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Senet

Player 1

ROLL-

Roll Dice

HOW TO PLAY

OBJECTIVE

Race to score all 5 of your pieces off the board before your opponent. Navigate the 30-square path while using strategy to block and capture opponent pieces.

THE BOARD

3 rows × 10 columns = 30 squares

Row 1: Move left to right (squares 1-10)
Row 2: Move right to left (squares 11-20)
Row 3: Move right to left to scoring (squares 21-30)

THROWING STICKS

Roll 4 throwing sticks. Count marked sides facing up:

0 marked = Move 5 spaces
1 marked = Move 1 space
2 marked = Move 2 spaces
3 marked = Move 3 spaces
4 marked = Move 4 spaces

MOVEMENT

Pieces move forward only along the path
You must move if you can
Cannot land on your own pieces
Cannot jump over 3 opponent pieces in a row (blockade)
Protected pieces (with friendly piece adjacent) cannot be captured

CAPTURE

Landing on an unprotected opponent piece swaps your positions. The opponent piece moves back to where your piece started!

SPECIAL TILES

Ankh (Square 15)

Safe zone. Return point from House of Water.

House of Happiness (26)

Must land here, cannot jump over.

House of Water (27)

Sends piece back to Ankh (or first empty square before it).

House of Three Truths (28)

Need exact roll of 3 to score.

House of Re-Atoum (29)

Need exact roll of 2 to score.

House of Horus (30)

Need exact roll of 1 to score OR auto-score if no pieces on Row 1.

WINNING

First player to score all 5 pieces off the board wins!

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Player 1

scored

Player 2

scored

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