Contest 58: Dry County: A Cleopatra Economics Contest

Welcome to the contest pages for Contest 58: Dry County
This is a Cleopatra game.

Use the links below to download the starting positions:

Dry County (Easy Difficulty)
Dry County (Hard Difficulty)
files are in zip 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.

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

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 Dry County 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.

The Story

Kharga Oasis sits in the centre of the vast Egyptian desert, a monument to mans ability to settle and thrive in the most inhospitable environments.

Though remote, Kharga has become the central waypoint for the many similar oasis merchants and trade is diverse and profitable, you should be able to build a rich and cultured city in the midst of the wilderness.

Rules

CC1: Culture 35
CC2: Prosperity 50
CC3: Kingdom Rating 50
CC4: Population 2000

The target of 99999 Palatial Estates is there to prevent the victory screen comming up and should be ignored.

Winning Criteria:

1. Highest treasury by Dec 9AD
2. Prosperity

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

A price rise for marble occurs each December to remind you to save in that month, marble takes no other part in this contest.

You must save in December 9AD with all of the completion criteria met.

Players of the easy version will find more startup funds and the opportunity to trade a greater quantity of goods.

Designers' Advice

This is a Cleopatra game.
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.

Dry County was designed by Stringbags and tested by Lady Mags and Robroy.
This contest will close at 11PM EST (US), on Sunday, April 25th. Please note the date!!!!

This contest has ended.

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