Contest 55: Dire Straits, a Pharaoh Economic Contest

Welcome to the contest pages for Contest 55: Dire Straights 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:

Dire Straits Easy
Dire Straits Hard
files are in zip format

After downloading, PC players should open the archive with a suitable programme (e.g. Winzip) 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 Pharaoh, go to your family, and select "Load Saved Game". You will find Dire Straits-Easy or Dire Straits-Hard as a saved 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 Dire Straits 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

Mycenae sits on the South Eastern most tip of the Greek peninsula, and may prove a profitable opportunity if your skills are sufficient.

There are major problems with the site, copper, timber and game are plentiful, but access to the supply is via a treacherous mud flat that separates the mainland from your city site. It is prone to flooding each year and, though it will prove fertile, may cause problems for the unwary as will the local crocodile population.

Your Mediterranean allies are more than willing to trade, and the prospect of many Debens to come should spur you on with this task.

Rules

Completion Criteria:

• Culture 40
• Prosperity 50
• Kingdom Rating 50
• Population of 3000 or more
  

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

Winning Criteria:

1. Treasury as of Dec 9AD
2. Prosperity

Designer's Notes

The second winning criteria will only be used in case of a tie for the treasury figure.

A price rise for Granite occurs each December as a reminder to save, Granite plays no other part in this contest.

The game should be saved on Dec 9AD with all of the completion criteria met.

Easy version players will find a greater starting fund and the trade cities will be more accommodating.

This contest was designed by Stringbags and tested by Robroy and Lady Mags, my thanks for their help.

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

This contest has ended.

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