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Egyptian Senet

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Egyptian Senet

The Mysterious Afterlife Journey And The Favorite Pastime Of The Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Don't Miss The Opportunity To Play The World's Oldest Board Game From Ancient Egypt.

Board Game Historical Tabletop Mythology Strategy
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******* Exclusive Offer to Celebrate the Grand Egyptian Museum Opening *******


** New Important Note:

To make the gameplay easier and more fun, you can press spacebar to throw the casting sticks instead of mouse click.

====== Awards ======

◆ 1st Winner Of Egypt e-Content Award 2013.

◆ Silver Winner in 2013 W3 Awards.

◆ 3rd Winner Of Gaming Egypt Contest 2012 organized by iTi.

◆ Nominated for the World Summit Award 2013 in e-Entertainment & Games from Egypt.

◆ Nominated for Top 20 Mobile Apps in Mobily KSA Developers Award 2014.

Egyptian Senet (Ancient Egypt Game).

The Mysterious Afterlife Journey And The Favorite Pastime Of The Pharaoh Tutankhamun.

The Artifact Of The World's Oldest Board Game Found In King Tut's Tomb, Beside The Golden Coffin & Sarcophagus.

After performing opening of the mouth ceremony on your mummy by Anubis, you start your afterlife journey protected by Eye of Horus(Wadjet) to pass through the underworld realm of Osiris, challenging an invisible adversary inside an Egyptian hidden tomb in The Valley of the Queens located near the better known Valley of the Kings, on the west bank of the Nile river across from Thebes (Luxor).

Senet is a board game from predynastic and ancient Egypt, it is the earliest known record of a backgammon , checkers, draughts, ludo and chess like games.

The oldest hieroglyph representing a Senet game dates to around 3500 BC.The full name of the game in Egyptian was meaning "The game of passing".

Games have been around for thousands of years, but none are older than the ancient game of Senet, invented by the Egyptians roughly 3500 or 5000 years ago. It is believed that this two-player board game originated as a popular form of recreation with both royalty and peasantry. But by the mid-13th century BC, Senet had evolved into a more religious ritual. Some depictions from this time period forward show the game being played not by two people, but rather as a deceased player competing against an invisible adversary, interpreted by some to symbolize the deceased players own soul.

The board has become a metaphor for the afterlife with pawns moving across the board just as a soul moves through layers of the netherworld after death. Reaching the final space and leaving the board is the goal of the game, just as reaching Horus and leaving the netherworld was the goal for the Egyptians after their death for attaining rebirth with the gods Isis & Osiris, Sekhmet & Bastet holding the Egyptian Ankh or the papyrus scepter.

The game board consists of 30 squares or slots, arranged in 3 horizontal rows of 10. Pawns move from left to right through row 1, then drop down and move from right to left through row 2. Dropping down again, pawns move from left to right along row 3 and finally, off the board. The game uses the rules developed by Timothy Kendall in his 1978 work, Passing Through the Netherworld :The Meaning and Play of Senet, an Ancient Egyptian Funerary Game.

The game includes five special squares, governed by their own rules, each containing a hieroglyphic. Square 15 is the House of Rebirth; square 26 is the House of Beauty; square 27 is the House of Water: square 28 is the House of the Three Truths; square 29 is the House of Two Truths; and square 30, the last, is the House of Horus, the Egyptian falcon-god and lord of the sky.

Egyptian Senet is a pharaonic challenging game that combines luck,strategy,and magic features authentic photos of ancient Egyptian temples,plus artistically crafted graphics and animation of an ancient stone game board and pieces,set in an echoing,tomb-like chamber.Ritualistic music plus sound effects of stone pieces moving recreate the atmosphere of predynastic Egypt.The App's Icon shows the Egyptian Queen Nefertari playing Senet in her tomb,she was the great wife of the pharaoh Ramesses II(Ramses)Rio. Also many Egyptian Queens have a similar photos playing Senet such as Cleopatra,Nefertiti the great royal wife of Akhenaten,and the Queen Hatshepsut the wife of Thutmose II.

Supported Languages in year 2017 - 2018 - 2019 -2020 : (English, Arabic, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Portuguese-Brazil)

Suitable for everyone Adults and Kids.

Perfect relaxing and time killer (timekiller) game with good prices for all countries.

Used for Meditation, Relaxation, Calming and Detachment.

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System requirements Windows · macOS

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  • OS *: Microsoft® Windows 7
  • Processor: Intel® Core™ Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Storage: 80 MB available space

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  • OS: Mac OS X v10.7 to macOS 10.14 ( 10.15 Catalina NOT SUPPORTED )
  • Processor: Intel® Core™ Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor
  • Memory: 512 MB RAM
  • Storage: 100 MB available space
Game details Languages, features & support
Publisher
EngagingX
Brazilian rating
6
Steam Germany rating
12
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Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Remote Play Together, Family Sharing
Languages
English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese
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Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 89th percentile. Priced as Market at $0.99.

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Value Ratio Top 11%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Egyptian Senet worth buying right now?
Buy — $0.99. Excellent deal! This matches the historical low price with 90% off.
When does Egyptian Senet go on sale?
Excellent deal! This matches the historical low price with 90% off.
Is Egyptian Senet free to play?
Egyptian Senet costs $0.99 on Steam.
What genre is Egyptian Senet?
Egyptian Senet is a Casual, Indie, Simulation, Sports, Strategy game.
Who developed Egyptian Senet?
Egyptian Senet was developed by Ezzat Studios and published by EngagingX.
What platforms does Egyptian Senet support?
Available on Steam for Windows, macOS.

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