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Latest Post

Our new flawless Panda bot quietly considering a position.

Solving the Royal Game of Ur

10th March, 2025

Here's our story of how we started trying to make bots that could compete with people, and ended up solving the Royal Game of Ur completely! Read more...

Older Posts

The thumbnail of the music video for Quest for the Royal Game.

RoyalUr has a new soundtrack!

22nd November, 2024

It's called Quest for the Royal Game, and it comes with its own music video. We also have a Christmas tournament coming up! Read more...

A screenshot of Alcoth's finished Halloween theme.

The making of our new Halloween theme 🎃

25th October, 2024

It doesn't get spooki-ur than this! Read about our new Halloween board, made by Alcoth. Read more...

Advance from playur to pro with Game Review

18th October, 2024

Learn what wild risks are worth taking! Game review highlights moves from your game for you to learn from, laying the path for you to become a pro. Read more...

A screenshot of the three dice that are now used in Masters

We updated Masters, and custom games are now free!

9th September, 2024

We have updated the Masters ruleset to be more historically accurate, and anyone with an account can now make games with custom rules. Read more...

Timing, resigning and rule customising

2nd July, 2024

Games are now timed, you can now resign from games, and memburs can now create games with custom rules! Read here about how the new timing works. Read more...

A screenshot of selecting the Panda as your opponent

The Panda's training montage is complete!

11th May, 2024

One month ago, the Panda left on an epic training montage. Now they're back and stronger than ever! Read more...

Accounts have arrived!

11th March, 2024

I'm ecstatic to announce that accounts have finally made it to RoyalUr.net! Read more...

Happy Holidays!

15th December, 2023

Happy holidays everyone! 🎄In celebration of this holiday season, we have released a limited-time holiday theme to RoyalUr.net! Read more...

Two hands reaching out to touch the Royal Game of Ur.

Planning a Renaissance

30th November, 2023

In September of this year, I quit my job, moved to London, and began burning my savings so that I can work on this website, RoyalUr.net, full-time. And I am loving it! Read more...