Game-of-Ur board

Game-of-Ur board

Dating from 2500BC, this exciting yet infuriating board game can be played by one or two people. It trains intellectual skills.

Base Stats

Type

Building – Recreation

Mass

2 kg

Beauty

2

HP

90

Flammability

100%

Path Cost

14 (48%)

Building

Size

1 × 1

Minifiable

True

Placeable

True

Passability

pass through only

Cover Effectiveness

20%

Terrain Affordance

Light

Recreation

80% cerebral play

Creation

Work To Make

6,000 ticks (1.67 mins)

Stuff Tags

Metallic, Woody, Stony

Resources to make

35

Deconstruct yield

17 - 18

Destroy yield

8 - 9

Technical

Has Quality

True

The Game-of-Ur board is a piece of recreation furniture that provides cerebral recreation when used by colonists, as well as small trickle of intellectual skill experience.

It is the neolithic equivalent to the chess table available to factions of medieval tech level or above.

Acquisition

Game-of-Ur boards can be constructed, each requiring  35 Stuff (Metallic/Woody/Stony, 350 for SMVs) and 6,000 ticks (1.67 mins) of work modified by the construction speed of the builder and the work to build factor and offset of the material. Game-of-Ur boards can only be constructed by New Tribes. New Arrivals can never construct game-of-Ur boards, and must instead have the exclusive ability to construct chess tables.

They are also available from tribal traders and faction bases, and as quest rewards.

Summary

Unlike the chess table, the Game-of-Ur board does not require any chairs to be used by colonists. Sometimes a colonist will play alone to 'practice'. The game-of-Ur improves the player's intellectual skill at a meager rate of 0.0015 XP per tick, or 0.09 XP per real-time second.

Quality	Awful	Poor	Normal	Good	Excellent	Masterwork	Legendary
Rec Power	61%	70%	80%	90%	99%	112%	144%

Analysis

The Game-of-Ur board provides an abysmal 80% recreation power, the lowest of any recreation building in the game. Constructing them has merit in the early game as an addition recreational type for pairing with the hoopstone ring, however they should be replaced with a chess table or, better yet, a poker table as soon as possible. While the experience gain from any recreation is minor, the inferiority of the game-of-Ur extends there as well, providing only 75% of the Intellectual skill XP as the chess table and 37.5% of the poker table.

Once a colony has access to those alternatives, game-of-Ur boards should be sold or deconstructed unless they are of a sufficently higher quality than the alternatives available. As constructors in the colony improve even the highest quality boards will inevitably become irrelevant, as at only Construction level 10, constructed poker tables will have a higher recreation power than even a legendary game-of-Ur board more often than not.

Stats table

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Quality

Game-of-Ur board		Beauty	Recreation power	Work to Build	HP	Flamma­bility	Market Value
Quality	Material
Awful	Bioferrite	0	0.61	015,000 ticks (4.17 mins)	180	75%	40
Awful	Gold	-3	0.61	005,400 ticks (1.5 mins)	54	40%	1,760
Awful	Granite blocks	0	0.61	036,140 ticks (10.04 mins)	153	0%	81
Awful	Limestone blocks	0	0.61	036,140 ticks (10.04 mins)	140	0%	81
Awful	Marble blocks	0	0.61	033,140 ticks (9.21 mins)	108	0%	75
Awful	Plasteel	0	0.61	013,200 ticks (3.67 mins)	252	0%	181
Awful	Sandstone blocks	0	0.61	030,140 ticks (8.37 mins)	126	0%	70
Awful	Silver	-1	0.61	006,000 ticks (1.67 mins)	63	40%	186
Awful	Slate blocks	0	0.61	036,140 ticks (10.04 mins)	117	0%	81
Awful	Steel	0	0.61	006,000 ticks (1.67 mins)	90	40%	44
Awful	Jade	-1	0.61	030,000 ticks (8.33 mins)	45	0%	142
Awful	Uranium	0	0.61	011,400 ticks (3.17 mins)	225	0%	126
Awful	Wood	0	0.61	004,200 ticks (1.17 mins)	59	100%	29
Poor	Bioferrite	0	0.7	015,000 ticks (4.17 mins)	180	75%	60
Poor	Gold	14	0.7	005,400 ticks (1.5 mins)	54	40%	2,640
Poor	Granite blocks	1	0.7	036,140 ticks (10.04 mins)	153	0%	121
Poor	Limestone blocks	1	0.7	036,140 ticks (10.04 mins)	140	0%	121
Poor	Marble blocks	2	0.7	033,140 ticks (9.21 mins)	108	0%	113
Poor	Plasteel	1	0.7	013,200 ticks (3.67 mins)	252	0%	270
Poor	Sandstone blocks	1	0.7	030,140 ticks (8.37 mins)	126	0%	105
Poor	Silver	5	0.7	006,000 ticks (1.67 mins)	63	40%	280
Poor	Slate blocks	1	0.7	036,140 ticks (10.04 mins)	117	0%	121
Poor	Steel	1	0.7	006,000 ticks (1.67 mins)	90	40%	66
Poor	Jade	7	0.7	030,000 ticks (8.33 mins)	45	0%	210
Poor	Uranium	0	0.7	011,400 ticks (3.17 mins)	225	0%	188
Poor	Wood	1	0.7	004,200 ticks (1.17 mins)	59	100%	43
Normal	Bioferrite	0	0.8	015,000 ticks (4.17 mins)	180	75%	80
Normal	Gold	28	0.8	005,400 ticks (1.5 mins)	54	40%	3,520
Normal	Granite blocks	2	0.8	036,140 ticks (10.04 mins)	153	0%	162
Normal	Limestone blocks	2	0.8	036,140 ticks (10.04 mins)	140	0%	162
Normal	Marble blocks	4	0.8	033,140 ticks (9.21 mins)	108	0%	151
Normal	Plasteel	2	0.8	013,200 ticks (3.67 mins)	252	0%	360
Normal	Sandstone blocks	2	0.8	030,140 ticks (8.37 mins)	126	0%	140
Normal	Silver	10	0.8	006,000 ticks (1.67 mins)	63	40%	370
Normal	Slate blocks	2	0.8	036,140 ticks (10.04 mins)	117	0%	162
Normal	Steel	2	0.8	006,000 ticks (1.67 mins)	90	40%	88
Normal	Jade	15	0.8	030,000 ticks (8.33 mins)	45	0%	285
Normal	Uranium	1	0.8	011,400 ticks (3.17 mins)	225	0%	250
Normal	Wood	2	0.8	004,200 ticks (1.17 mins)	59	100%	57
Good	Bioferrite	1	0.9	015,000 ticks (4.17 mins)	180	75%	100
Good	Gold	56	0.9	005,400 ticks (1.5 mins)	54	40%	4,020
Good	Granite blocks	4	0.9	036,140 ticks (10.04 mins)	153	0%	200
Good	Limestone blocks	4	0.9	036,140 ticks (10.04 mins)	140	0%	200
Good	Marble blocks	7	0.9	033,140 ticks (9.21 mins)	108	0%	189
Good	Plasteel	4	0.9	013,200 ticks (3.67 mins)	252	0%	455
Good	Sandstone blocks	4	0.9	030,140 ticks (8.37 mins)	126	0%	175
Good	Silver	20	0.9	006,000 ticks (1.67 mins)	63	40%	465
Good	Slate blocks	4	0.9	036,140 ticks (10.04 mins)	117	0%	200
Good	Steel	4	0.9	006,000 ticks (1.67 mins)	90	40%	110
Good	Jade	30	0.9	030,000 ticks (8.33 mins)	45	0%	355
Good	Uranium	2	0.9	011,400 ticks (3.17 mins)	225	0%	315
Good	Wood	4	0.9	004,200 ticks (1.17 mins)	59	100%	71
Excellent	Bioferrite	1	0.99	015,000 ticks (4.17 mins)	180	75%	120
Excellent	Gold	84	0.99	005,400 ticks (1.5 mins)	54	40%	4,520
Excellent	Granite blocks	6	0.99	036,140 ticks (10.04 mins)	153	0%	240
Excellent	Limestone blocks	6	0.99	036,140 ticks (10.04 mins)	140	0%	240
Excellent	Marble blocks	11	0.99	033,140 ticks (9.21 mins)	108	0%	225
Excellent	Plasteel	6	0.99	013,200 ticks (3.67 mins)	252	0%	545
Excellent	Sandstone blocks	7	0.99	030,140 ticks (8.37 mins)	126	0%	210
Excellent	Silver	30	0.99	006,000 ticks (1.67 mins)	63	40%	555
Excellent	Slate blocks	7	0.99	036,140 ticks (10.04 mins)	117	0%	240
Excellent	Steel	6	0.99	006,000 ticks (1.67 mins)	90	40%	132
Excellent	Jade	45	0.99	030,000 ticks (8.33 mins)	45	0%	425
Excellent	Uranium	3	0.99	011,400 ticks (3.17 mins)	225	0%	375
Excellent	Wood	6	0.99	004,200 ticks (1.17 mins)	59	100%	86
Masterwork	Bioferrite	2	1.12	015,000 ticks (4.17 mins)	180	75%	200
Masterwork	Gold	140	1.12	005,400 ticks (1.5 mins)	54	40%	5,520
Masterwork	Granite blocks	10	1.12	036,140 ticks (10.04 mins)	153	0%	405
Masterwork	Limestone blocks	10	1.12	036,140 ticks (10.04 mins)	140	0%	405
Masterwork	Marble blocks	18	1.12	033,140 ticks (9.21 mins)	108	0%	375
Masterwork	Plasteel	10	1.12	013,200 ticks (3.67 mins)	252	0%	905
Masterwork	Sandstone blocks	11	1.12	030,140 ticks (8.37 mins)	126	0%	350
Masterwork	Silver	50	1.12	006,000 ticks (1.67 mins)	63	40%	930
Masterwork	Slate blocks	11	1.12	036,140 ticks (10.04 mins)	117	0%	405
Masterwork	Steel	10	1.12	006,000 ticks (1.67 mins)	90	40%	220
Masterwork	Jade	75	1.12	030,000 ticks (8.33 mins)	45	0%	705
Masterwork	Uranium	5	1.12	011,400 ticks (3.17 mins)	225	0%	625
Masterwork	Wood	10	1.12	004,200 ticks (1.17 mins)	59	100%	143
Legendary	Bioferrite	4	1.44	015,000 ticks (4.17 mins)	180	75%	400
Legendary	Gold	224	1.44	005,400 ticks (1.5 mins)	54	40%	6,520
Legendary	Granite blocks	16	1.44	036,140 ticks (10.04 mins)	153	0%	810
Legendary	Limestone blocks	16	1.44	036,140 ticks (10.04 mins)	140	0%	810
Legendary	Marble blocks	30	1.44	033,140 ticks (9.21 mins)	108	0%	755
Legendary	Plasteel	16	1.44	013,200 ticks (3.67 mins)	252	0%	1,810
Legendary	Sandstone blocks	18	1.44	030,140 ticks (8.37 mins)	126	0%	700
Legendary	Silver	80	1.44	006,000 ticks (1.67 mins)	63	40%	1,860
Legendary	Slate blocks	18	1.44	036,140 ticks (10.04 mins)	117	0%	810
Legendary	Steel	16	1.44	006,000 ticks (1.67 mins)	90	40%	440
Legendary	Jade	120	1.44	030,000 ticks (8.33 mins)	45	0%	1,415
Legendary	Uranium	8	1.44	011,400 ticks (3.17 mins)	225	0%	1,255
Legendary	Wood	16	1.44	004,200 ticks (1.17 mins)	59	100%	285

Gallery

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  Facing south

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  Facing north

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  Facing east

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  Facing west

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Architect

Recreation

Horseshoes pin ^(Colony) • Hoopstone ring ^(Tribal) • Game-of-Ur board ^(Tribal)

Complex Furniture

Billiards table • Chess table ^(Colony) • Poker table

(research)

Tube television • Flatscreen television • Harp • Harpsichord • Piano

(trade)

Megascreen television • Telescope

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