Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Develop the pharaoh’s reclaimed land with roads, farms, canals, and settlements, then retrieve your action cards in reverse order to reshape the plan.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Action Retrieval
Previously used actions must be recovered before they can be selected again.
Deck / Bag Building
Add new pieces during play to improve the cards, tokens, or dice drawn later.
Hand Management
Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Network and Route Building
Create connected routes that improve reach, delivery, control, or scoring.
Hexagon Grid
Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
Read the full game description
In Faiyum, advisors to Pharaoh Amenemhet III transform marshland into a productive region. Play cards to place roads, canals, farms, and settlements on the shared map, earning money and reputation even though every structure belongs to the pharaoh and may help anyone. Used cards form a personal discard stack; an administration turn lets you recover them in reverse order while buying new actions from a Power Grid-style market. That unusual action-retrieval rhythm rewards long combinations, careful timing, and knowing when to abandon an efficient engine before rivals exploit it.
