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Game Info
Year
2025
Players
2-5
Age
12+
Playtime
45 min
Complexity
1.9/5
Collection
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Description
An expansion to the classic auction game RA, Traders adds a new tile type to your experience.
Leverage the Nile River to send vessels around the region to grow your Dynasty through trade and communication. Bring back precious treasures and rare goods to extend your reach and solidify your place among the Gods.
Components:
5 Docks boards
20 Trader tiles
30 One-Value Small Goods Crates
10 Five-Value Large Goods Crates
10 Ten-Value Scoring Tablets
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The Cardboard Herald Top 10 List at 25:10 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Elevates an already great game
- Expands strategies and theme
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- shipping boards and shipping tiles — introduces shipping boards and tiles that incentivize early bidding and add thematic flavor.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Ra is a game that came out well over 20 years ago.
- Ra: Traders is so good.
- It's a complete knock out of the park, and I can't imagine playing Wingspan without it.
- Power Up was such a brilliant way to address some of those little points of design in here.
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Board Game Animal Discussion at 0:47 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Adds flavor and interaction without detracting from RAW
- Sits well within the RAW family
Cons
- Expansion is relatively modest in depth
- May not be essential for simul-critiques or veteran RAW players
Thematic elements
- Tone and flavor add to the existing RAW system
- Expansion to RAW
- Contributes additional depth without overturning RAW's core
Comparison games
- RAW
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- tile addition with scoring modifier — Adds a single new tile and a new scoring mechanism that grants boons/points to others when drafted, given prior tile ownership.
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Quotes (from this video)
- RAW is one of my very top favorite board games of all time. And this is easily without a doubt a definitive version of the game.
- Botswana, the only non-RAW game here, is the standout.
- If RAW didn't exist and we're scoring Ratzia in a vacuum, it's a 10 out of 10.
- But since RAW does exist and it often is my preferred way to play, I don't think I can score them equally. I'll have to come down on Ratzia at a nine, which I still think is really fair.
- This is just now a perfect little package. I gave it a 9.5.
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