User Guide

Housing Button.
Click this button to designate
housing areas. For more on building housing
areas, see pages 40-43.
Roads Button.
Click on this button to build
roads. For more on roads, see page 40.
Clear Land Button.
Use this button to clear land
of obstructions. A special “Dig” cursor appears
after you click the button. To read more on
clearing land, turn to page 38.
Food and Farming Structures Button.
Click this
button to build the structures that produce food
for your city. Also listed here are farms that grow
raw materials for industries. The food and farming
structures are Farms, Work Camps, Hunting Lodges,
Fishing Wharves, Cattle Ranches, Water Lifts and
Irrigation Ditches. For more on food and farming,
consult pages 59-67.
Industrial Structures Button.
Click here to build
any of the industry buildings in
Pharaoh , includ-
ing raw material producers, manufacturers and
construction guilds. For more on industry in
Pharaoh ,
see pages 69-79. For more on construction guilds, see
page 130.
Storage and Distribution Structures Button.
Click
on this button to build a Storage Yard, Granary,
Bazaar or Dock. Each structure plays a distinct role
in getting goods and food to the city’s people. Docks
and Storage Yards are also key to trade. For more on
distribution of food and goods to citizens, see pages
81-91. For more on trade, go to pages 91-95.
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other regions are lush. Because of this variety and the
gradual development of Egyptian culture, the build-
ings available to you in each mission are different.
Each button on the Control Panel is described below:
Overlay Selector.
Click the over-
lay selector button to choose
special, informative views of your city. For more on
overlays, see pages 203-209.
Hide Control Panel.
Click this button to hide the
Control Panel. You’ll see more of your city, and you’ll
still be able to see the building construction buttons,
but you won’t see the Overview Map or the buttons to
access the World Map or the Overseers.
Overview Map.
The overview map
shows more of your city at one
time. Point and click on any part of
the map to jump your view to that
area. The buildings on the map are
color-coded depending on their
function. For more on color coding, see page 209.
Overseers Button
. Click this button to consult
your Overseers. For more on Overseers and
their functions within the game, see pages 197-203.
World Map Button.
Click this button to view
a map of the entire known world. Other cities
in the world are clearly marked, and you can watch
armies and navies as they make their journeys. For
more on the World Map, see page 210.
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