Tom Scott vs Irving Finkel: The Royal Game of Ur, PLAYTHROUGH, International Tabletop Day 2017
YouTuber Tom Scott has flown drones through lightning, hes taken on the first humanpowered theme park, hes even visited Penistone. But hes never taken on a British Museum curator in the worlds oldest playable board game UNTIL NOW For International Tabletop Day 2017, Tom Scott was challenged by British Museum Curator Irving Finkel to a round of the oldest playable board game in the world The Royal Game of Ur a game whose rules were rediscovered and deciphered by Irving himself. Interested in other mysterious cuneiform tablets deciphered by Irving Check out his book The Ark before Noah to find out how he discovered the oldest account of the Ark myth: How Irving deciphered the rules to the Royal Game of Ur:
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