  Buhen
Pharaoh has a building project underway at Dashur, so you have to send him plenty
of limestone, if you can survive the Nubian attacks.
Requirements:
Events:
Hints:
Pharaoh will ask you for
limestone, beer, troops, money and plain stone, so be prepared. As I mentioned
above, he's building a pyramid at Dashur, so be prepared for plenty of limestone requests.
Troops will also be required in 2571 BC to protect an Egyptian city. Aim to
have 2 companies each of archers and infantry (all academy trained) ready for this -
should you fail, your kingdom rating will take a serious hit and the price of copper and
gems will double. In return for your efforts, you'll receive a couple of granite
shipments.
Your own city is reasonably
safe - the Nubians will attack from the North-West, but they can be defeated with 1
academy trained company each of infantry and archers.
Just 1 more work on
pharaonic requests - in 2568 BC, you are asked to provide 1400 beer in only 8 months, and
there is another request (for 900 beer) which comes along at the same time. Consider
yourself warned.
Domestically, the floods are
generally relatively poor, and there's no way of improving them via the worship of Osiris
(you can't worship him here). You'll have to resort to the ostriches over the Nile
to provide your main food source.
You need 100 granite before
you can build the Small Obelisk you need.
Dragon2 said:
It
took my 136 months at Hard difficulty. Other results:
Culture 25
Prosperity 26
Kingdom 98
Population 3858
The
saved game is at www.tiac.net/users/bamberg/pharaoh/buhen/Buhen.zip
I
should have read up on obelisks before starting. It turns out you need 100 granite to put
up the obelisk, then stonemasons and carpenters to finish it.
Farming
is poor even in the meadow area to the south (accessible only by 2 ferries, anyway). Since
there's lots of gold, I just imported much of my food. Since imported food doesn't need a
granary, I got my initial housing off to a much quicker start than when I farm.
The
troops I sent for Pharaoh lost, but my Kingdom rating came out fine anyway, helped by two
lavish gifts.
I
finished before the second Nubian attack -- good thing, because it comes on the other side
of the Nile. If you cant finish in 12 years, better build forts on both banks.
After your exertions here,
Pharaoh requires you back at North Dashur, where he has an
onerous and historic task for you... |
