 pieces to the tail end of the snake, starting from the head. In analogy to the ancient game this variant also uses 5 special squares only. One rolls the die and moves a stone or enters a stone into the game. One can turn a stone and thus move backwards, one may jump over stones from the back and also turn on the stone. One can occupy stones, the bottom one cannot move, or one can defeat stones, but only from the front and with the last step of a move.

Position game * 2-4 players from age 7 * Designer: Alexander Renz * Germany, 1993 *** Pharao Spiele