Pharaoh Demo
                       Hints and Tips

Archaic level
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The pre-dynastic levels are pretty simple, but things get harder
in the Archaic period - here's some hints and tips for that level.

First off, put the speed down to 10%.  This will give you a chance
to get your bearings and decide where you are going to put your
first housing block.

The first priority is to get a basic farming community up and
running.  Go to the bottom of the map and build a housing block
there (6x11 is a fairly good size for this one).  For the moment,
only place the most necessary services in there - you want to have
plenty of workers free to do the farming and staff the granaries.
So, put in 2 each of the following - firehouse, water supply and
engineer's post.  Add a temple to keep Osiris happy.  Next, place
6-8 farms in the dark farmland next to the housing block, and put
in 2 work camps to produce the labourers, and a couple of
granaries to store the grain.

Next, speed up the game and wait for the harvest (which will come
sometime in August).  When the fields are harvested, you'll notice
that 1 cart pusher is left behind from every field - don't worry
about that.  They're carrying straw (a by-product of grain), which
has to go into storage yards (you can't build any yet).  Sadly,
you'll have to let them drown.

As soon as the first bit of food reaches the granary, the industry
window will open, and you'll be able to build clay pits, potters
and storage yards.

Slow the game down, and stick a couple of bazaars in to service
your housing blocks.  Add a couple of juggling schools and 4
booths (on each corner) to provide the block with entertainment.
It might be just as well to pop a festival pavilion in there too,
in case you need to please Osiris in a hurry.

Time to get some industrial activity going.  Away from the main
settlement, put in 5 or 6 clay pits, 3 or 4 potters, and some
housing to provide them with workers.  You'll also need a
firehouse and engineer's post if you want them to last more than a
few months.  Next to this complex, put in 3 storage pits - 1 for
clay, 1 for pottery and 1 for straw.  Don't worry about
overproducing clay - you'll need it (and straw) in order to
produce bricks for your small mastaba.  If you need to, add
another storage yard for clay later on (ditto for straw, another
ingredient needed to build bricks).

Time to get a blessing.  Hold a Grand Festival to Osiris (watch
those chaps scurrying for the festival pavilion), and add another
small housing block to the North of your current one.  Put in 6 or
so more farms, another work camp, and another granary.  If you get
the desired blessing from Osiris, then you'll probably need yet
another granary.

After a little while, the healthcare window will appear.  Build
apothecaries to serve all your housing blocks (even the ones
serving the industrial areas) to prevent malaria.  After another
short delay, the "Municipal structures" window will appear.  Put
in some roadblocks to keep your walkers under control, and pop in
some gardens and statues to help your houses to evolve.

That should give you a good enough base on which to build your
city, ready for the construction of the mastaba.  If unemployment
gets too high, either add some more farms or destroy some of your
housing.  Ignore the Caanite army attacks - naval combat isn't
fully implemented into the demo, and they won't do any damage.









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