The Royal Game of Ur' v1.0s is a Windows shareware version of the most
ancient board game known -- 5 examples of which were found by
Woolley at Ur.  Played from at least 2500 BC and probably centuries
before, the game spread to all the civilizations of the Near East
and was the most popular game for at least 3000 years!  This version
offers excellent graphics, great game play, original MIDI background
music, and good game sounds.  Easy to play and learn, very fun, and
very educational!  BUT are you player enough to beat Arphaxad -- master
craftsman of Ur and very possibly your ancient ancestor.  

UR.ZIP should yield the following program files when un-zipped:

BUMP1   .WAV
BUMP4   .WAV
BUMP5   .WAV
BUMP7   .WAV
DICE1   .WAV
DICE2   .WAV
DICE3   .WAV
GOOD1   .WAV
GOOD2   .WAV
GOOD5   .WAV
GOOD6   .WAV
PROLOG  .WAV
RAIN1   .WAV
RAIN2   .WAV
RAIN3   .WAV
ROLLEM  .WAV
SUMERFAC.TXT
SUR     .EXE
UR      .HLP
UR1     .MID
UR2     .MID
UR3     .MID

'The Royal Game of Ur' is written in Visual Basic 3.0.   As such it
requires that VBRUN300.DLL exists in your Windows System directory.	

If you have trouble installing the game on your system you can 
contact me by:

E-Mail at:

CompuServe: 74212,1123  or  Internet: 74212.1123@compuserve.com

or by Mail:

Steve Neeley
248 W. 3325 N.
North Ogden, UT 84414

To install 'The Royal Game of Ur', please do the following:

1. Check that VBRUN300.DLL is in your Windows System directory.  If not,
   please download a copy (there should be a copy on the BBS from which
   you downloaded UR.ZIP).

2. Create a directory UR.

3. Copy all the files 'unzipped' from UR.ZIP 
   to this new UR directory.

4. Create a program manager icon for UR.EXE by adding it as a file
   in your GAMES program manager group.

That's it.

Thanks for trying 'The Royal Game of Ur'.  I hope it's challenging, fun, and 
educational at the same time!


Steve Neeley