Mehen

'Mehen' is one of the only Egyptian games that can have up to six players. Many other Egyptian games are for only two players (such as Senet or Aseb). Like most games of its era its exact rules are unknown but guesses have been made as to the nature of the game. Objects that have been associated with the game are:
 - A board in the shaped of a coiled snake (this represents Mehen the serpent god). Some examples of the board are seen with the head of a bird used to represent the tail.
 - Casting/Throwing sticks. An old version of a dice. One half of the stick is marked the other half isn't. Players would throw the sticks and depending on what side the stick lands on would determine how many moves they could move. For example if i was to throw four sticks and two of them was to land marked side up and the other two was to land blank side up i could move two spaces. However some interpretations state that if all four sticks i threw were to land unmarked side up you could move five spaces.
 - Six carved lions/lionesses
 - Six sets of marbles/balls

The aim of the game is to get as many marbles/balls as possible before the end of the game. Each player starts with a equal amount of marbles which can be decided by the players before you start the game. But the maximum you can have each is six. You use the throwing sticks to move around the board however you can only actually move after you have thrown two. You add up the total of all of your previous throws and move that many. The first person to get all of their marbles to the snakes head can then turn into a lion. They then move around the board in the opposite direction and if they pass one of their opponents marble they can claim it for themselves. The game ends when the a lion reaches the tail. The winner is the person who has the most marbles at the end.

Suggestions have been made that the game was eventually banned for religious reasons. 'Mehen' is actually a serpent shaped god who protects the sun god Ra during his journeys in the night-time. It was seen as 'killing' the serpent by carving the lines into its back to make the board. If Ra isnt protected and dies it was thought that all life would seize to exsit including all afterlife.