Board Game Invented 3500 BCE. How To Play Senet?
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Playing a board game to pass the time and spend some quality time together with your loved ones isn’t a thing of modern times, thousands of years ago people were playing games together for various reasons I’m sure.
The oldest Senet boards that have been discovered date from pre-dynastic times and it was a popular game that was played in ancient Egypt for over 3000 years, although around 400 BCE it lost its popularity and there’s no evidence of Senet being played after this time.
Senet wasn’t played just by the Royals, of course the most beautiful boards were discovered in the tombs of the Royals, but the layout of the game was found everywhere.
For instance, the Senet squares and symbols were discovered at the top of the high stone walls from Temples, tombs and other structures, most likely carved by the mason workers who would play the game during their breaks.
The Senet board followed the same format, no matter who it was owned by, royalty nobles or workmen.
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Hi, are you from EGYPT 😇?
I am not haha, i am from the Netherlands
@@HistoryWithKayleigh Great, Netherlands is my one of best place for me, I have gone there, VERY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. I called that country "Holland" & I am from INDIA.😇
@@HistoryWithKayleigh Hope you are a Cristian, right? ✝
😱 missed you by seconds Just watching😁👍💕
To echo several others, there are plenty of makers out there who should be able to handle custom Senet boards for you -- kudos on creative thinking in merch! Also, ICYMI, the Romans used 20-sided polyhedral dice...no one really knows what they used them for, but the idea of Romans playing D&D is too good an idea to not think about....
Here's the catch: You played it with beer, and actually had to get up, put your armour and sword on and head off while the boys laughed at your misfortune.
The Romans called D&D, M.
@@teemusid 500 and 500...
I was thinking of making one for Kayleigh
@@LeGridStudios Just buy her a drink, and make her laugh. Actually, this fine lady is growing on me.
New rules: If you send your opponent's dancer back they have to drink a shot. Or if you land on a carved square you must drink a shot. Very quickly you or your opponent will have forgotten the rules and a fist-fight will likely develop (like every game of monopoly I've ever played). Thanks for the great vid Kayleigh! Dave J
One of the best replies for ANY video I've watched recently!!
Haha 😂
@@J0hnnieP You are too kind, sir!
I would guess, to be period authentic, the choice of drink would be millet beer.
@@DTavona too bad I'm allergic to beer 😭
The inventor of this game is the best marketeer ever. Buy my game, and if you win a round, you're assured of a pleasant afterlife. 😄 Rules wise it feels like a mix between "Ganzenbord" and "Mens erger je niet" (don't know the english names). It seems more fun than either of those though!
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Nice to see a smaller educational channel popping up on my feed, i hope the algorithm continues to be on your side.
Thank you, that's very kind of you 🙂
Fascinating video, Kayleigh. I want to have a go now!
Haha better get yourself a board then 😉
Thank you Matt🤗
I reckon I could FDM and Resin print an epic board! Sounds like a project when I got some spare time!
The game 😉
As a young man in 1979, I had the chance to go to Seattle Center for the King Tut Exhibit. THey had the Gold Mask and all the Grave Goods found in the tomb that could be transportable for a traveling Exhibit. The had the game of Hounds and Hares..??? or Senet, ? in one room, and I always wondered how the Ancient Egyptian Royalty, played the game. Thanks, RH DSD
Pretty accurate gameplay. The reason why there are 4 sticks and 4 challenge squares before the end square is the slowdown to dramatic end. Senet is part classic race game with PopoMatic bubble and Monopoly or African star like challenge squares. Very interesting game when was allowed by gods. Good you have rules where start is right. The 10 or 14 playable piece means you start either 11th or 15th slot. Then move around the board similar as popmatic race. Everyone starts same place so there is no difference which tokens you choose. Tokens are visible on board just to track progress of game. Start game from rebirth and river brings you back to rebirth.
You can almost hear them saying: I want the thimble this time, you play it every time. Thanks K, stop in for a quick game anytime…
Haha 😂 i wanna be a conee
I downloaded the SENET game app about 45 minutes ago. I chose one player mode and my competitor I named Hepshet. I started out fine and then slipped up a few times because Hepshet was trying to outsmart me. I regained my confidence and ultimately defeated that b-otch.
Glad you brought up this topic of ancient games
As soon as I saw "how to play senet" i had to watch this. Kind of obsessed with that game...and I am none the wiser. Thing is, i am really crap at board games and get my ass handed to me on a plate every time. Monopoly, snakes n ladders...you name it...i'm rubbish. Really cool to know your are coming to the UK...K....we rock over here, and we looove the Dutch...peace to ya.
Haha thanks!!
@@HistoryWithKayleigh 👍
I'm the same way. Everyone kicks my A$$, but the challenge is always fun, and the get together with family and friends is worth it.
Senet is like a more primitive game of batgamin. I remember the movie 10 Commandments with Charlton Heston as Moses. Princess Nefrititi played Senet with Pharaoh Seti, complaining that he always cheated. 😆🇺🇸
Very enjoyable and great overview of Senet. Never heard of it before but like the strategy and the concept the winner becomes spiritually empowered. I did play GO quite some time ago. Loved it and got reasonably proficient at it. From my perspective it is the greatest strategy game of all. I know it derives from ancient Japan but not how this came about. If you ever get in the mood for doing a similar history video of GO I will be very grateful.
What this shows, from an engineer point of view, is the human need to generate unbiased source of random data - stick dice. Unbiased data still challenges researchers.
I have been keeping my eye out for you Cat Man.....only reply to cool people and you are one of those....why are you not on Ancient Sites ??? 😉
@@dazuk1969
Thanks for the compliment, but real credit goes to Kayleigh, Matt, and Irena who put together quality videos and not a bunch of stupid lies about our past. I actually do watch Ancient Sites, and I posted a couple comments on her newest message from Turkey. Check it out if you can.
Thanks Again
ALL THE BEST TO YOU and KAYLEIGH😁
Had Senet on an old windows 98 machine, wish I still had the game, loved it.
Me n Tut used to play that game for hours every Saturday!!!!!!
Haha 🤣
Yes, I would like a 'History with Kayleigh Senet gameboard'. 😉
Awesome! I'm looking into it, it will take a while tho 😂
Find a finish woodworker (not necessarily a Finnish woodworker) with a Lazer cnc rig. Should be rather easy for them.
Hahahaha 😂
@@HistoryWithKayleigh Looking forward to this game becoming part of your merch! Great explanation on the gameplay. The Senet dice sticks resemble the Yut sticks in the 2,000 year old Korean game of Yut Nori.
Thank you!! 🤗
Fascinating, I just bought my Senet Board from Amazon!😀👍
Awesome!!!
Fascinating. I love checkers and go. This looks very interesting. Ty Kayleigh.
Catching up on your old videos, and you've got some pretty good ones waiting for me. 👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you ☺️
Im still playing this game till now !
Awesome!! Love this content so so so much!!
Happy to hear that🤗
wow kayleigh, you choose such interesting topics for your videos!
Never a dull moment with Kayleigh........
Haha thanks!
Ah ha !.....been keeping my eye out for you Vulpes after giving me a hard time about having muchos children. I Am sure you will be pleased to know that i haven't been eaten by my "black widow"partner at time of writing 😉
@@dazuk1969 Hahaha! Well here I am! Feast your eyes. I dont run to far or hide too deep. How are the wife and kiddies? Imagine the domestic tranquility you could experience with a game of senet at home? Speaking only for myself, it’s a touch too esoteric for me. How by you?
@@MrJento Hey Vulpes, I have been fascinated by senet for some time. Kayleigh did a great job of explaining how we think it was played...but no one really knows. I doesn't really matter though as I am rubbish at board games. If i had to play a game of senet to get to the afterlife....my ass is toast 😉...peace to ya Vulpes.
@@dazuk1969
I’m with you, amigo. I’m not a board game guy, and Kayleigh does a great job reporting the facts. Those rules for senet remind me an investment plan a commodity broker tried to sell me on once. Only more complicated. It had five little stick things you toss and you could only buy hedge funds on Thursdays, unless the sun was shining over your left shoulder.....
"One day, you can make up your own game and everyone else will have to follow your rules" - Young MiB from Across The Sea.
Kayleigh: The royal game of Ur isn't the oldest board game.
From within the British Museum: [angry Irving Finkel noises]
Haha
Informative, easy on the eyes, subscribed, shared and enjoyed
Keep up the good Work. You amazing woman!
Haha thanks!
And now the senet sales will sky rocket.
Amazing as always 👍👍.
Would be dope haha
Kayleigh you are definitely a charmer. Love your vids.
Haha thanks
My ex husband and I used to play Meggido, which is similar to Go, I think, or Othello. You trap your opponent's pieces and remove them from the board. The Plato g board was circu,at. Senet looks like fun. Thanks, Kayleigh!✌😸
You're welcome! 🤗
Where have i found myself… super informative, beautiful work.
Very interesting breakdown of this ancient game! Thinking of getting the one on Amazon
I got mine through Amazon, as you can see it's quite large hahaha
In your history you did not include or mention _Mancala_, also known as _Kalah_ or _Kalaha._
I played that one as a kid, often using half of an egg crate and M&Ms (eating the winnings) or at the beach with shells or rocks and pits dug into the sand when one did not have a carved board and polished stones about.
Lol.- "I don't play to win. No, I can loose. I'll hate you but I can loose." 😂
Hahaha 😂
Thank you, I really enjoyed this, I have also liked watching Irving Finkel of the British Museum and The Royal Game of Ur. I think I need to learn more about ancient games.
In ancient India there was another game that is mentioned in our Epic Mahabharata and is still played in some parts of India .. It's called "Chausar" or "Chaupar" .. it's a little bit like Ludo but was played with elongated square dices .. The Epic Mahabharata is believed to be written at least 5000 years ago .. here is a wiki link about the game - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaupar
This was a fun video! Thank you for the education. I had no idea there were board games this old. Happy to be a new subscriber to your channel.
Happy to have you here
Thanks for this video. I have always wondered how to play senet.
I wonder if the Romans had a kinkier version... Oh good lord. "Noo no Emperor Nero... Move to the back" The mind boggles.
We have a game here in the USA called, "The Senate." It's very amusing.
Oh god hahaha 🤣
I've often contemplated being a player, in that game.
A few years ago there was a video from a cir as tor at the British Museum on how to play the board game from Ur.
I've been waiting 2 years to find out how this game is played. 😊👍
That's great!
I would buy one! It looks really fun.
Hi Kayleigh, Another brilliant video. Senet looks very interesting, I’ll have to watch your video again and take notes and maybe more research. I have a small collection of modern board games, one of which is very special and I devised it to play with my little (at the time) son as we both like trains/railways. Sorry - No more details. Here’s a challenge, we play Kayleigh’s Senet and then my “Kayleigh’s Travels” (temporary name).
Best wishes from Oxford UK.
Haha thanks! Board games are so much fun 🤗
With dice , sticks , and fortune tools , there is way to generate electromagnetics that will open up the microcosmic 4th Dimension , where you can start " divining " yer way into rippling into the 5th Dimension. Thats what I believe they were after , and why dice have endured for so long , despite our recent loss of their true " di - vinity. Wicked video , Kayleigh!!
Yep…got me a little crush going on. I could listen and watch you talk all day… cheers🍻
Another great video, though I missed the premier due to meeting up with family.
A definite YES to a History with Kayleigh Senet board
Thank you Elva! 🤗
Thank you for the video. I wonder if there was ever a more death obsessed culture on this planet? As an ancient Egyptian, you spend your day talking to your builder about the tomb you are building yourself, going to the temple to pray for a good afterlife and then you finish the day, gathering your family around the table for a lovely death based board game.
Haha 😂
I came across this game a few years ago, but there were slightly different rules. Example, you had to land on square 26 before proceeding to 27-30. Also, when moving off, I learned that it had to be exact, but not about moving backwards the remaining spots. It was more of if you can't move the exact amount, you just didn't move. I like the moving back option though as it means hitting the river again.
When I first learned of the game of Ur 1:56 I found an online version where you can play against the software program. I was quickly addicted.
Would definitely buy your Senet game!
Great now I have to make my own Senet board too 😂 already made a dozen games of Ur during the lockdowns which are amazing to play
Since playing the old city-building game Pharaoh years ago, i can't believe i have never thought to look for a video like this. Nice to finally have some idea how this is played.
The PC game originally had you building senet houses, which are like taverns that help improve the quality of the city's housing.
Ooh awesome
@@HistoryWithKayleigh It is. Still definitely worth a play as well.
I love Senet... I've been playing it for years.
I think I would enjoy a senet game app that had little tidbits of history info from you.
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Great Video even on this Timeline...👍👍👍 what Dejavu!?!?!?
Soo cool, I've played Game of Ur that have a pc version for a while but, Senet seens to be more complex, and the Egyptians never fail with symbolism, spirituality, histories and even on games these aspects are present, I love it. Can't wait to visit Egypt some day!
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Awesome game, even better if played with the legend that is Irving Finkel! :D
I can just imagine the Ancient Egyptian’s conversation while playing. Please Ra, I need to get to the afterlife or come on bones, Daddy needs a new 🚣♀️ boat! 🙂
😂
I Love this, all of This!
Thank you! Feel free to share it haha 🤗
@@HistoryWithKayleigh , you are doing all the videos creation that all of us with Egyptian heritage wish we were doing ❤
@@kallanstedje5133 thanks! I hope to be doing this for a very long time 🤗
I'm going to find a board game, my son and I are going to play. Thank you.🌼🕊️
You're more than welcome! I got mine through Amazon 🤗
Great job in bringing a historical board game back to life Kayleigh 😁
I know I’m going to see this happen and be asked if I have heard of this game 🤣
Thank you!
The moment you started to explain SENET I thought you were going to tell us you have the board game as merch! Fascinating game... your's I'd price at $100 USD as you've shown it.
The board you've seen in the video was 40 euros 🙂
Well then, Id easily buy your personal merch board for $150 usd, and an autographed one for $300. I wouldnt play the autograph one unless it was against you! ;-)
@@HistoryWithKayleigh With your autograph and logo... priceless!
I recently donated a pop-up style book about ancient eygypt stuff and it had a paper senet in it. Super cool
Fantastic video! I want to purchase a senet board now!
Awesome!
Another great fun video!! Games play by our ancients!! Cool🌺
Thanks!
Sorry I missed this. But this was still fun! More great content Kayleigh! 😀
Thank you!
It wouldn't surprise me if these boards started out as a different style of abacus, 10 spaces per row. It seems like a good tool for teaching and learning basic math, and maybe useful when selling many small items frequently, like food at a farmer's market.
You may like to play Imhotep builder of Egypt. It is also a game about Egypt but it does not use dice. I bought it, played it, and then CZcams algorithm brought me your video. The core game is very competitive, but the expansion adds the additional optional goal of making promises to fulfill to the Egyptian gods.
Sounds intriguing 🤗
@@HistoryWithKayleigh Search video "Imhotep Board Game by Phil Walker-Harding" and you will see the game trailer that explains the basic gameplay mechanics. I would advice to buy the expansion, because the core game has only 16 combinations of placements that can be easily mastered. With the expansion it goes up to 1024 combinations.
Oh, hells yeah! I’d LOOOOOOOVEEEEE a Senet Game with Kayleigh! 😁
Haha happy to hear 🤗
God I love this channel, Much love from the US!!
Thank you!
Very Coolio vid, keep up the great work 😎 🤘 🍻
Thanks!
This is really cool.
It is 🤗
A while ago I was on a Senet kick. I even 3d printed my own Senet board :)
That's awesome!
@@HistoryWithKayleigh Have you thought about talking about old religions and their modern counterpart or revivals? Like Kemeticism, which revival of ancient Egyptian religion.
Maybe I'll do that in the future 🙂
Love this video, always wanted to know how it was played. Sounds like we copied some ideas. Like "Trouble" and "Chutes & Ladders". I think kids would enjoy this game as well, seems like theres more strategy to it than just random rolls of dice.
I knew this when I was a kid in the '70s. My favorite Aunt had one.
That's awesome!
I'd be happy to play that game with you
400 BCE is curiously near the time that Alexander was conquering.
Very true 👀
Ah you’re in England it’s November 21 (I assume you’re spending a few nights). I do hope you have a good game of Senet with a friend. Enjoy! I would buy a Senet game board from you if I can afford it.
Amazing game I think i would be going back to the house of water all the time😁🙄😁👍
Hahaha
This game reminds me of backgammon, royal game of Ur and mancala games.
Dang. I want to play this now
Haha good 😂
I love senet. My son and I have played since he was a child. A good throat cutty game can last an hour. Excellent. Go buy one, now. Or make your own from paper, whatever.
I have one haha, i showed it in the video 😉
When the stakes are this high, it acts like a drug and a mean of power for the players. Also, if the rules are including divinity and perhaps astrology, players learn religion and meaning of importance while playing. I like that.
I laughed aloud when you said “I don’t want to see your stupid face anymore.” 😜 Great video! Thanks for your research! Board games are my favourite hobby, so it’s neat to learn how the rules and gameplay are connected culturally with its creators!
I made a nice board about six years ago, we’ve played it loads. We always cast our sticks end on so they fall randomly, this reduces the risk of shenanigans. It also leads to people naturally tapping the sticks a couple of times on the table before releasing which gives the game a distinctive and satisfying sound.
In the version we play 26 is the house of happiness and must be landed on with an exact roll. 27-29 are the same as you say, with the addition of the house of Horus at 30. From each of these exact rolls are needed to cast off as per the rules you are using, except failing to roll exact number from 28-30 only means you can’t move that piece. Pieces are only dumped in house of water/sent to house of rebirth if, they roll a 1 from 26 or are taken by another piece on the last 3 spaces, as they do not to return to the house of happiness.
Are you aware of this variant? I think it’s better. Ive played hundreds of times with friends and family and even adapted it for up to 4 players (although 2 works best) we also call a 5 piece game a short game and 7 piece game a long game.
Anyway great video, if you’re coming to the UK you can pop in ours for a game with me or the kids and a nice cup of tea!
I'm going to have to try these rules. I made Senet board as one of my first woodworking projects, but the game got a little stale after a few dozen games.
Very interesting thanks for sharing. I can't help but see the similarities to modern snakes and ladders.
Thanks
I invented a He-Man game, on my chessboard(that I made myself), which is a game based on the ancient game Mehen. The game has a 'magic' roll that lets you move across the board, and you can have as many player/pieces as you can collect He-Man toys.
Me and my cousin played a couple times and worked out the rules.
Its fun, and usually takes 50mins-hour to play.
Sounds cool, although so does a He-man piece based chess game; though it might be difficult deciding which characters are which pieces, especially for the white/good side! :D
I've never looked at Mehen, but the Royal game of Ur is really good!
In the Moses movie (starring Ben Kingsley as Moses, Christopher Lee as Pharaoh, and Frank Langella as the second Pharaoh), Moses gives a board game very similar to this to Christopher Lee. It may even be the same one.
Makes wonder if anyone the was originally sentenced to death, but was able to convince their capture to play Senet and if condemned person won. Then their life was free to live another day. As far as designing a custom Senet broad game with your logo on it would be an interesting challenge and a risky decision if you decided to go the Kickstater route. The content creator Tenhun created custom decks of playing cards with his artwork on then and hopefully the companies that are manufacturing them will do A good job, because I actually did back the project bought one of each deck of cards, uncut sheet layout of each deck and a t-shirt.
I was trying to look-up who invented chess; I went into a rabbit hole, and now I'm here ..
Will you be doing a tutorial on how to play Hounds and Jackals? Thank you very much for this tutorial, I enjoyed it very much. 🙂
have you read chapter 24 in "understanding media" by marshall mcluhan? it's dense reading, but he basically explains how games sort of encode the mentality of the culture of their origin.
so thinking about that, I was noticing how the game of senet encodes this idea that you need to be "lucky" or favoured by the gods to win the game. you have to throw the correct number of moves in order to win. if you don't, there are a number of hazards that will keep you stuck or forever having to go back and start over.
if you're lucky to throw the right numbers, you get granted entrance into the afterlife. if not you're forever going to go back and try again.
one could imagine that for the really competitive, it was a huge pissing contest to be the luckiest -- probably lots of good luck charms, incantations, curses (to set your opponent back) -- and maybe for the really competitive, illusions and power plays (to establish one's dominance)...
we only have the game left, but it would be interesting to go back in a time machine and watch a competitive game.
Possible that the invasion by Alexander and the subsequent rule by the Ptolemaic rulers and their emphasis on Greek customs led to the decline in Senet? The blue lapis senet board with the Djed pillar of Osiris (Au Saur) and the tjet or knot of Isis (Au Set) on the side panels is quite beautiful. Is it possible the storage carvings were a way to show temple patronage or affiliation?
Go/Weiqi, to this day, is the most mathematically complex board game ever created. In 2,000 B.C. China was already having organized tournaments and recording games. It is a common saying "If aliens play games, they play Go." This seems like a big jump when compared to Senet and Backgammon. It would be interesting to see an episode dedicated to just the history of Weiqi.
Also nice plaid. 👍 love it.😊
lol, you want to win "the after life"! Kind of reminds me of some of the parchessi rules. If you ever get to the US, I would love to try it!
I see a potential market for a recreation of a historically accurate Senet board, assuming proper instructions and historical reference are included. I think there might also be a market for recreations of other historic games that most of us have never played.
Of course, the first example we know of something is not necessarily the actual first thing.