Valley of the Pharaohs

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The Valley of the Pharaohs
Role Playing Adventure in Ancient Egypt
ValleyofthePharaohsRPGCover.jpg
Cover of The Valley of the Pharaohs boxed game set, art design by Kevin Siembieda
Designers Matthew Balent
Illustrators Kevin Siembieda,
Mary Walsh
Publishers Palladium Books
PublicationSeptember 1983 (1983-09)
Years active1983–1985
Genres Historical fantasy
Languages English

The Valley of the Pharaohs is a role-playing game written by Matthew Balent and published by Palladium Books in September 1983. Released several years before Palladium established the Megaversal system, uniting all of its game lines under a single ruleset, the mechanics of Valley of the Pharaohs differ in many respects from the one currently used in Palladium role-playing games. It has been out of print for more than 30 years.

Contents

Contents

The boxed game set featured:

The Valley of the Pharaohs Rule Book (1983) by Matthew Balent was also sold separately by Palladium Books.

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