How to play Ra with V:TES cards.

(with thanks to Reiner Knizia for designing such a wonderful game with an
easily-modified theme)

For something a little more transportable (and with a more WoD flavor :-)
than the actual Ra game, for those of you who have the rules and have
memorized the scoring, I suggest the following. To those of you who 
do not know how to play Ra, I highly recommend learning.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/12

180 Cards needed for the deck.

Ra - 30 Rumors of Gehenna. OK, so that's not really feasible. Until
something more suitable comes along, use Anarch Revolts or Dramatic
Upheavals or a combination of Bombs/Grenades or Regaining the Upper Hand
or whatever.

Gods - 8 Whispers from the Dead or other card-retrieval card (like
Possession, Summon Soul, Reinforcements, Sybil's Tongue, Magic of the
Smith, etc).

Pharos - 25 Praxis Seizure cards (duplicates OK). If you don't have
enough, pad with Crusades and/or <Clan> Justicar political actions.

Funeral - 2 Command of the Harpy cards

Nile - 25 Laptop Computer (or make up balance with Pulse of Canaille, or
Threats and Conditioning, but permanents modifiers are better,
thematically).

Flood - 12 in any combinations of Lost in Crowds, Faceless Night, etc.
(non-permanent stealth)

Drought - 2 in any combination of Enhanced Senses, Spirit's Touch, etc.
(non-permanent intercept)

Gold - 5 Short Term Investment (or, if you prefer, Consanguineous Boon)

Civilization - 25 card composed of 5 each of Fake Out, Lucky Blow, Blur,
Boxed In, and Bum's Rush

Unrest - 4 Majesty or Obedience

Monuments - 40 cards composed of 5 copies of each of 8 different master:
locations.

Earthquake - 2 Unnatural Disaster.

You'll also need bid cards. You can use KQJ and 10 through A from a normal
deck of cards for 3- or 4-player games.

Or use crypt cards with capacities from 1 to 11 and then add Smudge 
(lowest) and Arika (highest).

If you have 5 players, well, why not play V:TES?


L. Scott Johnson
sjohnson@math.sc.edu