UR
This is my take on the 4600 year old classic : "The Royal game of Ur"
Game rules :
Best way to learn how to play is to do a quick game against the AI. The rules are quite easy to learn.
- The goal is to get all your pawns outside of the board
- You first have to "flip the coins" by clicking on them
- You can choose to place a pawn on the first/second/third or fourth tile (told by the number of face up coin you flipped)
- You cannot place a new pawn on an occupied tile
- You can choose to move a pawn up the board a certain number of tiles (equal to the number of face up coins you flipped)
- You cannot go on a tile already occupied by one of your pawns, but you can go over them.
- If you go on a tile occupied by an ennemy pawn, you kill it and it goes back into your ennemy's hand.
- If you land on a "boost" tile (represented by a small dark square in the middle), you get an extra turn.
- You cannot kill a pawn occupying a "house" tile (darker tiles with a small light square in the middle)
- To reach the end and get a pawn off the board, you have to get a coin flip result equal to the exact number of steps required to get this pawn off the board.
Boards :
CLASSIC : the "original" game of Ur board.
MIRROR : just like the original, but both players are crossing paths
FINISH LINE : a strategic map, with a lot of safe spaces in the beggining and a dangerous open field at the end.
CROSSINGS : A long map where pawns only meet at a few spots on the board.
CONDENSED : a condensed version of the original, with only 3 pawns and 2 coins.
| Status | Released |
| Platforms | HTML5, Windows, Android |
| Rating | Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars (9 total ratings) |
| Author | Pierre Vandermaesen |
| Made with | Unity |
| Tags | Board Game, Casual, Chess, Local multiplayer, Multiplayer, Point & Click, Singleplayer, Unity |
| Average session | A few seconds |
| Multiplayer | Local multiplayer |
| Player count | 1 - 2 |
Development log
- UR Windows & Android support !Feb 26, 2021
- UR Online Multiplayer !Feb 22, 2021



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This is the best iteration of UR I've ever played. I love the design minimalism as I detest bells and whistles that interfere with actual gameplay. Also love that there's no annoying background music loop. The AI's gameplay is fair, which is rare. Overall five stars.
This reconstruction is so great
So glad that you brought this here. I remember playing this as a kid. I might even have the board game somewhere.
It's the first time i see this game and I like it.
This is excellent. I've always wanted to play Ur ever since I first learned of it, and I love that you've made variations on the board.