Welcome to my Github profile! We're playing the Royal Game of Ur. Game #25 is in progress, but you can join!
It's the ⚫black team's turn.
You're on a team! 👋
- If you've already played a turn this game, you're already on a team — check the game log below for a reminder. If it's not your turn, check back later, or ask a friend to make a move.
- If you've not yet played a turn this game, make a move now to join the ⚫black team.
⚫Black team: You rolled a 2! What would you like to do?
Choices (pick one of them!) |
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Move a new piece to tile 2 |
Move the piece on tile 3 to tile 5 |
Move the piece on tile 4 to tile 6 |
Game #25 so far
Players in this game | |
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Black team ⚫ | ⚪ White team |
@LucasFASouza (8) | @MatissesProjects (9) @Casper-Guo (4) |
Time | Turn | Event | Issue | Board |
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4th Nov 2024 15:57 | 0 | ⚪ @Casper-Guo started a new game | #3782 | link |
4th Nov 2024 15:58 | 1 | ⚪ @Casper-Guo moved a white piece onto the board to position 3 | #3783 | link |
4th Nov 2024 16:12 | 2 | ⚫ @LucasFASouza moved a black piece onto the board to position 3 | #3784 | link |
4th Nov 2024 17:03 | 3 | ⚪ @MatissesProjects moved a white piece onto the board to position 2 | #3785 | link |
4th Nov 2024 18:00 | 4 | ⚫ @LucasFASouza moved a black piece from position 3 to position 6 | #3786 | link |
5th Nov 2024 02:07 | 5 | ⚪ @MatissesProjects moved a white piece from position 3 to position 4 — claimed a rosette 🏵️ | #3787 | link |
5th Nov 2024 02:09 | 6 | ⚪ @MatissesProjects moved a white piece from position 2 to position 5 | #3788 | link |
5th Nov 2024 12:47 | 7 | ⚫ @LucasFASouza moved a black piece from position 6 to position 9 | #3789 | link |
5th Nov 2024 12:49 | 8 | ⚪ @Casper-Guo moved a white piece from position 4 to position 6 | #3790 | link |
5th Nov 2024 18:17 | 9 | ⚫ @LucasFASouza moved a black piece from position 9 to position 12 | #3791 | link |
5th Nov 2024 19:26 | 10 | ⚪ @Casper-Guo moved a white piece onto the board to position 1 | #3792 | link |
6th Nov 2024 12:54 | 11 | ⚫ @LucasFASouza ascended a black piece from position 12 🚀 | #3793 | link |
6th Nov 2024 17:07 | 12 | ⚪ @MatissesProjects moved a white piece from position 5 to position 8 — claimed a rosette 🏵️ | #3794 | |
6th Nov 2024 17:08 | 13 | ⚪ @MatissesProjects moved a white piece onto the board to position 2 | #3795 | link |
6th Nov 2024 17:08 | 14 | ⚫ The black team rolled a 0 and their turn was automatically passed | #3795 | link |
6th Nov 2024 17:09 | 15 | ⚪ @MatissesProjects moved a white piece from position 2 to position 4 — claimed a rosette 🏵️ | #3796 | link |
6th Nov 2024 17:09 | 16 | ⚪ @MatissesProjects moved a white piece onto the board to position 2 | #3797 | link |
6th Nov 2024 17:26 | 17 | ⚫ @LucasFASouza moved a black piece onto the board to position 1 | #3798 | link |
6th Nov 2024 17:46 | 18 | ⚪ @MatissesProjects moved a white piece from position 6 to position 9 | #3799 | link |
6th Nov 2024 17:56 | 19 | ⚫ @LucasFASouza moved a black piece from position 1 to position 4 — claimed a rosette 🏵️ | #3800 | link |
6th Nov 2024 17:57 | 20 | ⚫ @LucasFASouza moved a black piece onto the board to position 3 | #3801 | link |
7th Nov 2024 18:45 | 21 | ⚪ @MatissesProjects moved a white piece from position 8 to position 10 | #3802 |
Previous games
- A game was started on 30th Jul 2020 by @rossjrw and ended on 4th Dec 2020.
- The ⚪white team won.
- 64 players played 166 moves across 4 months and 5 days.
- The ⚫black team captured 9 white pieces and claimed 12 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 10 black pieces and claimed 18 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @1ethanhansen, who played 48 moves.
- The winning move was made by @qbtl (#269).
- A game was started on 4th Dec 2020 by @1ethanhansen and ended on 11th Jan 2021.
- The ⚫black team won.
- 27 players played 145 moves across 1 month and 1 week.
- The ⚫black team captured 7 white pieces and claimed 16 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 6 black pieces and claimed 14 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @shpatrickguo, who played 26 moves.
- The winning move was made by @shpatrickguo (#424).
- A game was started on 11th Jan 2021 by @BaptisteMartinet and ended on 11th Feb 2021.
- The ⚪white team won.
- 17 players played 118 moves across 1 month and 12 hours.
- The ⚫black team captured 2 white pieces and claimed 11 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 8 black pieces and claimed 14 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @1ethanhansen, who played 45 moves.
- The winning move was made by @1ethanhansen (#535).
- A game was started on 11th Feb 2021 by @1ethanhansen and ended on 5th Mar 2021.
- The ⚪white team won.
- 17 players played 175 moves across 3 weeks and 22 hours.
- The ⚫black team captured 12 white pieces and claimed 17 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 13 black pieces and claimed 18 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @1ethanhansen, who played 48 moves.
- The winning move was made by @1ethanhansen (#702).
- A game was started on 6th Mar 2021 by @shpatrickguo and ended on 10th May 2021.
- The ⚫black team won.
- 42 players played 162 moves across 2 months and 4 days.
- The ⚫black team captured 12 white pieces and claimed 17 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 9 black pieces and claimed 19 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @shpatrickguo, who played 22 moves.
- The winning move was made by @crxssed7 (#864).
- A game was started on 10th May 2021 by @HAUDRAUFHAUN and ended on 17th Jul 2021.
- The ⚪white team won.
- 34 players played 167 moves across 2 months and 6 days.
- The ⚫black team captured 7 white pieces and claimed 14 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 10 black pieces and claimed 18 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @1ethanhansen, who played 31 moves.
- The winning move was made by @1ethanhansen (#1024).
- A game was started on 17th Jul 2021 by @1ethanhansen and ended on 19th Oct 2021.
- The ⚫black team won.
- 48 players played 153 moves across 3 months and 3 days.
- The ⚫black team captured 6 white pieces and claimed 17 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 6 black pieces and claimed 15 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @PkmnQ, who played 13 moves.
- The winning move was made by @OmKakatkar (#1175).
- A game was started on 19th Oct 2021 by @OmKakatkar and ended on 29th Oct 2021.
- The ⚪white team won.
- 13 players played 135 moves across 1 week and 3 days.
- The ⚫black team captured 5 white pieces and claimed 13 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 6 black pieces and claimed 15 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @Timemaster111, who played 46 moves.
- The winning move was made by @Timemaster111 (#1342).
- A game was started on 29th Oct 2021 by @jbmagination and ended on 15th May 2022.
- The ⚪white team won.
- 80 players played 187 moves across 6 months and 2 weeks.
- The ⚫black team captured 11 white pieces and claimed 17 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 13 black pieces and claimed 19 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @nirakon, who played 18 moves.
- The winning move was made by @Madflows (#1534).
- A game was started on 15th May 2022 by @VikashPR and ended on 29th Dec 2022.
- The ⚪white team won.
- 109 players played 177 moves across 7 months and 2 weeks.
- The ⚫black team captured 9 white pieces and claimed 23 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 11 black pieces and claimed 19 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @LAPCoder, who played 11 moves.
- The winning move was made by @LAPCoder (#1726).
- A game was started on 29th Dec 2022 by @CostasAK and ended on 30th Dec 2022.
- The ⚫black team won.
- 4 players played 121 moves across 19 hours and 41 minutes.
- The ⚫black team captured 6 white pieces and claimed 14 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 4 black pieces and claimed 15 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @CostasAK, who played 59 moves.
- The winning move was made by @CostasAK (#1844).
- A game was started on 30th Dec 2022 by @TejaTadepalli and ended on 27th Jan 2023.
- The ⚪white team won.
- 17 players played 158 moves across 4 weeks and 1 hour.
- The ⚫black team captured 9 white pieces and claimed 18 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 12 black pieces and claimed 18 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @TejaTadepalli, who played 59 moves.
- The winning move was made by @TejaTadepalli (#1994).
- A game was started on 27th Jan 2023 by @TejaTadepalli and ended on 14th Mar 2023.
- The ⚪white team won.
- 20 players played 153 moves across 1 month and 2 weeks.
- The ⚫black team captured 6 white pieces and claimed 17 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 6 black pieces and claimed 16 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @TejaTadepalli, who played 65 moves.
- The winning move was made by @TejaTadepalli (#2145).
- A game was started on 14th Mar 2023 by @Murdeala and ended on 13th Apr 2023.
- The ⚪white team won.
- 19 players played 141 moves across 4 weeks and 1 day.
- The ⚫black team captured 4 white pieces and claimed 18 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 12 black pieces and claimed 16 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @CostasAK, who played 71 moves.
- The winning move was made by @CostasAK (#2275).
- A game was started on 13th Apr 2023 by @thisiscoding1234 and ended on 7th Jul 2023.
- The ⚫black team won.
- 48 players played 122 moves across 2 months and 3 weeks.
- The ⚫black team captured 11 white pieces and claimed 15 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 4 black pieces and claimed 9 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @Murdeala, who played 37 moves.
- The winning move was made by @WKL10086 (#2460).
- A game was started on 7th Jul 2023 by @kztera and ended on 26th Oct 2023.
- The ⚪white team won.
- 38 players played 142 moves across 3 months and 2 weeks.
- The ⚫black team captured 5 white pieces and claimed 14 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 12 black pieces and claimed 14 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @CostasAK, who played 53 moves.
- The winning move was made by @CostasAK (#2612).
- A game was started on 27th Oct 2023 by @blacksmithop and ended on 3rd Dec 2023.
- The ⚫black team won.
- 22 players played 55 moves across 1 month and 6 days.
- The ⚫black team captured 5 white pieces and claimed 11 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 0 black pieces and claimed 3 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @CostasAK, who played 26 moves.
- The winning move was made by @CostasAK (#2664).
- A game was started on 4th Dec 2023 by @joshuajohncohen and ended on 11th Apr 2024.
- The ⚫black team won.
- 44 players played 133 moves across 4 months and 6 days.
- The ⚫black team captured 11 white pieces and claimed 16 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 5 black pieces and claimed 12 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @CostasAK, who played 49 moves.
- The winning move was made by @tassiaaccioly (#2796).
- A game was started on 11th Apr 2024 by @tassiaaccioly and ended on 12th May 2024.
- The ⚪white team won.
- 16 players played 206 moves across 1 month and 22 hours.
- The ⚫black team captured 13 white pieces and claimed 22 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 16 black pieces and claimed 25 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @Casper-Guo, who played 75 moves.
- The winning move was made by @Casper-Guo (#2985).
- A game was started on 12th May 2024 by @Casper-Guo and ended on 10th Jun 2024.
- The ⚪white team won.
- 14 players played 157 moves across 4 weeks and 1 day.
- The ⚫black team captured 9 white pieces and claimed 15 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 9 black pieces and claimed 16 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @Casper-Guo, who played 51 moves.
- The winning move was made by @Casper-Guo (#3139).
- A game was started on 10th Jun 2024 by @Casper-Guo and ended on 16th Jul 2024.
- The ⚫black team won.
- 16 players played 171 moves across 1 month and 5 days.
- The ⚫black team captured 15 white pieces and claimed 18 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 12 black pieces and claimed 20 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @tassiaaccioly, who played 75 moves.
- The winning move was made by @tassiaaccioly (#3309).
- A game was started on 16th Jul 2024 by @tassiaaccioly and ended on 30th Sep 2024.
- The ⚪white team won.
- 27 players played 192 moves across 2 months and 2 weeks.
- The ⚫black team captured 10 white pieces and claimed 20 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 13 black pieces and claimed 23 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @huuquyet, who played 36 moves.
- The winning move was made by @AdityaSreevatsaK (#3494).
- A game was started on 30th Sep 2024 by @AdityaSreevatsaK and ended on 17th Oct 2024.
- The ⚪white team won.
- 12 players played 145 moves across 2 weeks and 3 days.
- The ⚫black team captured 6 white pieces and claimed 19 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 6 black pieces and claimed 16 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @Casper-Guo, who played 37 moves.
- The winning move was made by @Casper-Guo (#3630).
- A game was started on 17th Oct 2024 by @Casper-Guo and ended on 4th Nov 2024.
- The ⚪white team won.
- 7 players played 156 moves across 2 weeks and 3 days.
- The ⚫black team captured 8 white pieces and claimed 18 rosettes.
- The ⚪white team captured 7 black pieces and claimed 22 rosettes.
- The MVP of the winning team was @Casper-Guo, who played 64 moves.
- The winning move was made by @Casper-Guo (#3781).
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How do I play?
It's the ⚪white team versus the ⚫black team.
The first team to 🚀ascend all 7 of their pieces 👑wins. Your goal is to achieve that, and to block the other team from doing the same.
(Learn more about the rules of the Royal Game of Ur at RoyalUr.net/learn, or watch Tom Scott play against Irving Finkel in 2017.)
Each turn starts by rolling 4 binary dice, which results in a number from 0 to 4. The current team gets to move one of their pieces by that many tiles.
All 14 pieces start on position 0 (the space just before tile 1).
Moving a piece onto position 15 (the imaginary space after tile 14) causes that piece to leave the board forever. This is 🚀ascension, and is the goal of the game — the first team to ascend all 7 of their pieces wins.
You will move your pieces along the tiles from tile 1 to tile 14.
The tiles on your side of the board (tiles 1 through 4, 13, and 14) are safe — only your pieces can be there. However, the tiles in the middle (tiles 5 through 12) are unsafe — your opponent's pieces can also be here. If one team's piece lands on the same tile as another team's piece, the piece that was landed on is ⚔️captured! It goes all the way back to position 0.
If a piece lands on a 🏵️rosette (tiles 4, 8, and 14), that team gets to immediately take another turn.
A piece that is on the rosette on tile 8 cannot be ⚔️captured. A piece trying to capture it will simply bounce off onto tile 9.
Playing Ur on my GitHub profile is easy. The dice have already been rolled for you — all you have to do is decide what to do with them. Anyone with a GitHub account can play.
Anyone can join either team at any time, but once you're in a team, you're locked into it until the game ends. You won't be able to play a move when it's the other team's turn.
The list of links below the board image shows each possible move. Clicking one of those will take you to a page where you can create an issue in this repository, where all you have to do is click submit to play your move.
It will take a moment for Github Actions to acknowledge your move, but once it does, you'll see it react with the 'eyes' emoji (:eyes:). A few seconds later it will react with the 'rocket' emoji (:rocket:) to let you know that your move was successful, then leave a comment explaining what happened, and it'll also make a commit to record your move.
(If you don't see any of that, then something went wrong. Ping me in your
issue by typing cc @rossjrw
, and I'll take a look.)
Note that if your team has no possible moves — for example by rolling a 0 — your turn will be automatically skipped. The event log will let you know if this has happened.
Check out the source
branch of this repository for the source
code and a little commentary on the inspiration behind this project.
I welcome bug reports, feature suggestions and pull requests! Just make
sure you ping me in your issue or PR by adding cc @rossjrw
, as I don't receive notifications for new issues in this repository
(for hopefully obvious reasons).