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Ra Treasure Guardian

outmaneuvering the guardian

The guardian of the treasures of Ra is disturbed by players, who want to collect treasures in the pyramid. Each player takes a marker, a hero card and 14 number cards which he shuffles and stacks. Depending on the number of players, Guardian cards are entered into the game. Artifacts and the diamond marker for the round are set out. One player also takes on the role of moving the Guardian.

For a turn you first roll for the Guardian’s steps. Then you choose a card from your hand – the hand is drawn from your stack – and display it. Finally, the top Guardian card is drawn and set down. Now cards are compared. The player with a card in the color of the Guardian’s card is the chosen player of the round; all other players move as many steps as their card indicates. Then you compare the Guardian card and the card of the chosen player – in case of a tie both do not move, otherwise whoever has the higher value on his card will move; the Guardian moves the sum of the values, the player moves only the difference. On Scarab cases you take artifacts. When a player has to forfeit his move on such a case, he can take another artifact. When the Guardian reaches the “exit” case of the pyramid, all players still in the pyramid must return their artifacts. After four such rounds you win with most points from artifacts and diamond markers.

All in all a nice idea for a family game, especially the Mechanism for the Guardian move is good; components and design are also nice, but the rules are not good at all, they give the impression of a prototype, they need to be intensively revised, in both languages!

Players: 2-4

Age: 7+

Time: 30+

Designer: Ilya Anikin, Liebov Aikina, Alexey Bondarev

Artist: D. E. Litvin

Price: On demand

Publisher: Step Puzzle 2014

Web: www.steppuzzle.ru

Genre: Roll & move

Users: For families

Version: multi

Rules: de en

In-game text: no

Comments:

Rules need urgent revision

Nice ideas as to mechanisms

Guardian rule is interesting

Game gives off the impression of a prototype

Compares to:

Simple roll & move games

Other editions:

Ra Schatz Bewacher, Step Puzzle

Chance (pink): 2

Tactic (turquoise): 1

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0