"Abusir: The Fifth Dynasty". In the years 2496 - 2433 BC pyramid construction for the Pharaohs Sahure, Nefirirkare, and Niuserre begins. Primary building material is white limestone. For pillars and doorways, rose granite from Aswan is sent by ship. Seven building sites are indicated. Players must transport the proper stones from the wharves and build the pyramids. In the process they try to push the competition out of the way ...
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The game of competing families in Ancient Egypt is played in two halves, the first representing the Old Kingdom, the second the New. The true goal is to be able to place the three-dimensional pyramid pieces which come with the game, but to get there one needs to manage auctions resembling the silent bid variety often held for charity. One must also manage income, cash, cards, farms, caravans and temples. Provinces such as Thebes are named and each has different characteristics. [more] [Buy it at Amazon.de]
"On the Banks of the Nile". Players are farmers growing their crops beside the Nile. They wish to use the best ground available, but not if it is going to flood. Besides managing this risk, they attempt to bring something fresh and unique to the market to enjoy the highest profits. But both the river and the players can make life difficult. [more]
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This expansion kit for Arkham Horror offers 166 cards representing an Ancient Egypt exhibit which comes to Arkham. There are 22 exhibit item cards depicting Ancient Egyptian relics. [Buy it at Amazon.de]
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Akhnaten wishes the people to worship Aton as the one god, but many are not ready for this. A power struggle over four temples ensues. Players manage cards and tile placement in this challenging and often tricky contest. [more] [Buy it at Amazon.de]
"Architects of Krimsutep". Trick-taking card game using cards showing obelisks, oases, palaces, slaves, building materials, stonemasons, a foreman, the Nile, etc. After the trick-taking game, players place cards in a building game.
Card game of secret card deployments and bluffing plus action cards featuring special powers in which players try to gain valuable cards and thus achieve the most points. It's Cleopatra vs. Caesar all over again. [more]
A number of items related to Ancient Egypt are set up in pyramid fashion. Working their way up from the bottom, players in turn choose which to take, keeping in mind that what they choose opens the way for the next player to get something. [more]
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Players are building an impressive 3D plastic representation of Cleopatra's palace. Timing is everything as each turn a player either builds onto the structure or drafts from one of three sets of cards. [more] [Buy it at Amazon.de]
A humorous train game set in Ancient Egypt?! Players construct tracks, ship fruit and construct buildings pyramids.
Pure abstract played on three different boards. A piece is played on each board simultaneously with the goal of forming a particular pattern. The board which is chosen to be primary determines the location of the piece on the other boards.
Collectible components game has player character cards fighting one another on a modular, hexagonal board.
Murder mystery game requiring a host. Solve a series of murders in Luxor, 1894.
Expansion for the above permits adding ten more players.
Players are modern day treasure hunters represented by lead miniatures, all exploring a pyramid at the same time. Each character has several attributes and also "currency" (represented by tana leaves). The latter are used in an auction to move the mummy, which permits the winner to steal or hurt another character. Card play determines movement, but other players can also use cards to make a character seem to bumble around in the darkness. There are also encounters: traps, monsters and items. The outcomes are resolved via die roll. The eventual goal is to ascend three levels of pyramid and pass a special test at the secret chamber at the top. Boards are placed at three levels to form an impressive three-dimensional display. There is a great deal of randomness in play, however.
This is an out and out war game published in Against the Odds magazine and simulating the biggest chariot battle in history when the Egyptians tangled with the Hittites and their allies. Perhaps as many as 5000 chariots participated. Historically, Ramses II declared victory, but left the city in Hittite possession. Can you do better? There are 320 pieces and three different scenarios reflecting different ideas on what the battle conditions and deployments were.
Ancient Egyptian architects are in competition, from the folks who created Comuni, Ghost for Sale, Maestro Leonardo. Includes 128 wooden tiles, 100 cards, a large board and various other bits. Architects need to be "ready neither too early, nor too late". This was the 4th place in Italy's game design competition of 2008. Playtesters of this forthcoming affair are said to have liked it and that it reminded recent resource management games with the addition of fresh ideas and without becoming overly about numbers.
Web-published card game. A card is played and its effects resolved. The goal is to achieve as many gold and victory points as possible.
Gem pieces are arranged on a 12x6 grid. Players move their pawns about this board collecting jewels in order to fulfill their individual victory condition. More of a multi-player puzzle solving affair. Also known as Ubongo.
Miniatures war game on the Battle of Kadesh (1300 BC) vs. the Hittites.
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In "Mummy's Curse" up to four tomb robbers explore the depths of a pyramid, attempting to be the first to carry out a set number of treasures. But one of the players portrays the mummy and tries to catch them. The board is vertical so that the mummy player sides cannot see the others' locations although the reverse is not true. Movement is via dice. Players have mission cards which they try to accomplish. The mummy wins when it has caught robbers enough times to give itself real life. Memory, bluffing and deduction also have roles to play. [more] [Buy it at Amazon.de]
Player are attempting to build three pyramids of the highest quality for Pharaoh Khufu. Unfortunately rivals keep inserting inferior stone, demolishing levels and releasing scarabs, which scare away workers. Luck levels are high, with possible kingmaker effects. Production is very good.
Basically the same as the traditional game Memory except using tiles showing hieroglyphs and including the fact that players move tiles after revealing them.
This game was actually played by the ancient Egyptians, first appearing during the New Kingdom. Its rules are similar to Snakes and Ladders.
Players represent Egyptian priests from rival temples competing to equip the death barge of the dead pharaoh. Obtaining the best offerings requires trade, purchase, sales, negotiations and conflict. Features very detailed and attractively-made obelisks and other components, including a Roulette-like mechanism.
Tile-laying game in the tradition of Carcassonne with some differences, including the setting, but also that tiles can be placed half offset. Tile tyles are desert, hill, field, swamp and river/necropolis. Tile placement is based on which Horus card one draws. Points are gained in the end for having the most markers in various areas; some areas can have their worth increased if they are completely surrounded by water (river).
Pure abstract made in imitation of a likely game found in an ancient pyramid. Unfortunately no one today knows how this game was played so new rules have had to be invented. Pieces move according to the number of other pieces there are in its section of the board until they reach a position where they can be personalized. From there, if they can reach a throne space, they win for their owning player. This beautiful game is an all-wood production. Part of a series of games that also includes Ramses and Pharao
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Solitaire simulation of a pharaoh's life in 2686 BC. Mechanisms are action selection and dice rolling against a table. [complete rules]
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Thebes
Nineteenth century archaeologists try to raise funds, complete excavations and exhibit. The sites they explore are Greek, Cretan, Palestinian, Macedonian and Egyptian. Later released by Queen under the title Thebes. [more] [Buy it at Amazon.de]
This is a dexterity game similar to Jenga. Players must carefully de-construct a pyramid composed of thirty wooden pieces and then construct a triangular structure.
Rival architects compete over the Great Pyramid, placing triangular tiles to fill in the triangular board, the goal being to control the longest chain of rooms and corridors with the most rooms and best set of sarcophagi in it. Includes a suction cup for relocating tiles and is assymmetric as the first player gets the special Pharaoh piece while the other has the benefit of going last. Some tiles have special effects such as prohibiting pawns or relocating opponent pawns.
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Similar to Chess but with the addition of two built in lasers which shine on the mirrored pieces, eventually knocking out whatever piece cannot reflect the beam. The Egyptian connection is that players have a piece called the pharaoh as well as pieces shaped like obelisks and pyramids. Also known as Deflexion. Expanded by Khet: Eye of Horus Beam Splitter ('06) which added a new type of piece, and Khet 3D: Tower of Kadesh ('07) which, being inspired by the battle of Kadesh, added a tower and platform to the game. [more] [Buy it at Amazon.de]
This time the board is vertical. Players add tiles to it, trying to extract the most valuable mummies. A match permits maneuvering around the pillars.
Each player tries to be the first to get all six of their totem figures – falcon, woman, crocodile, ibis, jackal and cat – safely across the board. Figures move by roll of dice-sticks.
It's Ramses I vs. Ramses II to determine who will be the most famous and pious pharaoh of all time. Build points are used to construct pyramids, obelisks, statues and temples. In addition, Ramses II can denounce and/or deface the opponent's monuments.
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In this majority control of an area game, players represent archaeologists excavating in Egypt and trying to put on the most impressive exhibition back in Europe. Expanded by Mykerinos: the Nile ('07) which adds six tiles, four tokens and a new character. [more] [Buy it at Amazon.de]
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The wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten is distributing favors to the courtiers who retrieve the best presents from the remote corners of the kingdom. There are four markets (Gizeh, Louqsor, Akhet-Aton and Abu Simbel) where gifts appear and players use their servant pawns to, in effect, bid on the ones they want. But the purchases are not complete until the market achieves a certain condition, e.g. servants from three different players present or total bids exceeding a certain number, so there are cooperative aspects as well in the bidding. Some purchases give an event-type card (called a character card) which can have dramatic effects, some destructive on others. The value of gifts at the end is dependent on the number of other players who also have that same type of gift. the game appears to be primarily tactical and evaluative in nature. [more] [Buy it at Amazon.de]
Deduction game made of wood in which players secretly distribute support between priests and gods who move and conflict in a struggle to reach the top of the pyramid. Magnetic stickers on the pieces permit the priest and his god to connect in secret. Eventually the priest attached to the god hidden at the top of the pyramid is revealed and the player with the most supporters in the corresponding temple wins.
Abstract strategy played out on an irregular grid having 149 squares. Each player has pharaoh, guards and soldier pieces and strives to remove opposing pharaohs.
Pure abstract made in imitation of a Senet game found in an ancient pyramid. However, the game is completely different in play. Special dice are used to move both one's own and the opponent's pieces, the goal being to push all the opponent's pieces into the water square, to move one's own last piece into the happiness square or to make the opponent's move impossible. This beautiful game is an all-wood production.
The Pharaoh is dying and is choosing his successor according to the one who succeeds best in three areas: harvest, people to build a monument and in sacrifices to the gods. The game employs a role-choosing mechanism similar to Puerto Rico. This game employs the PiecePack system. Instructions
Players represent a family having four members whose goal it is to survive plagues and attain the status of the healthiest family in the land. To do this it is imporatance to race across the Nile and gather the resources needed for nutrition and building repair. Which plague appears is entirely random.
Pure abstract with each player having a base pyramid of 9 pieces (8 soldiers plus 1 guardian) and goal of capturing the opposing playing pieces and treasure chamber.
Pure abstract for two played on a square grid representing a pyramid.
Anthology of games around building up a pyramid with wooden blocks.
Pure abstract which must be played in teams if there are four players. Players try to achieve a particular arrangement of pyramids – a pyramid placement game.
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Auction game mirroring the three ancient Egyptian eras. Tiles are turned up in odd lots for which players bid fixed amounts. A variety of collection strategies are available. [more] [Buy it at Amazon]
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A simpler version of the above in which dice replace the auction. [Buy it at Amazon]
Pure abstract made in imitation of Tjau, a game found in an ancient pyramid. However, the game is completely different in play. Pieces move orthogonally or based upon the number of other pieces in its row and column. The goal is to move one's four pieces into particular positions or box the opponent in that he cannot move. There is no randomness. Part of a series of games that also includes Isis and Pharao
Represents the priests of Thoth meeting to play a game of collecting scarabs (dung beetles). In the game players move around a grid aiming for high numbered tiles. There is a partnership version for four.
Non-collectible card game which nevertheless has some similarities to its collectible cousins. Each player has a deck of 40 cards which he customizes to best effect. This is set in a fantasy version of Egypt which includes mythical beasts and sorcerors. [more]
Pure abstract based on a board found in a pyramid. Players have one pharaoh and several priest pieces which they try to get to the opposite end of the board.
Each player creates a hidden maze and the players take turns trying to solve the other's. Includes both psychology and deduction.
It's Jade vs Amber. Each has six sphinxes, one of which needs to reach the other side of the board. Dice are rolled to determine where on the grid is placed a pyramid which removes any sphinx or pyramid there, but otherwise places a pyramid. Then players move or capture.
"The Settlers of Catan: Historical Scenarios." One of the games in this two game set is named "Cheops" and features players creating pyramids for Pharaoh. [more]
This is series of seven abstract games played on a cloth banner using polished stones. Only one is solitaire. A die is also included.
Game of pyramid building in which players must deploy workers either to work on the pyramid or steal stones from the other players. [more]
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Unusual set collection game in which a number of Egypt-themed tiles are laid out in a line. The player moves his pawn forward as far as he likes to claim the pawn upon which he ends, but may never move backward. Points are scored for majority controls of the various tile types (ankhs, scarabs, etc.). [more] [Buy it at Amazon]
