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Reiner Knizia's Ra app for iPhone and iPad


4.2 ( 5232 ratings )
Games Entertainment Board Strategy
Developer: Codito Development Inc.
3.99 USD
Current version: 1.6.0, last update: 6 years ago
First release : 02 Nov 2010
App size: 47.7 Mb

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Compete to become the most famous ruler of all time as you wield god-like powers over the course of three major Epochs in Egyptian history.


Reviews:

"Reiner Knizias Ra app is beautifully done." - TUAW

"Ra is another brilliant 4.5 [out of 5] Dimple pleasure." - AppSmile.com

"[Ra] is very stunning and impressive! Keep up the good work!" - Reiner Knizia


Build an empire that will live forever. Collect tiles representing various aspects of Egyptian life and civilization while your rivals try to do the same. Wisely use the few tokens that Ra, the sun god, has given you to earn your place of honor in the Valley of the Kings.

Combining deep strategy with an intuitive and beautiful visual presentation, Ra captures the mysterious lure of Ancient Egypt and will bring you back for more time and time again. Choose your favorite of 8 different Egyptian gods as your avatar, and then discover the true power of the gods as you compete against them in solo play.

With no setup time required, no pieces to lose, and no arguments about the rules, the future of board games is here and Ra gives you exactly what you want -- to play!

How to play:

Tap the draw button to reveal a single tile. The player with the highest sun (token from Ra) begins. A player without tokens takes no action on their turn. When an epoch ends, players receive or lose fame points depending on the tiles they hold. The player with the most fame after three epochs is the winner.


Features
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No set up required
Fast, easy, fun game play for 2 to 5 players (human or AI)
Stunning HD graphics including support for Retina devices
8 different Egyptian god avatars to choose from
8 different AI opponents to compete against
Player rankings and stats
In-game help at your finger tips
Complete rules and game guide
Universal app with unique features on both iPad and iPhone/iPod
Leaderboards and achievements
Support for 4 modes of play:
- solo
- "pass and play"
- "hotseat" (around the table); and
- online multiplayer


About
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Dr. Reiner Knizia is one of the worlds most prolific and best-known board game designers, and this version of one of his top titles has been fully approved and endorsed by him.

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Pros and cons of Reiner Knizia's Ra app for iPhone and iPad

Reiner Knizia's Ra app good for

The hits just keep coming with Knizia games! This Codito release shows more polish and style than High Society or Money. It is a little more in depth, but the rules and scoring chart are always only two taps away. Tricky, clever, scheming AI... Love it! UPDATE 1: Version 1.1 added Retina Display graphics; they look incredible on the iPhone 4! AI seems smarter, too. I dont win as often as I used to.
Good game, rules seem complicated to start but after a while it gets much easier and very fun
This is a good adaption of the board game. Ive found it more challenging with five or more players when you are gaming solo. With only four players the AI is too easy to beat. Some minor quibbles. I would prefer to be able to play under my own name. It takes some playing with the message options to get to the right level of messages that dont get in the way of game play. All in all, as an avid board game player, I would highly recommend this game. It has most of the elements right.
This is a very good execution of a top boardgame from Knizia. Only criticism is the rules text can be too difficult to read.
Pretty close to board game, though seeing your tiles at the same time as the ones up for auction does have advantages.
The game is very well developed, easy to play and a brilliant way to spend a few minutes. Well done!

Some bad moments

Im a huge fan of Ra. It has long been one of my favourite games. I was excited to try the iOS implementation. Unfortunately, its a huge let down. The cardboard version is quite pretty, but this digital version is just ugly. Although the game functions like it should mechanically speaking, it plays far too slowly with a lot of unnecessary animations that can not be turned off. It is a royal pain to determine what your opponents have been collecting, and the scoring at the end of each epoch is sorely missing a sum total for each player (how did they miss this?). I would not recommend anyone purchase this app.
This is still an old, deeply flawed version of the classic bidding game. Trading tiles no longer crashes the app, but every other flaw remains - the nearly invisible time track and tile highlight, the lack of a proper score summary, pop-up ads for other games, etc. Its such a shame that Dr.Knizia sells his games rights to such third rate devs, because the physical version of Ra is an excellent bidding game.
The game is fantastic - if you can manage to get through it without the app crashing, that is. The gameplay and rules ensure a for a plethora of possible strategies. No two games are the same. No two games can be finished without the app crashing, either. Sometimes, the app just zaps out. Click on the app and you pick things up right where you were. Sometimes, gameplay just freezes and you have to restart. That makes me regret purchasing the app: youre never sure the game will reach its conclusion, which diminishes your enjoyment quite a bit.
Read the date of my review: DONT BUY THIS GAME. You will be throwing away your money, and Codito knows this full well; they havent bothered to update this broken game, but they will gladly take your money. My review a month ago: Ra is a hall of fame game, as a board game. But now its broken as a iPad app; like a previous reviewer, I played this game for maybe six hours, and then it stopped working for a solitaire game completely. They charge for this, and they know its broken (lots of people report this on their web page), so they take peoples money and thumb their noses at those people.
The only great thing about this app is getting to play RA on my phone. That’s pretty much it. Other than that its just… bad. The graphics are lack luster at best. Using a thin Papyrus font over everything is difficult to read and looks sloppy. The game ‘board’ barely reaches the edge of my screen and the font just spills off the edge. The tiles (which are the cleanest graphics of the entire game) don’t even match up with the board. I have to assume the game was designed for the iPhone 4 and never updated afterward and it’s trying to fill out the 5,6 and now 7 screens to terrible result. I would suggest cleaning it up and get it back to the original board games bright clean look or update it to capture the realistic tactile look of the new printing along with getting it to resize it’s self appropriately to whichever device it’s on. Also the music is repetitive and dull. At least let the music last through a few turns before repeating. Also most of the "effects” such as the hole in the sand opening to swallow tiles and the "invoking RA whirlwind is cheesy and slows the pace of the game down so I just leave them turned off. This is a great board game. One of the best out there. It deserves better.
I was sold on RA before I bought the IPAD version. Latest update freezing or even kicks you completely out of the program! Please test before sending updates....need fix. My device was plugged in with no other apps running....so not a space or power issue...but rather a code bug. Do run local w/4 messages off. Would give max stars once it works!