HEAD TO HEAD
Liubo vs Royal Game of Ur
c. 400 BC – 500 AD
ERA
c. 2600 BC
China
ORIGIN
Mesopotamia
2 players
PLAYERS
2 players
Board, pieces, sticks
EQUIPMENT
Board, dice, 14 tokens
Tabletop board
PLAYING AREA
20-square board
Unknown
DURATION
15–30 min
None
GOVERNING BODY
None
No
OLYMPIC
No
Different Similar
LIUBO IN ONE LINE
Liubo is an ancient Chinese board game played by two opponents using six pieces each and casting wooden throwing sticks. Renowned for its distinctive pattern of L-, T-, and V-shaped markings, its exact rules remain lost to history.
ROYAL GAME OF UR IN ONE LINE
The Royal Game of Ur is an ancient Mesopotamian race board game played by two players. Players roll tetrahedral dice to race seven pawns along a twenty-square board, capturing opponent pieces and landing on safe rosette squares.