First up tonight was one of my all-time favourites, Ra. Reiner Knizia has produced some marvellous auction games such as Traumfabrik and Modern Art but Ra is the one I would choose out of all of them. Mark K and I got off to very slow starts, with Mark particularly picking up lots of monuments. Nige and Mark G had a few battles over most Pharoahs and John kept the rivers nicely flooded for lots of points. In the second round, I suffered the indignity of getting negative points, trying to be a bit too greedy in the last solo auction – much to the amusement of everyone else. I had managed to pick up some good monuments though which I hoped would bring me back into contention at the end. However, Mark K ended up with a very valuable last solo auction which, with his impressive monument collection, gave him enough points for a good win.