Rise of the Mad Pharaoh

About Rise of the Mad Pharaoh

Professor Carter spent his career hunting one tomb. He found it, shipped the sarcophagus home to his study, and then he died. The coffin has been restless ever since. Your team has one job: send the Mad Pharaoh back to his rest before he rises.

The study holds six desks, one for each of Carter’s obsessions: the Poet, the Egyptologist, the Cultist, the Codebreaker, the Cartographer and the Antiquarian. No desk gets you far on its own, so most of the hour is spent comparing notes, passing finds around and arguing over what a symbol means. Lamplight, velvet curtains and hieroglyphs set an old-museum mood: spooky, with no gore.

How to play Rise of the Mad Pharaoh

1. Join from one link

   Everyone opens the session link on their own computer and types a name. Nothing to install. Join your video call at the same time.

2. Claim a desk

   In the lobby, pick one of the six roles. Each role has its own desk in the study. Roles are optional, but a team that splits the desks covers more ground.

3. Look around the study

   The study is a full 360° room. Drag to look around and click anything that catches your eye. Teammates’ cursors show up live, so you can point at things.

4. Talk it through

   What one player opens or unlocks changes for everyone. Say what you see out loud, even when it looks unimportant. The answers only add up across desks.