Senet

PLAYER 1 · Ivory

Moves first

0/4

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PLAYER 2 · Ebony

Local second player

0/4

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Roll two D5 and choose one result

Your turn. Throw the sticks.

How to Play

Each player has 4 pieces. Follow squares 1→24 and bear off all four pieces first.
On your turn, roll two fair five-faced dice (2D5). Choose one result to use.
If only one rolled value gives a legal move, you must use it. If neither gives a legal move, your turn ends.
You get a bonus roll after moving if the chosen value is 1, the chosen value is 5, or you capture an opponent piece. A 4 gives no bonus.
Land on an unprotected opponent piece to swap places. Two adjacent friendly pieces protect each other.
You must move forward if possible. If there is no legal forward move, move backward by the chosen amount if possible.
20 · House of Beauty: every piece must land exactly on 20 before it may pass beyond it.
21 · House of Water: landing here sends the piece back to square 12, or the nearest free square before 12.
Final Houses are locked: a piece on 22 leaves only with 3; on 23 only with 2; on 24 only with 1.
The first player to bear off all four pieces wins.

Special Houses

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20 · House of Beauty
Land here exactly before passing it.

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21 · House of Water
Return to 12, or nearest free square behind it.

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22 · Three Judges
This piece is locked until you roll exactly 3.

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23 · Two Judges
This piece is locked until you roll exactly 2.

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24 · House of Horus
This piece is locked until you roll exactly 1.

Game Log

Senet's original rulebook did not survive. This compact custom version uses 24 squares, four pieces each, 2D5 choice, adjacency protection, bonus rolls on 1, 5, or capture, and exact 3/2/1 exits from squares 22/23/24.

You Win!