Ra
64 questions players ask about Ra. Pick one for the answer. See also the full rulebook.
Updated 2026-11-04.
Setup
Playing the Game
- Who takes the first turn of an epoch?
- Does invoking Ra or filling the auction track move the Sun Boat?
- How many Ra tiles end an epoch for each player count?
- Can the tile bag run out before the epoch ends?
- Do tiles ever go back into the bag?
- What is the Ra statue for?
- Are face-down sun disks hidden information?
- Are scoring tokens hidden in Ra?
- Are discarded tiles open information that players can look through?
- Do I have to place my tiles in particular spots, or stack matching ones?
Actions
- What can I do on my turn?
- Can I draw a tile when the auction track is full?
- Can I invoke Ra instead of drawing a tile?
- Can I spend more than one God tile in a single action?
- Can a God tile be used to take another God tile?
- Can I use a God tile to take a Disaster tile off the auction track?
- Can I hand a Disaster tile I took with a God tile to another player?
- Can I still draw, invoke Ra or spend a God tile once I have no face-up sun disks?
- Does the auction track need its gaps closed after God tiles remove tiles?
- Can I spend a God tile or invoke Ra during someone else's auction?
Auctions
- Must anyone bid when a Ra tile is drawn?
- If I voluntarily invoke Ra, do I have to bid?
- If the auction track is full and I am forced to invoke Ra, do I have to bid?
- Does filling the auction track start an auction?
- Can I pass in every auction?
- Who takes the next turn after an auction?
- Can I bid more than once in an auction?
- Can I bid with several sun disks at once?
- Does the highest bid just mean the highest sun disk number?
- What happens to the sun disks after an auction?
- Is the sun disk in the center of the Auction board used for bidding?
Scoring
- When does an epoch end?
- Can my score go below zero?
- Do I apply penalties before gains when scoring an epoch?
- How are Pharaoh tiles scored, and what about ties?
- How are sun disks scored at the end of the game?
- Which things cost points in Ra?
- What do the +5 and -5 icons on the player board mean?
- What happens to God tiles at the end of an epoch?
- Do duplicate tiles score for civilization or diversity more than once?
- How are Monument tiles scored?
- How are Nile and Flood tiles scored?
Tile Effects and Disasters
Beginning a New Epoch
Winning the Game
Ra: TradersExpansion
- Does Ra: Traders change the number of Ra tiles?
- Can I win a Trader tile and then discard it?
- Who receives goods crates when a Trader tile is won?
- Do I still get goods crates when I have no sun disks left?
- Can I take scoring tokens instead of goods crates in Ra: Traders?
- How are Trader tiles and goods crates scored?
- How many crates do Ship tiles give?