Senet Egyptian Board Game – Handcrafted Solid Wood Senet Set for Historical Education, Cultural Appreciation & Strategy – Ancient Game for Friends

Senet is a game I grew up with! I love this game, it's different and unique looking! This makes a great gift if you want something different and special! The winner is by process of eliminating the pieces you have on the board. But game play can be interesting because the different symbols have different meanings that can slow tou down! I love the ancient Egytian world! Great Christmas gift as well, I highly recommend for game night with friends as well!

Introduced this to my students (10th grade) to give them a feel of Ancient Egypt and they loved it! Fun, based on strategy and luck of the dice rolls.

Crafted very well and the whole family has enjoyed playing

A very nice wood board with equally nice decoration. No one knows the exact rules for senet, so the instructions are more of an educated guess than authoritative. I found a couple issues with the provided rule set, but a quick search online found alternate rules. I combined the two and came up with a pretty solid game. Like a simplified Backgammon (backgammon is derived from senet) it's very easy to pick up. More than a board game to the ancients, senet had cultural and religious significance. I just find it fascinating to connect across 5000 years this way. The 'stick-dice' are novel, but one can replace them with regular dice, simply ignoring any five that is rolled. There are no fives in senet. Overall a nice board and interesting game.

While at the Egyption Museum we came across this board game. We settled in for a few games and it fun. My 13 year old grandson became very enamored with this game. When I got home, I looked for it online and Amazon had them. We didn't know all the rules when we first started playing, kept reading the directions and when we were gone on a holiday, I brought the game and we played by the rules. A very fun game!

Interesting game, but grandkids aren't too interested.

I bought this for my brother on his birthday, and he really loves it! We've played it several times already with different members of the family, ranging from 8 years and up. It's fun and easy to learn. It's a bit like Parcheesi, but much less aggressive and competitive, and has several interesting twists that really make it unique. I would highly recommend this game!

The set is a handsome wood construction which includes both a standard D-6 for modern play and throwing sticks for the traditional way of drawing a number (dice as we know them weren't around back in the day, unless you wanted to use knuckle bones). Inspired by the art work uncovered in temples and tombs, the pieces were desined to look just like those used by the pharaohs and their queens centuries ago. Interestingly, the decor of the set, in later hieroglyphs, are not just random sketches. They actually do have a particular meaning, indicating some research on the part of the designers, which is commendable. The ancestor to traditional games like Snakes and Ladders and Trouble, Senat is an easy game to learn and each round can take a few minutes or hours, depending on the roll of the dice (or throwing sticks). A fun game while in play, it is also a handsome piece to a room's decor while at rest.

Good quality, useful storage drawer.

It is the same which describes online. We play each day now! My son loves it!

Beautiful game. Wish there were seven pieces for each player as many others have

I brought this for my husband as one of his 40th birthday gifts. He is an avid board game player and I was a little worried it might be too simple or just not fun. I needn't have worried! My husband absolutely loves it! More so than some of his more expensive gifts! It is a great game played by the instructions provided, with both luck and tatics playing a part. It takes about 10-20 minutes per game. It arrived promptly and in good condition. The board itself has a bit of a homemade feel which rather adds to its charm. Highly recommend it!

Enjoy a bit of history