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Small World

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  1. 7 out of 10

    Those counters are a bit of a pain to get out of the tray, especially in a game where there are many 'Decline' phases. It would be an easy 8 if somebody would have made me one of these custom made trays - your craft for a point? :)

  2. 3 out of 10

    Oddly enough, the digital version killed any interest I had in the boardgame. The critical decision is related to declining and timing that. With that in mind, the digital game gets a 6 since it plays so much faster, while having to fiddle with the board components drops this to a 4 or a 3.

  3. 6 out of 10

    A beautiful produced game that goes out of its way to poke fun at the cliche nature of its theme is something I can plant a flag on. However, if you plant that flag in your neighbors realm... don't plan on winning any time soon. The small thing I can't get past is that the game promotes player interaction and conflict, but if you do just that you are probably going to lose. More often than not, the game is won by those who sit back and watch their friends tear each other apart.

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In Small World, players vie for conquest and control of a world that is simply too small to accommodate them all.

Designed by Philippe Keyaerts as a fantasy follow-up to his award-winning Vinci, Small World is inhabited by a zany cast of characters such as dwarves, wizards, amazons, giants, orcs, and even humans, who use their troops to occupy territory and conquer adjacent lands in order to push the other races off the face of the earth.

Picking the right combination from the 14 different fantasy races and 20 unique special powers, players rush to expand their empires – often at the expense of weaker neighbors. Yet they must also know when to push their own over-extended civilization into decline and ride a new one to victory!

On each turn, you either use the multiple tiles of your chosen race (type of creatures) to occupy adjacent (normally) territories – possibly defeating weaker enemy races along the way, or you give up on your race letting it go "into decline". A race in decline is designated by flipping the tiles over to their black-and-white side.

At the end of your turn, you score one point (coin) for each territory your races occupy. You may have one active race and one race in decline on the board at the same time. Your occupation total can vary depending on the special abilities of your race and the territories they occupy. After the final round, the player with the most coins wins.

Clarifications: available in a pinned forum post.

Ages

8+
Players

2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players
Play Time

40m – 80m
Designer

Philippe Keyaerts
Mechanics

Area Majority / Influence, Increase Value of Unchosen Resources, Victory Points as a Resource, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Variable Player Powers
Theme

Fighting, Territory Building, Fantasy
Publisher

Bergsala Enigma, Compaya.hu – Gamer Café Kft., Gém Klub Kft., Hobby Japan, Rebel Sp. z o.o., Stratelibri, Asmodee, Asterion Press, Days of Wonder, Edge Entertainment, Galápagos Jogos, Hobby World, Siam Board Games
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