2015 · Dice

Favor of the Pharaoh

Players vie for the Pharaoh’s favor by advancing through tiers of ancient Egyptian society, using influence represented by dice and gained powers to access higher levels. On their turns players roll, add, spend, and manipulate dice to build a dice-rolling engine, acquire tiles and abilities, and unlock new opportunities on their personal boards. When a player attains the Queen’s influence a final multi-player contest occurs: all participants use their accumulated dice and powers in a decisive roll-off to claim the Pharaoh’s favor. Setup varies widely with numerous tiles, custom dice, tokens, and level bars, producing different combinations and strategic choices each play.

groupPlayers

2–4 best 2

schedulePlaying time

45 min

cakeAge

13+

psychologyComplexity

2 / 5