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Contest 54: Sandhurst, a Pharaoh Military Contest

Welcome to the contest pages for Contest 54: Sandhurst This is a Pharaoh contest, and should only be played with the latest version of Pharaoh. Use the links below to download the starting positions:

Sandhurst Easy
Sandhurst Hard
files are in exe format

Download the exe file for the desired difficulty level, run the Executable and place the 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 Pharaoh, go to your family, and select "Load Saved Game". You will find Sandhurst-Easy or Sandhurst-Hard as an executable game. It should be preset at the appropriate difficulty level.

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 Sandhurst 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.

Story

Tribulation has come to this very Egypt!

A mighty Hittite army is massing for an assault on Serabit Khadim. Their strength is such that, at present, we cannot prevail should we meet them battle. Needless to say, we cannot afford to lose the copper mines of Sinai, so we must delay the Hittites until we can muster a stronger force in defense.

You will lead a small flanking party to Jericho. There you must establish a small city, fortify it, and defend it against the inevitable Hittite assault. The longer you can survive, the greater our chance of success when the Hittites finally turn back towards Sinai.

May Seth smile upon you.

Rules

Completion Criteria:

  • Save at any time between January AD4 and December AD7
  • Population 1000
  • Prosperity 20

A requirement for 99 Palatial Estates is to prevent the victory screen coming up and should be ignored.

Winning Criteria:

1. Survival time (longest wins)
2. Kingdom Rating
3. Number of charioteers*

*As reported by the Military advisor.

Designer's Notes

An increase in the price of Lettuce is scripted to occur every December as a reminder to make your annual save.

You will have to fight at least one battle. The longer you survive, the worse the invasions get.

The games contain an additional winning criterion: 1 Palatial Estate. This is solely to prevent premature victory; it is impossible to achieve and should be ignored.

This contest was designed by Caesar Alan and tested by Stringbags.

This contest will close at 11PM EST (US), on Tuesday, November 30th. Please note the date!!!!

This contest has ended.

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