Pharaoh

Pharoah is a text-based strategy game for the TRS-80.

The player has been put in charge of the grain and gold supplies of an Egyptian nation, and has been tasked with increasing the acres of land per citizen from 5 to 10 within a twelve month period. Each turn, the player is tasked with selling bushels of wheat in exchange for gold, and then uses this gold to purchase land. Players can also sell land when costs are high. These costs fluctuate each turn. The player must ensure they leave enough grain to feed their people at the end of each turn, or the population will plummet. Otherwise, each turn there are births, deaths, and immigration to the country. Random events, such as theft of the royal coffers can occur. If the player does not success in their expansion