Granite Chippings

From the quarry across the Nile
by
Granite Q


This is the home page for Granite Chippings,
a collection of odds and ends about
the Pharaoh / Cleopatra (Queen of the Nile) game

The contents of this website is mainly for newcomers to the game, 
but hopefully experienced players will find something useful here as well.


So this is  what you will find here..........

  To access any page, 
  click on the granite block puller


Game Help

Kingdom rating
Some tips
to help you achieve your Kingdom Rating target

Prosperity Rating
Advice to help you reach your Prosperity Rating target

Worship the Gods            
Information about Gods, temples, festivals and blessings etc.

Trading
Help if traders to your city are not buying or selling goods

Dock Trading
Detailed game help on docks trading by
Merepatra 

Storage Yards
Advice to solve those Storage Yard problems

City supply problems;   Abusir (flax to make linen), 
Dakhla Oasis (granite for the obelisk), Saqqara (wood to build the pyramid), and On (loss of trade route to buy jewellery)


Information

Industrial Production 
Information on the number of farms, raw material gathering units and manufacturing workshops to produce given quantities of goods

Housing evolution 
Information on the requirements for each of the twenty different types of housing to evolve, their maximum occupancy and tax revenue they generate

Military Information
Information on military availability in each of the 38 missions in Pharaoh and the 15 missions in Cleopatra

New features 
A table showing the first time that new features appear in missions in Pharaoh, prepared by
swillwater 


Mission Downloads

Mission Download index page     
Various types of custom missions for you to download and play. Includes   brief descriptions, difficulty and objectives of each mission.


The real Egypt and the Pharaoh / Cleopatra game  

The index gives access to pages which show the relationship between the 
Kings and Pharaohs of Egypt and each mission in the game. 
Compiled by
Menmaatre and Granite Q


    Pharaoh Phunnies   

A selection of unusual and funny genuine screenshots from the game.
If you have any and you would like others to see them, please 
e-mail them to me and I will consider including them on this page.

To take a screenshot, press the "Print Screen" button on your keyboard (this saves the screen to your clipboard), go to a picture management programme such as 'Paint' or 'Adobe Photoshop', open a new file, click edit then paste, and save the file. Attach it to the e-mail. If used, you will be acknowledged as the source.


Walkthroughs

Thinis 2
If you've played Thinis 2 and haven't succeeded even with the help of other walkthroughs, here's a fairly detailed one by
Granite Q

Iunet with the v 1.1 bug
How to beat the Expansion Pack Version 1.1 bug in Iunet.
A walkthrough by swillwater
The first seven levels of Pharaoh are tutorials to help you learn to play the game. This is a link to Ray Heuer's invaluable walkthroughs for these early missions

Screenshots

Towers and Enemy ships
A Screenshot of The Death-trap Towers Run. Javelin throwers can sink enemy ships and assist your warships when under heavy attack.

Infantry and archers
Infantry and archers fighting in Thinis 2

Chariots
Four companies of chariots awaiting an invasion

Pharaoh's Army attacks
A huge army invades

Stately Manors
Are you fairly new to the game and wondered what Stately Manors (a requirement to win Itjtway) look like? Screenshots are here.

Palatial Estates
At the very pinnacle of housing are Palatial Estates (required to win in Bubastis and Cleopatra's Alexandria); see them here.


Links

Links to other Pharaoh fan sites, and loads of sites of Egyptian interest 



Thank you for visiting this website - please bookmark this page and call back soon  
This site was started on 23rd August 2000, and is updated occasionally.

Granite Q

 


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All images and sounds are gratefully used with their permission
 
Thanks are due to Mayati whose help with signatures for the Pharaoh Forum inspired me to create this website (visit Mayati's Egypt)
to JuliaSet for some images, and to Claire at home for putting up with me complaining and helping me through the technical difficulties