(game "Saqqara Game" ) //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (option "Variant" args:{ } { (item "Incomplete" < (players 2) (equipment { (board (rectangle 2 13)) // 13 pieces per player (piece "Disc" Each [#]) }) (rules (start [#]) (play [#]) (end [#]) ) > "The incomplete ruleset." ) }) //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (rulesets { (ruleset "Ruleset/Historical Information (Incomplete)" { "Variant/Incomplete" }) }) //------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (metadata (info { (description "This game, the name for which has been lost, was found in a tomb at Saqqara, Egypt. It is one of the oldest preserved complete sets of a board game. The board was found along the spine of the skeleton in the grave, and a bag with the pieces replaced the person's head.") (aliases {"Two Rows of Thirteen"}) (rules "2x13 board. Thirteen pieces per player, one with tall pieces and the other with short pieces.") (source "DLP Evidence.") (id "801") (version "1.3.12") (classification "board/race/reconstruction/pending") (credit "Eric Piette") (origin "This game was played in Egypt, from around 3100BCE to 2900BCE.") } ) (graphics { (board Colour Phase0 (colour 223 178 110)) (board Colour InnerEdges (colour Black)) (board Colour OuterEdges (colour Black)) (piece Scale "Disc2" 2) }) (recon { (concept "NumStartComponents" 26) }) )