10-Feb-2008 All month   Ra This is not a game we tend to play very often. Whilst some members of the group are big fans of it, others - or specifically other - aren't so keen. Chrissy and Frank had bought a copy for a friend though, so we though we'd teach them the rules. The first round was all about trying to avoid negative points, some people proving better at it than others. A few monuments came out, but we didn't see a great deal of them. Things started to hot up a little in the second round. Paul had grabbed the majority of Pharoas in the first round, and Tel seemed keen to try to out-do him in the second. Frank and Steve meanwhile were looking to the end game and beginning to build up a good base of monuments. Chrissy had been hogging the large valued sun tiles, and burned them early for some nice points. And into the final round. Frank was obviously a ringer, fooling us with the old "so how do you play this game" routine. He was building up a very lucrative set of monuments. He looked to be hoem and dry until Steve saw a set of tiles being drawn which would earn him huge points. The problem being that we were almost at the end of the game, with Ra tiles almost reaching to the end. Would the turn get back to him to allow him to call an auction. Much to his annoyance, and everybody elses mirth, Paul drew the last Ra tile to bring the game to an end. Victory to the newcomer!   Scores : Frank 42, Paul 28, Tel 27, Steve 27, Chrissy 21 Ratings: Frank 8, Paul 7, Tel 8, Steve 8, Chrissy 7 Winner(s): Frank