User Guide

G
reat leaders are remembered for many rea-
sons. Some are remembered for their great
success in battle, others for their sage rule or
wise diplomatic relations. The leaders best remem-
bered, however, are those who leave behind a physical
reminder of their glory. The larger and more magnif-
icent this reminder, the better.
In Egypt, these lofty reminders take the shape of great
monuments. The form of these monuments changes
with time. New technology is discovered, and new
styles are revered. Most monuments are built from a
tremendous amount of raw materials, and all of them
need the services of at least one construction guild.
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To successfully complete most missions, you will need
to build at least one monument. Some missions will
require you to build several. You can build the need-
ed monuments in any order you choose.
Your city's laborers can work on more than one mon-
ument at once, and you might be tempted to order
them to do so. Be forewarned, however, that such a
plan might not be as wise as it first appears.
Inefficiency can creep in when stonemasons and block
haulers fail to coordinate their work. Peasants might
deliver construction materials to one monument site
while the stonemasons wait, idle, at the site where they
would prefer to work.
This situation frustrates the Overseer of Monuments
deeply (see page 203), but it is harder than you would
think to reconcile the block haulers' inflexible orders
Monuments
Religious Structures
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