The Royal Game of Ur

[Zenerdiode]

Sadly the Psion rolled a 1 before I did and won, but it was a close game throughout!

I wrote it and I still can't get over how it always rolls what it needs…

I’m calling fix…

[Daren]

I look forward to trying this at some point, and the upcoming adventure game - Martin how about a game pak with these and other games on, I seem to remember a few other members wrote some games - might be a fun Xmas stocking filler idea to have them all on a pak?

[Martin]

Daren.. That's a good shout.. on two points (1) I should get back to finishing the adventure game and (2) a Christmas present is a great idea - suggestions please.

Martin

I can make the UrGame pack for you if you have a spare 32K pack - or if you have a RAM pack & Comms Link you can make your own..

[Martin]

I know this is not strictly Organiser related but as we do have this version of the Royal Game of Ur for the LZ/LZ64 I thought I would add this..

While machining the next batch of the DIY home project - Royal Game of Ur (game boards) I thought I would mchine a couple of the special PSION examples for any Forum Member that missed out the first time round.

Sincerely Martin

[Yves]

Hi all,

A simple question about dices. How many sides should the dice have? 4 or 5? If we have to have 0 through 4, it should be 5. If we use a 6-sided dice, the chances of getting a 0, double (in the case of putting 0 on 2 sides)... What is the best choice for this game?

[Martin]

Hi Yves

You need 4 binary dice (If I supplied a 5th it was a spare). The ones found by the archaeologist were tetrahedron dice with two of the points coloured black. I figure you get the same effect with three faces of the cubes coloured.

Sincerely
Martin

[Yves]

Hi Martin,

OK, so the tetrahedron dices are the correct ones.

PS: in your documentation, you said "Moves are determined by a throw of the die 0,1,2,3, and 4 count" and I was not sure ... I should also correct my French translation.