User Guide

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Caesar III , take note of of the following:
Religion.
Most cities in Egypt have a patron
god that requires more attention than other
deities in the city. In some cities, certain gods
are completely unknown.
Floodplain Farms and Work Camps.
Work
Camps provide peasant labor (in the form of
walkers) to floodplain farms. Floodplain
farms do not directly employ their workers.
Gold.
Gold can be mined from certain rock
and converted into currency, measured in
debens.
Tax Collection.
Before you can collect taxes,
a Palace must be functioning in the city. Tax
collectors from the Tax Collector’s offices will
not be able to squeeze one deben from citi-
zens unless the city has a Palace.
Luxury Goods.
Foreign luxury goods, the
commodities most prized by occupants of
high-level housing, are very expensive to
import. Due to the expense of safely trans-
porting them across difficult terrain, it is not
lucrative for a city to export luxury goods.
Now that you’re familiar with the basic city-building
tools, you’re ready to begin building the most mag-
nificent city Egypt has ever known.
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