Ra

Ra is a board game for three to five players designed by Reiner Knizia and themed around Ra, the sun-god of Heliopolis in ancient Egyptian culture. Ra's gameplay spans three epochs, which reflect the history of ancient Egypt: Originally published in Germany, it was republished in an English language translation by Rio Grande Games. Ra won the 2000 International Gamers Award, placed 2nd in the 1999 Deutscher Spiele Preis, and is one of the top 20 user-rated games at BoardGameGeek Ra is an auction game, where the players are all competing for the same resources. The game is played in three rounds, called Epochs. Players use their sun tokens to bid against each other on auctions for tiles. At the end of an epoch, points will be scored for the number and types of tiles a player managed to win. The price of the tiles is determined by the players bidding for them, and values can shift rapidly. Players are faced with a constant balance between "what should be done eventually" and "what... full article at wikipedia