Ancient Egyptian race game (c. 3500 BCE), reconstructed from archaeological evidence. Race five pieces along a 30-square winding path. Throw four sticks for movement. Capture opponent pieces by swapping positions. Special squares grant protection, send pieces backward, or require exact throws to bear off. Blockades of three or more pieces cannot be passed.
Every rule of Senet below is frontmatter in the rules corpus, played by the race plugin. The board beside each is the game itself, live.
See the main hub page for full rules.
engine:
topology:
type: grid
rows: 3
cols: 10
players: [white, black]
plugin: race
plugins:
senet:
pieces: 5
routes:
path:
- [0, 0]
- [0, 1]
- [0, 2]
- [0, 3]
- [0, 4]
- [0, 5]
- [0, 6]
- [0, 7]
- [0, 8]
- [0, 9]
- [1, 9]
- [1, 8]
- [1, 7]
- [1, 6]
# …Senet (Kendall Reconstruction)
Every Senet variant is playable against the AI or another player.