User Guide

crossroads intersection, but it does not require labor.
Each city can have only one Festival Square.
Once you have built a Festival Square, info-click on it
or visit your Overseer of the Temples (see page 202)
to order a festival. The Overseer of the Temples knows
how long it has been since the last festival in your city,
and how long it has been since a festival has been
thrown in the honor of each god.
Decide which god you would like to dedicate a festival
to and then click on the “Hold a Festival” button. A
new screen pops up with pictures of each of the gods
worshiped in the city. Specify the one you would like
to honor with a festival, then decide how large a festi-
val to throw.
Common festivals are the most economical, but have
the least effect on the gods and the city’s residents.
Lavish festivals are more appreciated by the gods, and
your citizens enjoy the revelry these offer. Grand fes-
tivals are the most popular with both the gods and
your citizens. Beer flows freely at grand festivals, and
before you can throw one, there must be enough beer
stored in the city’s Storage Yards. Your Overseer of the
Temples tells you how much is needed. If a god is par-
ticularly angry with the city, throwing a grand festival
in his or her honor could save the city from a disaster.
Once you have finished the festival plans, the festival
occurs after a few months of detailed preparations.
Visit the Overseer of the Temples to find out exactly
when the festival will occur. When it is time for the
festival, priests from the temple of the honored god
make their way towards the Festival Square, along with
entertainers and scribes from your wealthier houses.
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they pass and to apprehend criminals in the
city.
Bast’s Temple
Building a Temple to Bast brings good fortune to
any city. Bast helps keep citizens happy by making
them satisfied with less. As a result of her benev-
olence, the rate at which your citizens consume
food and goods is reduced, and the effects of
entertainers, educators and health providers last
longer. Her sister goddesses also improve life for
your citizens:
Altar of Isis, Goddess of Healing.
Through
priestesses of Bast, Isis lays her healing hands
on the city’s populace, removing plagued
walkers from the streets and cleansing any
infected houses the priestesses may pass. Isis
also takes care to improve your city’s overall
health.
Oracle of Hathor, Goddess of Joy, Love and
Festivity.
Hathor, flattered by the Oracle you
have built for her, will improve citizens’
mood, resulting in better City Sentiment.
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A festival appeases the god to whom it is dedicated and
also boosts your citizens’ spirits, which results in an
improved City Sentiment.
Before you can hold a festival, you must have a Festival
Square in your city. Build a Festival Square by clicking
on the Religious Structures button and choosing it
from the list. A Festival Square must be placed over a
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