Contest 25: Delta Blues: Introduction

Welcome to the contest pages for Contest 25: Delta Blues
This is a Pharaoh game; it can be played with Cleopatra or Pharaoh.

Use the links below to download the starting positions:

Delta Blues (Normal Difficulty) First and last time for normal
Delta Blues (Hard Difficulty)
files are in zip format
or
Delta Blues (Normal Difficulty) First and last time for normal difficulty
Delta Blues (Hard Difficulty)
files are in exe format

To download the mission, simply click the appropriate link. The file you receive will be in a zipped format. After downloading, decompress the file (using, e.g. PowerArchiver or Winzip). You can get Winzip free from their website at www.winzip.com.

Then place the unzipped file in your family save directory (in the Pharaoh root directory, Save, [YourFamilyName]; by default C:\Sierra\Pharaoh\Save\[YourFamilyName]\).

To play the game, start Pharoah/Cleopatra, go to your family, and select "Load Saved Game". You will find Delta Blues Easy or Delta Blues Hard as a saved game. It should be preset at the correct difficulty level, which is Normal or Hard.

If you choose to download the executable files, after downloading, players should run the executable, and follow the on screen instructions. When prompted, choose to extract the archive to the directory in which Pharaoh.exe is located (by default C:\Sierra\Pharaoh\Save\).To download the mission, simply click the appropriate link.

Please make sure you play the game from the start at the correct level of difficulty. Select Options, Difficulty and check it. If necessary adjust the difficulty, select new game and reselect the Delta Blues saved game. Now you can play.

All players are advised to peruse the remainder of the contest pages (links to which can be found at the foot of the page), as well as the General Rules and Pharaoh/Cleopatra game features.

Delta Blues was created by Stringbags.

This contest closes Sunday, March 30, at 11 PM EST, 2003

Delta Blues : The Story

Life is hard living in the delta, the floodplain may be fertile, but the hippos take our farm workers too regularly.

The constant need to keep Osiris happy is hard on the coffers, but if we don't how will we trade?

To make matters worse, our neighbours are so demanding. They know we can't refuse them, so they make more and more ridiculous demands. The cost of refusal will be the end of us!

Delta Blues: Contest Rules

First, competitors are reminded that the normal CBC General Contest Rules apply to this contest. Competitors are also advised to peruse the list of Pharaoh/Cleopatra game features. A price increase for sandstone will remind you to save your game every December. Please retain these saves in case they are requested.

You may submit a saved game at any time when not in debt, but no later than Jan 7 AD.

Please check the Forum for news about the new game features.

The mission goals (minimum values) to be met in your entry are:

1. Prosperity 30
2. No requests remaining
3. City not in debt
4. Submission no later than Jan 7 AD


The valid entries will then be ranked according to the following winning criteria:

1: Kingdom Rating (Highest wins)
2: Greatest Treasury (highest wins)

Delta Blues: Designers' Advice

This is a Pharaoh game; it can be played with Cleopatra or Pharaoh.
Competitors are reminded that the normal CBC General Rules apply to this contest. Competitors are also advised to peruse the list of Pharaoh/Cleopatra game features.

The mission lasts for seven years. The game you submit must before (7 AD), when the countdown in the top left corner of the screen shows one month remaining.

You are also required to make an annual save every December. You will get a message informing you of an increase in the price of sandstone as a reminder to make this save. You do not have to submit these annual saves with your entry, but should make them available upon request.

The Easy and Hard versions of this game are essentially the same, but all of the requests are lower for easy the version.

Also note that you have to wait until the first flood before dock placement is possible; after the first flood, the inland error message will also clear.

Stringbags

The beta-testers were Kach and Islonian; many thanks for their helpful comments and suggestions.

This contest closes Sunday, March 30, at 11 PM EST, 2003

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