Age of Steam: Egypt, Coming from Alban Viard
Alban Viard has passed along more details for one of the three Age of Steam expansions he plans to release at Spiel 08. Age of Steam: Egypt brings players to the mother of all rivers, the Nile.
But while the Nile’s annual flooding helps keep the surrounding lands fertile, it’s a royal pain to potential rail barons as alternate banks flood on alternate turns, and building costs are high in flooded areas. What’s worse, unless you take the new Felluca action – a “felluca” being a sailboat used in ancient times – you also have to pay to deliver goods to flooded areas, which includes Baltim, a city that takes all goods yet is always flooded.
Other features include two spots on the board which have a pyramid of goods that can be shipped out only when all the items on higher levels have been removed. By building a path to Bur Sa’id, you recreate the building of the Suez Canal. The benefit? Bur Sa’id is the only yellow city on the board.
Age of Steam: Egypt and Viard’s other two expansions will be available in a limited set of 120 copies, available for €30. To preorder a set, email Viard, who will detail when and where to pick up the set. More details on the other expansions later…
Posted by W. Eric Martin on Jul 18, 2008 at 05:00 AM in Game News, The Industry at Large / 586
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