Egyptian Senet (Ancient Egypt Game)
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Start your mysterious afterlife journey to pass through the underworld realm of Osiris
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.
==== Awards ====
◆ Nominated for Top 20 Apps in Mobily KSA Developers Award 2014
◆ Nominated for the World Summit Award 2013 in e-Entertainment & Games from Egypt
◆ Silver Winner in 2013 W3 Awards
◆ 1st Place Winner Of Egypt e-Content Award 2013
◆ Winner Of Gaming Egypt Contest 2012
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 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 of timothy kendall in his game, 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 3 Truths; square 29 is the House of 2 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.
Recommended for everyone interested in Egyptology, Archeology, and Mummification.
Supported Languages in 2017: (English Arabic French Spanish German Italian Dutch Russian Japanese Korean Chinese Portuguese-Brazil)
https://www.facebook.com/EgyptianSenet
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.
==== Awards ====
◆ Nominated for Top 20 Apps in Mobily KSA Developers Award 2014
◆ Nominated for the World Summit Award 2013 in e-Entertainment & Games from Egypt
◆ Silver Winner in 2013 W3 Awards
◆ 1st Place Winner Of Egypt e-Content Award 2013
◆ Winner Of Gaming Egypt Contest 2012
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 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 of timothy kendall in his game, 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 3 Truths; square 29 is the House of 2 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.
Recommended for everyone interested in Egyptology, Archeology, and Mummification.
Supported Languages in 2017: (English Arabic French Spanish German Italian Dutch Russian Japanese Korean Chinese Portuguese-Brazil)
https://www.facebook.com/EgyptianSenet
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Game History & Updates
What's Changed
Stability system update for some devices.
Stability system update for some devices.
Version update Egyptian Senet (Ancient Egypt Game) was updated to version 1.1.6
More downloads Egyptian Senet (Ancient Egypt Game) reached 100 000 - 500 000 downloads
Name changed Name changed! Egyptian Senet (Ancient Egypt) now is known as Egyptian Senet (Ancient Egypt Game).
Version update Egyptian Senet (Ancient Egypt Game) was updated to version 1.1.1
What are users saying about Egyptian Senet (Ancient Egypt Game)
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Installed this app on phone with Android 5.0. The game itself is fun, however everyday and sometimes multiple times a day I get a popup that "Egyptian Senet has stopped". I've reported this a number of times. My questions: WHY is this game running when I'm not playing it? So WHY does it keep stopping? Are the permissions there to gather my personal information? I will likely UNINSTALL. UPDATE: Dev replied suggesting I update the app. Did so, and no more problems. Thank you!
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I enjoy this game so much! The one thing I don't care for is that once an ad pops up, you basically have to close the program... No option to exit from add. Otherwise, great game!
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Good balance with the #s rolled...doesn't give you the impression the game is "rigged" in favor of the computer. Easy difficulty is perfect for learning the game and trying various strategies. Good graphics, and an extremely cool opportunity to play a game 5,000+ years old (with what we assume are the rules).
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Playing on 1st difficulty is too easy, but playing on settings higher is too hard because it feels like computer starts cheating by throwing exact number it needs to make the best turn, while player always get 2 and 3. Not sure you made computer play wisely on higher levels, you just made the game play on its own side. But this is amazingly well built game for 2 players, I mean design and everything like that.
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I love this game! My one complaint is that there are several different versions of rules for Senet. It would be nice to be able to choose which rules version you want.
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In one player, my "opponents" kept making screamingly obvious mistakes. Not a challenge. Graphics were nice, game play was slow.
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I love playing Senet and this is a great app for me to do so when not at home with my set. I wish the AI presented more of a challenge but still enjoy the game overall.
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Amazing game, only thing left on this app is an online mode to play with other players from around the world.
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Fun and easy to use, gameplay and controls are great, but runs long ads that are annoying, bit not enough features to make it worth buying "pro" version
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Makes you think. Good strategy game, but ads are annoying!
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Beautiful version of one of the oldest board games in the world. Easy to pick up, tricky to master.
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I don't appreciate being called loser at the end of the game.
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The AI most certainly cheats or "conveniently" get numbers to push you away every single turn. But if playing with friends it's amazing.
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This game is mentioned often in movies or books about Egypt, so I am really glad to find it here. And the game is fun and strategic.
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Great playing such an ancient game.
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The gods are on my side its a great game i have been winning lots of times I lost very little
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I want More, Hounds and Jakels, etc... More of what I remember playing as a little Girl, many many lifetimes ago. I LOVE this game!!!
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Really good game download it and just see what you think, it is a great, great game. 5 stars from me. ; )
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Good graphics n gameplay. Nice for learning n practice
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The game is quite addicting and you can almost feel like the Egyptians as they played
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I will have to be able to get the same thing
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Addictive and not as simple as it seems at first!
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Egyptian Senet is an excellent game i wish there were more games like this
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Like playing the real game.
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Fun, ancient game brought to life for your smart device.
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Very good time filler. Easy to play, and understand the rules.
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I play everyday
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Love the game. Very simple concept but very challenging.
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Fantastic game that is easy to pick up for new players.
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I've always loved senet. This is a good version.
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Better than chess. Love the challenge
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Super game with an enchanting GUI.
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I love this game. Thank you.
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It's great game.
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Best game ever????
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Very addictive!
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Very fun and addicting
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I just love it... You should try this...????????????????
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EDIT: Glitch has been fixed so my rating has changed back to 4 *s. So after the most recent update I find myself forced to change my rating from 4 stars to 2. Since the last update I have received several messages on my phone saying that unfortunately Egyptian Senet has stopped. This wouldn't be so bad except that each time it has occurred I haven't been running this game.