In ancient times, a single individual was chosen as an intermediary between the gods and mortals. This king was anointed as prophet, priest and ruler by the gods themselves, and charged with maintaining Ma'at, the cosmic balance and order, over the land of Egypt and its people. The right of law, the right to rule, the right of war and the right to judge were granted to the Pharaoh, and through his wisdom and the guidance of the gods, Egypt prospered.
When the war of the gods began, each deity sought the support of the Pharaoh. Who better to champion their cause than the mortal they had endowed with such powers? Yet such a decision would upset Ma'at and throw the cosmic order into chaos. With the very sagacity granted to him by the gods, the Pharaoh declared that a single man, no matter how exalted, could not decide war by his fiat alone. The pharaoh would watch over and protect the people from the worst depredations of war and maintain Ma'at through the transition to monotheism while honouring all the gods equally.
Thus, the pharaoh balances the needs of the gods with the political and social needs of mortals. The battle in the heavens will not spill over into a civil war on earth, not while Pharaoh is still breathing. The Pharaoh expansion introduces a whole new dimension to Ankh: Gods of Egypt. This expansion brings the divine struggle closer to the world of men, and to one man in particular: the Pharaoh of all Egypt! The gods will do well to send their priests into the royal palace to influence the affairs of the kingdom, manipulating the various offices to gain political advantage and to steer the pharaoh towards recognising the ultimate divinity of the one true god. Your struggle may be divine, but if you fail to impose your dominance over the human sphere of affairs, all that awaits you is oblivion.
Ankh: Les Dieux d'Egypte funded on the Kickstarter platform
Ankh: Les Dieux d'Egypte was funded on the Crowdfunding Kickstarter (See the campaign) platform on the May 4, 2020, the campaign lasted 20 days. 23,386 people helped funded the game, whose the amount requested was $300,000.00. Thanks to these 23,386 people the game could be funded up to $3,320,196.00, ~1,106.73%.
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Contents of the box : 31 miniatures, 1 palace board, 5 Sphinx tokens, 4 Sphinx cards, 40 political cards, 1 scenario booklet.
