User Guide

He tells you how many more bricks or blocks of stone
are needed to complete the current level of the
Pyramid. He also knows how much more is needed to
complete the entire monument.
If the Pyramid is part of a Pyramid Complex, construc-
tion workers will build the Complex at the same time
they build the Pyramid.
Phase III: Finishing the Outer Casing
To finish the Pyramid, stonemasons smooth the outer
limestone layer so that the Pyramid glistens white in
the sun. No more stone is required for this task. As
its name implies, the Stepped Pyramid does not under-
go this finishing phase.
Pyramid Types
When Pharaoh Djoser first asks your family to help
Vizier Imhotep build a Pyramid, you’ll have little idea
what to expect. Imhotep describes his vision for a
mammoth tomb that reaches toward the sun. As gen-
erations pass and forebears pass their knowledge to
their successors, the vision of the Pyramid changes.
Your family is an active participant in the evolution of
the Pyramid, guiding the sacred tomb through the fol-
lowing forms:
Stepped Pyramid.
Stepped Pyramids, the first Pyramids
built in Egypt, are giant staircases to the sun. They are
made entirely of plain stone, although wooden ramps
are needed to carry stone up to the higher levels of the
Pyramid. To build ramps and lay the stone, you’ll need
a Carpenters’ Guild and a Stonemasons’ Guild.
Peasants are also needed to pull the huge sledge loads
of stone over to the construction site. Once four
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In Pyramid Complexes, the site for the Pyramid itself is
the only site leveled. The land that the rest of the
Complex will occupy does not need to be leveled.
After the site is leveled, peasants cut the tomb that will
ultimately house the deceased. The tomb is cut into
the center of the Pyramid.
Phase II: Constructing the Pyramid
After the site is prepared, construction workers move
in to build the Pyramid, laying stones or bricks.
Pyramids are made mostly of plain stone or bricks.
With the exception of Stepped Pyramids, all Pyramids
have an outer casing of fine limestone. When they are
ready, construction workers from the city’s construc-
tion guilds move to the Pyramid site and wait for a
delivery. Whenever a Storage Yard accumulates the
required raw material, peasants load the material on a
sledge and drag it to the construction site. As long as
your city has enough peasant laborers, the necessary
construction guilds and supplies of raw materials,
Pyramid construction will continue.
Carpenters also contribute their services to Pyramid
construction. They build the ramps that allow peasants
and construction workers to scale the sides of the
Pyramid. Carpenters use the wood they have on hand
at the Carpenters Guild. Ordinary deliverymen from a
Storage Yard or Wood Cutter provide the Carpenters
Guild with wood.
Pyramids are built block by block. Info-click on the
Pyramid to check in with the Construction Foreman.
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