Refer to the senet diagram on the Museum of Science, Boston, website in the Resources section at the end of this article as you make your game board.
Color one side only of five popsicle or wood craft sticks. These will be your throw sticks.
Cut the oak tag or poster board into a 10-inch by 3-inch rectangle. This will be used for the game board.
Make seven one-inch cylinders and seven one-inch cones with air-dry modeling clay. These will be the pawns. Instead of clay, you can cut seven circles and seven triangles from the leftover oak tag or use pennies and nickels.
Draw a grid of thirty equal squares on the board.
Draw a symbol in each of the following special squares, starting at the left in each row: row 2, square 6; row 3, squares 6, 7, 8, 9. Copy the hieroglyphic symbols from the Museum of Science diagram or create your own symbols.
Refer to the twenty-squares (aseb) diagram on the Gaming Corner website, in the Resources section at the end of this article, as you make your game board.
Cut the oak tag or poster board into a 10-inch by 3-inch rectangle. This will be the game board.
Draw three rows along the length of the board. Draw twelve equal squares in the middle row. Starting on the left side of the board, draw four squares directly above and below the first four squares in the middle row.
Draw a symbol in each of the following special squares, starting at the left: top row, square 1; middle row, squares 4, 8, 12; bottom row, square 1. Copy the hieroglyphic symbols from the Gaming Corner diagram or create your own symbols.
Find a box with a lid. It should be at least 11 inches by 5 inches.
Cover the box with construction paper (if you need to hide printing that's already on the box).
Decorate the sides of the box with hieroglyphs. Find out how to write your name in hieroglyphs in the Resources section at the end of this article.
Glue the senet board on top of the box and the twenty-squares board on the bottom.
Store the pawns and throw sticks in the box.
Enjoy your games. You will find some rules for playing senet and twenty squares on the Museum of Science and Gaming Corner websites. No one really knows how these ancient games were played. Experts study artifacts in museums and make their best guess. So get creative and make up your own rules for senet and twenty squares.