Aegyptus is a computer moderated play-by-mail (PBM) game.
[3] It was a strategic-tactical, historical game of medium to hard complexity.
[2] The game setting was an imaginary country on historical Earth, akin to the Greek city-states.
[3] As part of gameplay, "Players begin as the leader of a herding tribe.
"[2] Play possibilities and turn fees increased as players rose in stature, with $15 turn fees for players leading empires which could comprise thousands of people.