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Pharaoh Manual 2 3 Credits Designer Chris Beatrice Sound Ed Saltzman Producers Greg Sheppard Writer Lisa Gagnon Ken Parker Additional Design Doug Gonya Director of Technology Mike Gingerich Tony Leier Art Director Darrin Horbal Quality Assurance Manager Jon Payne Programmers Jason Benham Lead Tester Tony Leier Jim Solomon Gabe Farris Testers Clay Heaton Chris Gurski Chris Bold Scott Delekta Chris Dixon Hans Wang Lead Artist Heidi Mann John McAuley Wayne McCaul Lead Animator Mike Malone Brett Levin Artists Dennis Rose Scenario Creators Clay Heaton Andrea Muzeroll Tony Leier Bob Curtis Brett Levin Brian Despain John McAuley Kate Saparoff Wayne McCaul Ron Alpert Ken Parker Adam Carriuolo Jon Payne Greg Sheppard Music Keith Zizza Henry Beckett 4 Table of Contents Table of Contents 5 Table of Contents Building Housing.................................................40 Housing Evolution ...............................................41 Goods and Services...............................................42 Egypt Welcomes You ....................................................9 Desirability ............................................................42 A Quick Historical Note......................................10 Wells and Water Supplies.....................................43 A Note on Usage................................................. 10 Traveler’s Journal..................................................10 People and Employment ............................................47 Attracting Immigrants......................................... 47 Getting Started .............................................................13 City Sentiment......................................................47 Installing Pharaoh on the PC ...............................13 Finding Workers...................................................49 Starting the Game on the PC...............................14 People of the City ................................................50 Installing the Game on the Mac ..........................15 Unemployment ....................................................53 Starting the Game on the Mac.............................15 Labor Shortages ....................................................54 After Pharaoh Launches .......................................15 Managing Labor ...................................................55 Your Family...........................................................16 Scribes ...................................................................57 Continuing History...............................................16 Missions and Mission Briefings.............................17 Farming and Food Production ...................................59 Setting a Difficulty Level.......................................17 The Nile, the Inundation and the Nilometer.....59 Your Place in the World.......................................18 Building Food and Farming Structures...............60 Losing the Game...................................................19 Flood Plain Farming and Work Camps..............60 Scoring ...................................................................19 Meadow Farming..................................................62 Other Options......................................................20 Irrigation and Water Lifts.................................... 63 In-Game Help ......................................................21 Crop Types ............................................................65 Other Food Sources..............................................65 Playing Pharaoh ...........................................................23 The Control Panel ................................................23 Industry........................................................................ 69 The Menu Bar....................................................... 28 Types of Industries................................................69 Keyboard Controls...............................................28 Storage...................................................................77 For Players of Caesar III .......................................31 Running Efficient Industries ................................78 Housing, Roads and Drinking Water .........................35 Commerce and Trade ..................................................81 Your City Site........................................................35 Granaries ................................................................81 The Kingdom Road ..............................................37 Storage Yards ........................................................84 Principles Guiding Construction .........................37 Bazaars ...................................................................86 Clearing Land........................................................38 Planning an Efficient Distribution System..........88 Building Roads......................................................38 Trade ......................................................................91 6 Table of Contents Table of Contents 7 Municipal Functions ....................................................97 Entertainment ............................................................159 Constables and Magistrates. .................................97 Building Entertainment Structures ....................159 City Sentiment and Crime ...................................99 Entertainment Venues........................................159 Other Security Issues..........................................100 Measuring Entertainment Access ......................162 Structural Flaws.................................................. 100 Fire Prevention....................................................101 Education ....................................................................165 Palaces..................................................................101 Taxes and Money ...............................................102 The Military, Combat and Defense ...........................169 Mansions .............................................................107 Raising an Army..................................................169 Your Salary ..........................................................108 Weapons, Chariots and their Manufacture .......177 Roadblocks..........................................................109 Commissioning a Navy ......................................177 Water Crossings ..................................................110 Defensive Structures............................................184 Beautification ......................................................113 Enemies................................................................185 Kingdom Service .................................................187 Religion and the Gods ................................................117 Overseer of the Military .....................................187 The Gods of Egypt...............................................117 World Map ..........................................................188 Patron Gods and Local Deities ...........................118 Religious Buildings ..............................................119 Ratings ........................................................................191 Temple Complexes, Altars and Oracles .............120 Festivals and Festival Squares .............................124 Managing Your City...................................................197 Your Overseers ....................................................197 Monuments ................................................................129 Overlays ..............................................................203 Building Monuments..........................................129 View ....................................................................209 Construction Guilds ...........................................130 Overview Map ....................................................209 Work Camps .......................................................130 World Map ........................................................210 Construction Foreman and Citizens ..............................................................210 Overseer of Monuments .............................131 Messages ..............................................................211 Monuments.........................................................132 Burial Provisions..................................................146 A New Egypt Thrives ................................................213 Monument Building Tips ...................................146 Designer’s Notes .......................................................215 Health .........................................................................151 Health Buildings ..................................................151 Appendices ................................................................220 City Health and Health Risks .............................152 Appendix 1: Building Summary........................222 Infected Housing ................................................155 Appendix 2: A Brief History of Egypt...............235 Egypt Welcomes You tanding on the hot, arid sand, you look towards the little settlement that you call home. In the background, the mighty Nile flows by, and along Sits muddy banks all manner of vegetation grows, even some small farms that some in your city have planted. Your family has lived and died along the river for gen- erations, eking out an existence from what the land has to offer. Yet, change is in the hot, arid
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