The Games
Path of Pharaohs
Designer: Rob Fosnaugh
Publisher: Crosstown Games
Type: Card
Status: Free
BGG entry:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/14699
Available at:
http://www.geocities.com/ctg_pathofpharaohs/
As a rite of passage, young pharaohs seek to build new pyramids at the 13 locations of ancient ruins starting in southern Egypt winding their way to the to the Northern point of the nation near Alexandria. The location sites to build upon are scarce; so many pharaohs are attempting at times to build at the same location. Due to the amount of resources and space available, only one or two pharaohs may work in a location simultaneously - causing battles and major conflicts between the workers if more are there than the area can support. As a pharaoh moves his workers into a location under construction by another pharaoh’s workers they tell horrific stories of the damage they have just inflicted upon the pyramids in their path. The frustrated workers would then retreat back to a pyramid they had previously erected to repair the damage before moving to a new pyramid construction site. A constant struggle emerges as the young pharaohs create new lavish structures while at the same time destroying the magnificent creations of others.
As time passes, ancient pyramids near the new construction sites are disturbed and mummies are awakened out of centuries of sleep. These mummies are the protectors of the pyramid locations and will do anything to see that it is not desecrated any further. Select locations may no longer be built upon which causes more issues, as there are fewer sites on which a pharaoh may build.
The struggles continue as the pharaohs wind up the path of pyramids along the Nile. The pharaoh who first builds a pyramid upon the mouth of the Nile is the pharaoh who will reside in the legacies of Egypt. His face is carved in stone upon the pinnacle of the Alexandria pyramid as a tribute to his greatness.