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Currently, his postings are included in the walkthroughs for On, North Dashur, Bahariya Oasis, Iunet, Abedju, Buhen, and Serabit Khadim. There are also links to the forum threads in question so you can post comments. I will update the rest as he posts about them in the forum. To celebrate this, he's moved over to Egypt from Caesar III Heaven, so please make him feel welcome. If anyone else has some strategies for beating any of the career scenarios and want to share them with other people, then either post them in the forum or mail them to me and I'll consider adding them to the walkthroughs.
Age of Kings Heaven is proud to announce an opportunity for agers out there to win a copy of Bruce Shelley's strategy guide published by Sybex. This extremely in depth guide will help you get to know the ins and outs of AOK, despite its complexity. It features civ descriptions, screenshots, campaign walk throughs, and expert multiplayer tips from the likes of Out4Blood, Helegator, IX_Medierra, and The Sheriff. It's 360+ pages packed with the info you need to rule the Medieval period. Now, you're asking, "Ok, how do I win one?" Just write a short story (1000 words or less) about the pic to the right and our judges (Angel Washizu, Angel Thorfinn, and Angel Mack) will determine the best ones. Try to incorporate Age of Kings technologies and features, but keep the readers' interest. The prizes are as follows:
Check it out here. And now for some Pharaoh-related news. Impressions's official site has put up a little Hints and Tips section to help you out if you get stuck in the game. At the same time, they added 3 new tunes to their music download section.
Problem: Pharaoh crashes immediately after executing the
program. I was walking around a very snowy Hannover today (do the blizzards always start in mid-November round here or is this unusual?) and popped into one of the department stores to take a look for Pharaoh. Sure enough, there it was. I didn't pick it up, because I want an English version, but I thought our German visitors might like to know it's available. We have also had reports of a sighting in the UK, at "Game" in Coventry. We've had a couple of posts from Impressions in the Game Help forum regarding the fluidity of the missions in Pharaoh: Conan: Thinis is a great example of how the story line can change. It's in the middle of a Civil War between Henen-nesw and Waset. A set of trade routes will shut down near the beginning depending on who you support (through complying to requests or accepting bribes.) Unless you continue to support the wrong side, the trade routes you need to win the mission can be reopened, though it will probably cost you. Balshazaar: The storyline in Thinis is quite important to your decision-making during scenario play. Make sure that you read the mission briefing carefully enough to be able to determine who the good guys are, and who the enemies are. Think of yourself as a neutral city at the beginning of a civil war and then use the information in the mission briefing to determine which gifts from which cities to accept or refuse. One "path" is quite a bit more difficult than the other...That thread can be viewed here.
Added 8 new cities to PH downloads. Two of them are
from the Custom Missions. Dynomite's has a population of 26,000! Both of these
custom maps are very well done and an excellent example of game play. As always, if you have any cities you're proud of, then you know who to send them to. In the Senet House, we have confirmation that I'm one of those nasty Bedouin chaps who appear from time to time to lay waste to your city:
If you happen to see me, then say hello before you wipe me out ;). 1 more this for the moment - I've added another review to the reviews page. It's from our friends at GameTropics, and gives the game 5/5.
I meant to post this yesterday, when it appeared in my inbox, but forgot. It's a newsflash from Impressions regarding the winners of the competition run in the last Pharaoh newsletter: *NEWSFLASH* If you're amongst the winners, then congratulations to you! Don't forget to send that email :).
Innovandora, when she's not dancing round your city (see this thread for an explanation of that), is puzzling about how one might use chariots most effectively: I'm wondering if there are better ways of using chariots than just melee slugfests. I'm theorizing that making a chariot charge at enemy infantry/archers then pulling them away just before contact will still reduce the enemy morale because they were charged at. Haven't gotten enemies to break ranks and run yet, however, so can't tell. Anyone else having better luck understanding chariots? If you can help her out, then you can do so here.
MRed94 sent me another of her famous spreadsheets, this one detailing many the requests \ gifts etc you'll encounter in the North Dashur scenario. To pick it up, take a look at the North Dashur walkthrough. |
November 21, 1999 11:00 EST
've been reading with
interest the comments that Cherub
Dragon2 of 
k, maybe this isn't
directly Pharaoh-related, but it's HGS-related, so therefore worth posting. Our
sister site Age of Kings Heaven has a competition to win a cool Sybex AoK strategy
guide. Here's the blurb from 
et another review has
miraculously made its way onto the 
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