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Well as one of the fans of Egypt, I must say there are a few games on there in which YOU can be Pharoh, to unite, rule and immortalize yourself.

My 1st game like such was Pharoh. Pharoh is an oldergame, and its takes some getting used too, but the tutorial gives you much help. It can be found from $10 and below now, and is for Windows. Warfare is a very hard part of the game, but that takes place much latter. Pharoh, also should automaticly come with its expansion Cleopatra, wich is just like the game, but takes place in and around her time. The game also teaches you how they may have built the pyramids (style wize), its 3 major Kingdom phases, and not letting the locals get eaten my crocodiles (no joke). It has some bugs, so save some back ups.

Children of the Nile is by the same game developers, except the game is all in 3D, YES 3D! The Egyptains talk to you, interact, and so forth. Its has the same goal as the past games, and should be under $20 now, if you don't find it under $20, your getting ripped off. This game also has some bugs, bnut they soon fix themselves. Runs on Windows.

The last game I can think about for the PC, is Tomb Raider 4 Last Revelation. if you LOVE Egypt, PLAY THIS GAME. Trust me, you won't be dissapointed. I can give out too much with out spoiling it.

Oh awesome ness. I didn't nkow they had games like that. 3nodding I mean I knew about Tomb Raider...

I'm sorry I sould have made the topic title more specific. sweatdrop

Well I know the Egyptians made many board games way back then, but missing pieces and rules make the archeologists wonder how they where played. I know Senet was a major game played and still played today, especially in the old Senet houses (like a bar).

A long time ago I purchased a PC game called Egypt 1156 B.C. - Tomb of the Pharoah, and enjoyed it very much! Unfortunately, my PC is even more ancient than the game- so even though the game is probably not up to today's standards in speed or effects it is a little overwhelming for my poor old HP Pavillion, and it's not often that I'm able to load it up. However, the game was produced through cooperation between a team of game programers and a team of egyptologists- so they get their facts pretty straight.^_^ There are 3D reproductions of various sites which you visit in the course of the game, and there is a walkthrough version where you can visit the reconstructed tomb, temple, nobleman's villa, worker's city, and embalmers' workshop without the story element- instead, you will find encyclopedia icons as you examine each object which will take you to an entry explaining the item, its significance and uses! This was actually why I bought the game- the game itself is a mystery/puzzle solving type and I really suck at those (I only got through it by using online guides redface ). However, you do get the chance to square off against an opponent in a game of senet during your investigations- and this game can also be accessed outside of story mode, although I don't think the sound effects you get are as amusing that way. I always just kept a saved game right at the point where the game of senet is begun, and used that whenever I wanted to play! whee

After playing that one a few times, I really wanted another game along those lines! So I went out and got Riddle of the Sphinx: An Egyptian Adventure, another PC game with 3D environments. Unfortunately, this one really wasn't as good as the other game- it had beautiful scenery, but it was definitely something more along the lines of an Indiana Jones movie than a realistic portrayal of an ancient civilization. Once again, this one is another puzzle solving game, and once again I worked my through with an internet walkthrough guide loaded up on my Mac the whole time.^_^

But as for board games, I love them, and I particularly love senet! I have a board, although it only has the same six decorated squares that all the commercial boards have. The boards which we have from ancient times have several different squares which were decorated- the five at the end and the one in the middle were pretty standard, but every square had a significance of some sort and different people frequently had different squares specially decorated. Beyond being a board game, the game also had ritual uses- and some suspect oracular uses as well. I'm sure that it had something to do with the significance of the squares, and I bet the boards which had certain squares highlighted with decoration served some sort of magical/amuletic purpose for their owners. I would love to learn more about the religious/magical uses of the game and the squares, and decorate a few more squares on my old board. I'm waiting for P. Piccione's book, Senet, Gaming With the Gods: The Game of Senet and Ancient Egyptian Religious Beliefs (Egyptological Memoirs) to be printed- it seems like it's been available for pre-order forever. I'm starting to wonder if it's ever going to actually come out- but it looks like it's supposed to be sometime this year (which is quickly running out).^_^'

For now, I play a version of the game which is a kind of cross between the two major sets proposed by the leading egyptologists in the field. I've also introduced a few of my own rules, which Arcane and I call Yinepu's Rules (Yinepu=Inpw/Anubis)- mostly because Yinepu loves this game, and the rum which is mainly featured in my additions. wink It's pretty straight-forward: you set up a statue of Yinepu next to the board with shot glasses on either side, and a bottle of Captain Morgan's Private Reserve behind Him (our preference, at any rate- you can use your own favorite brand). Whenever your opponent gets a piece off the board, you take a shot of rum; if you fall in the water square, you go back to square 15 and take a shot of rum; if you're playing the rules where you can knock an opponent's pieces back and you're fairly resistant to rum you can also take a shot whenever one of your pieces gets knocked back. When we use these rules, though, I usually won't go past one game- I don't get hangovers, but it just can't be healthy to have too much alcohol in your system.^_^

I have a Mehen board- a cheap, cardboard version from a book of ancient board games which I bought at a used book store. I think there's also a board for the game of Ur and one for Jackals and Hounds in there, too, but we've never gotten around to pulling any of them out and learning the rules. Whenever we do have time for board games, we're almost always playing Go or a Yinepu's Rules round of senet.

I'd be really interested to see one of these senet bars- I'd heard that backgammon is popular over there, but I didn't think that senet was still in play. How cool!

I've played most of the Egyption vidio games that are on the market, found most to be fun, not authintic to reality but it's a vidio game ment for fun and enjoyment. I enjoy Children of the Nile. Riddle of the Sphinx and it's sequal. They are fun games.

My very first Egyptian game was Tutenkahmen for the Atari. there was another Atari one, butI can't recall what the name was (You traveled along a desert tat scrolled upwards, fought off scorps and snakes, touched different temples for different bonuses or death if you touched Yinepu or His temple (how unenlightened they were razz ))

So basically that game is like you are the Pharaoh and you have to control Egypt?

Whoa! I will have to look out for that game, thank God I have just got a part time job xd

I have a new one to add to the list I just tried out the Demo I got from Maximum PC Magazine.

The game is called Luxor Mah Jong. Its a Mah Jong game with an Ancient Egyptian Theme, its alot like Memory, but you can see mostly everything on the board, and the pieces are called "tiles". The object of the main game is to match same or simalar tiles together that are "free", than means nothing is surround it on its level plain, and nothing is on top of it. This Mah Jong game instead of having Chinese charaters, has Ancient Egyptian ones. You can choose 3 sets of tiles that reflect the looks and Hieroglyphs of the Old, Intermediate and New Kingdoms. I suggest New Kingdom for begginers, for the charaters are modern and understandable.
The music in the game has an Ancient Egyptian feel as well as the atmosphere. There are 3 kinds of Mah Jong you can play in this game. Single, Traditional, and Adventure. Adevnture is the best one to play because it has a tutorial 4laugh , and follows a storyline about finding the Ancient Treasures of the gods. In Adventure the main objective of the game is to find and match the Key tiles. They have a Key on them. That unlock the new puzzle, and God tiles help you. The are 3 difficulty setting for all puzzles.