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The Game of the Snake (the Serpent Game or Mehen)
James F. R. Masters, Birmingham Egyptology Journal 10 (2023): 52–87
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The cutting-edge reconstruction of Mehen's rules. Masters systematically deconstructs over a century of hypothetical rulesets, invalidates the standard dice-and-race model, and formalises the marble-guessing and lion-attack mechanics that make the game a system of psychological brinkmanship rather than stochastic chance.
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The Academy · May 27, 2026
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