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Aseb

By: New Venture Games

Type: Boxed Game

Product Line: Games of Ancient Egypt

Last Stocked on 5/15/2024

Product Info

Title
Aseb
Publisher
Product Line
Category
Publish Year
2022
Dimensions
6x9x1.5"
NKG Part #
2148092557
Type
Boxed Game
Age Range
10 Years and Up
# Players
2 Players
Game Length
30 Minutes

Description

Aseb is a strategy board game from the Ancient Games of Egypt collection from New Venture Games. Originally from Babylon or Mesopotamia, and migrated to Egypt, Aseb is the Egyptian version of the ancient Middle Eastern "The Game of 20 Squares."

According to some historians the Egyptian name of this game was Tjau, which in the ancient Egyptian slang meant “got it!” or “bingo!” but others claim that this name is a mistake. Aseb is related to the Royal Game of Ur in its more archaic form (it’s simpler than the Ur game), and probably arrived in Egypt from ancient Sumer, during the 17th Dynasty. Versions of Aseb have been found in Egypt, Sudan, Crete, and even in India.