UR Dice

Royal Game of Ur Rules

Setup

• Each player has 7 pieces.
• Both players start with all pieces off the board.
• Use 4 binary dice (Ur dice).
• The board path has 14 spaces per player, with 8 shared central spaces.

Dice

• Roll 4 binary dice, where each die is either 0 or 1.
• Count the number of 1s rolled. Possible results are 0 through 4.
• If 0 is rolled, no move is made and the turn ends.

Entering the Board

• A piece can enter the board on your starting square only if you roll at least 1.
• Entering counts as the movement for that roll.

Movement

• Move a single piece forward the exact number rolled.
• Pieces follow a fixed path around the board.
• You cannot land on a square occupied by your own piece.

Capturing

• If you land on a square occupied by an opponent's piece, it is captured.
• The captured piece is removed and must start again from off the board.

Rosette Squares

• Landing on a rosette gives an extra turn.
• The central rosette is safe and cannot be captured.

Exiting the Board

• Pieces must reach the end of the path and exit exactly with the correct roll.
• If the roll is too high, that piece cannot move.

Winning

The first player to successfully move all 7 pieces off the board wins.