A short intro to tell you that you already have at your disposal our shop. You will find on it almost all the objects discussed in this blog and some other of which we have not spoken, but really needs no introduction, as the Grail Rubbing, or some glasses inspired by Game of Thrones.
Gradually we hope to offer more things that come to our mind, and we hope you like them .
We had fun making them and enjoyed the process from birth until the idea becomes reality.
The Royal Game of Ur is one of the oldest known, next to the Egyptian game of Senet. Also called “game of 20 squares” and it was played in Mesopotamia in 2600 BC It is a game for two players, each with seven tiles (black and white) and three pyramidal dice.
The board and pieces are based on the tablets found in the city of Ur, one of the most important cities of ancient Mesopotamia during the excavations in the 1920s by British archaeologist Leonard Woolley. Excavations continued until 1934 and there were found sixteen graves they called the “Royal Tombs of Ur”.
The pieces found, (one of them is preserved today in the British Museum) consist on a wooden board with inlaid shell, red limestone and lapislazuli, small shell discs and three pyramidal dice, marked in two of its vertices.
The twenty boxes are decorated with various designs, symmetrically distributed.
All different similar boards found, have in the same position the five rosettes, so they are considered special boxes. Other tables are decorated with “eyes of luck” points and concentric circles.
The original rules of the game are unknown but there are several possible reconstructions based on a clay tablet with cuneiform writing (Babylonian origin of 177-176 BC) that suggests that it was a “persecution” game as Senet, predecessor of today Parcheesi and backgammon.
The two players move their pieces across the board according to their score on the dice.
Here we expose one of the versions, based on the interpretation of the British Museum:
Objective:
Complete the tour with seven tiles before your opponent
How to play:
The score of the dice according to the number of vertices labeled as follows:
– An unmarked vertex: One point, the turn passes to the opponent.
– Two unmarked vertices: Zero points, the turn passes to the opponent.
– Three unmarked vertices: Four points, and roll again.
– Three sharp corners: Five points, and roll again
With the first roll of the dice we resolve who starts the game.
A chip on the board enters the input box if we get a roll of 4 or 5 points.
Once on board, the chips make their journey according to the score of the dice.
When the chips are in the middle row can be attacked if an opponent’s piece falls into the same box, so that the attacked piece will be removed from the board to start again.
The rosette boxes are safe squares rosette, the chips are in a rosette can not be attacked.
To exit the panel a piece has to fall exactly at exit square, If the score is larger, travel in the opposite direction to completion, once there, the tab will travel when I get a score of 4 or 5.
Long version:
Once in the exit box, we turn to the piece and follow the dash in reverse, to finish the tour of the input box. In this game mode, the chips may only be attacked by other going in the same direction.
We present here our interpretation of the board and pieces.
This is a reproduction hand painted resin.
It comes in a matching wooden box, with compartments for the different pieces.
Wooden box is not available now.
Available in our store.
As you may have noticed, by the things that you’ve shown so far, we like to make replicas of things in the movies, it is a good way to learn and meet new chalenges. One day someone in a forum said: Someone dares to do this? and.. here we go!
This framework is the one that Doc gives to Marty when he returns from the “West”, as a souvenir of their stay there. Tthe picture is well known, and many fans of the movie, like to have a similar framework.
In this case we start from scratch, since there is no (or not found) commercial moldings with the same shape. So we went to look for pine sticks in various measures to build the frame.
As for the color, as not distinguished very well in the film, we have opted for the aged mahogany with bitumen
The original is supposed that ornaments are embossed metal, so with tin foil and a little patience we get some kind of originals and we could make a mold.
We thought to load with aluminium to give it metallic appearance, but the polish make it lost some relief, so a bit of paint, an aged and ready.
This has been the result. With its passepartout and dedication.
And this other picture to compare:
While not perfect, all the fans I know who have wanted one, they liked it, and it’s always a pleasure for us when they write and say, “I’ve recieved it. Love it!”
There are several photos circulating on the net, some fans have been changing and modifying them, so we distribuy the frames with uncut passepartout so each one could set the one you like, and write a dedication in your own way. Some even asked us the decorations just because you want to make the frame itself. Of course, I always thought that the best replica to collect (well, maybe not, but the most satisfying) is that one you have made yourself. So I encourage all fan of this type of collections to do it yourself.
Available in our store.
