Egizia lasts for 5 rounds. In each round, the players can increase the strength of their construction crews, add new quarries or fi elds, take Nile and sphinx cards, and cooperate in the building of king‘s graves, obelisks, pyramids, and temples. The goal is to collect points. Players can earn points immediately for building and points at the end of the game
from the sphinx cards.
In each round, the players pass through 7 phases, then the next round begins. The details on how the individual phases are played is described in the following.