My Favourite Game: Ra

The second episode of My Favourite Game should give you no doubts - this series is all bangers. I mean, name a better auction game than Ra. If you can - you’re wrong! Joking, you are allowed to like other auction games but you gotta admit that Ra is at the least excellent anyway.

If you’re not familiar, Ra is the creation of one Dr. Reiner Knizia, or the K-Niz amonsgt friends and has been about since 1999 in various editions. It’s longevity, of course, speaks for itself, but this new edition by 25th Century Games with artwork from Ian O’Toole is the perfect opportunity for my to review this gem of a board game. Enjoy!

My Favourite Game: El Grande

Introducing - My Favourite Game. A series of videos focusing only the best of the best that board games have to offer. In each episode Efka and/or Elaine will regale us with tales of their favourite representative of a given board game genre. Finally! A video series that is absolutely guaranteed to provoke as many “do you even like board games?” comments as possible.

In our inaugural episode we’ll take a peek at El Grande, a modern classic all the way back from 1995 that very recently got a new coat of beige paint. El Grande is an area majority game a terse calculated fight over how many men you can round up into regions of Spain. It’s got a touch of numbers and heaps of deviousness and if that’s your marmalade - you’re in for a treat!