Favor of the Pharaoh

About this board game

Favor of the Pharaoh is a 2–4-player dice-engine game that takes about 45 minutes, challenging players to rise through ancient Egyptian society and earn the Pharaoh’s favor.

Each player begins as a lowly peasant seeking an audience with the Pharaoh. By gathering influence—represented by dice and powers—you can gain entry to the next level of society and continue your ascent. The heart of the game is building a flexible dice-rolling engine, with opportunities to add and manipulate dice as your position improves.

Success depends on developing your influence before the final contest begins. Once any player gains the Queen’s influence, every player takes part in a final roll-off for the Pharaoh’s favor. Your dice and powers then become central to the decisive struggle that determines the winner.

• Build and improve a dice-rolling engine.
• Gather influence through dice and powers.
• Advance through the levels of Egyptian society.
• Compete in a final roll-off for the Pharaoh’s favor.

Favor of the Pharaoh includes more than one hundred tiles, over twenty standard and custom dice, dozens of bonus tokens, level bars, locking pyramids, and more. With many possible combinations of level bars and tiles, no two games are set up the same way, giving each session a distinct collection of possibilities to explore.