Ra: Traders & Ra (2025 - Review

Description provided by David Niecikowski, PhD on YouTube:

An expansion to the auction game RA, Traders adds a new tile type to your experience. Leverage the Nile River to send vessels around the region to grow your Dynasty through trade and communication. Bring back precious treasures and rare goods to extend your reach and solidify your place among the Gods. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ra is an auction and set-collection game with an Ancient Egyptian theme. Each turn players are able to purchase lots of tiles with their bidding tiles (suns). Once a player has used up his or her suns, the other players continue until they do likewise, which may set up a situation with a single uncontested player bidding on tiles before the end of the round occurs. Tension builds because the round may end before all players have had a chance to win their three lots for the epoch. The various tiles either give immediate points, prevent negative points for not having certain types at the end of the round (epoch), or give points after the final round. The game lasts for three "epochs" (rounds). The game is easy to learn. From the Box: The game spans 1500 years of Egyptian history in less than an hour! The players seek to expand their power and fame and there are many ways to accomplish this: Influencing Pharaohs, Building monuments, Farming on the Nile, Paying homage to the Gods, Advancing the technology and culture of the people. Ra is an auction and set collecting game where players may choose to take risks for great rewards or... And all this is for the glory of the Sun God Ra! Awards & Honors 2025 BoardGameGeek Hall of Fame Inductee 2023 Board Game Quest Awards Best Reprint/Reimplementation Winner 2016 Juego del Año Recommended 2000 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee 1999 Meeples Choice Award Winner #ra #ratraders #raboardgame #reinerknizia #25thcenturygames #auctiongame #pushyourluckgames #setcollectiongame #davidniecikowski #familygame ra traders board card tile auction push your luck set collection game reiner knizia julie david niecikowski 25th century games family 2nd edition 2025 kickstarter pharaoh deluxe edition