Small World

BGG Rank: 383

Players: 2 - 5, Recommended: 5+, Best: 5+

Playing Time: 80 minutes

Weight (Complexity): 2.35 / 5

Mechanisms: Area Majority / Influence, Area Movement, Dice Rolling, Hidden Victory Points, Increase Value of Unchosen Resources, Variable Player Powers, Variable Set-up, Victory Points as a Resource

Category: Fantasy, Fighting, Territory Building

Family: Components: Map (Continental / National scale), Creatures: Fairies / Elves / Pixies, Digital Implementations: Board Game Arena, Digital Implementations: Google Play, Digital Implementations: Steam, Game: Small World, Misc: Dice Tower Hall of Fame, Misc: Watch It Played How To Videos

Designer: Philippe Keyaerts

Artist: Miguel Coimbra, Cyrille Daujean

Publisher: Days of Wonder, asmodee, Asterion Press, Compaya.hu: Gamer Café Kft., Edge Entertainment, Enigma (Bergsala Enigma), Galápagos Jogos, Gém Klub Kft., Hobby Japan, Hobby World, Lord of Boards, Rebel Sp. z o.o., Siam Board Games, Stratelibri

Category: Area Control

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.

Average Playing Time	2-4 hours
Best Player Count	4 Best
Collection	Kevin
Difficulty	Standard
Played	Played
Recommended Player Count	2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players

Players: 2 - 5, Recommended: 5+, Best: 5+

Playing Time: 80 minutes

Weight (Complexity): 2.18 / 5

The Grand Dames of Small World is the first expansion for Days of Wonder's Small World board game released in 2009. The Grand Dames includes 3 new powerful female race banners - Gypsies, Priestesses and the ghostly White Ladies. It also includes 2 new Special Power Badges - Historian and Peace-Loving. The Grand Dames of Small World expansion was created as part of the Small World Design Contest and features winning designs from the over 700 different entries submitted. This is an expansion and requires a copy of the Small World board game. Components: 3 Fantasy Race Banners 27 Matching Race Tokens (11x Gypsies, 9 x Priestesses, 7 x White Ladies) 2 Special Power Badges 1 Blank Special Power Badge 1 Rules Booklet

Players: 2 - 5, Recommended: 5+, Best: 5+

Playing Time: 80 minutes

Weight (Complexity): 2.22 / 5

Cursed! is a Small World board game expansion. Cursed! includes 2 new Small World Races - Kobolds and Goblins; along with 5 new Special Power Badges - Cursed; Hordes of; Marauding; Ransacking; and Were-. The Cursed! expansion was created as part of the Small World Design Contest and features winning designs from the over 700 different entries submitted. This is an expansion and requires a copy of the Small World board game. Components: 2 Fantasy Race Banners 1 Blank Fantasy Race Banner 5 Special Power Badges 1 Blank Special Power Badge 30 Matching Race Tokens (16 x Kobolds, 11 x Goblins, 2 x Horde, 1 x Lost Tribe) 1 Rules Booklet Expands: Small World

Prestonisnormal rated: N/A/10

I love Vinci and already own it but for those who don't, this is probably worth getting. I hope to play it soon.

iPAUL rated: N/A/10

Civilization-like. We played incorrectly (battle rules) the first time- there's a couple of rules quirks which require re-reading to understand. Quite a good game - love the humour.

Genre_Fad rated: N/A/10

:browntaj: also included in main box = [GAMEID=57070] [GAMEID=57072] [GAMEID=60054] [GAMEID=64592] [gameid=71818] [gameid=81618] [gameid=84183] [gameid=97786] [gameid=109632] Kickstarter Backer [Gameid=159533] [GAMEID=144171] [GAMEID=149066] [GAMEID=165458] [GAMEID=84183] Poster Game Box is fully Pimped.

Soledade rated: N/A/10

I liked it so much better than Vinci. Maybe I'll have to give Vinci another opportunity but I found this one to be much more interesting and with all the "view" aspects much better also. I've only played Small World once but I liked the dynamics and the interaction with all the latent conflict. Experience as in all games is part of the key for the success. The right timing for decline and a solid race/bonus combination are half way to achieve victory. Playable within one hour and with nice components this game is one of the best releases of 2009. (N)

beachdude rated: N/A/10

Rick 2017

Malacoda rated: N/A/10

Small World (2009) Small World: Grand Dames of Small World (2009) Small World: Cursed! (2009) Small World: Tales & Legends (2010) Small World: Necromancer Island (2010) Small World: Be Not Afraid... (2010)

gmcdaniel rated: N/A/10

klubtwierdza rated: N/A/10

2-5

waddball rated: N/A/10

Funny, I always thought the direction to take Vinci was to ground it more firmly in history and tighten up the open information/kingmaking problems. DoW has done neither, but did have the good marketing sense to add stupid generic fantasy elements which apparently geeks cannot resist.

spaceygamer rated: N/A/10

This is more accessable than Vinci since it is simpler to explain and play. It takes out the little rules in Vinci that people tend to forget. It is also shorter - our first play with 5 people took only 2 hours. This will come out more often than Vinci.

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