- Fight for conquest and control
- High quality European components
- 2 to 5 players
- Suitable for players aged 10+
- 45-60 minute playing time
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Technical Details
Product Specifications
| Main Language(s): | Spanish unknown |
| Model Number: | DOW 7901 |
| Number of Puzzle Pieces: | 1 |
| Assembly Required: | No |
| Batteries Required?: | No |
| Batteries Included?: | No |
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Product Description
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Small World is a zany, light-hearted civilization game in which 2-5 players compete for conquest and control of a board that is simply too small to accommodate them all. Picking the right combination of fantasy races and unique special powers, players must rush to expand their empires - often at the expense of weaker neighbours. Yet they must also know when to push their own over-extended civilization into decline and ride a new one to victory.
Small World is inhabited by a 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. Small World marks the return of the Days of Wonder line of heavily-themed, big-box sized games featuring evocative illustrations, high-quality European components and a compelling, fun theme.
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Small World " is a zany, light-hearted civilization game in which 2-5 players vie for conquest and control of a board that is simply too small to accommodate them all! Picking the right combination of fantasy races and unique special powers, players must 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.Designed by Philippe Keyaerts, as the fantasy follow-up to his award-winning Vinci, Small World is inhabited by a 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.Small World marks the return of the Days of Wonder line of heavily-themed, big-box sized games featuring evocative illustrations, high-quality European components and a compelling, fun theme.Game Contents: * Two double-sided game boards (One for each of four possible player configurations) * 14 Fantasy Races with matching banners & tokens * 20 Special Power badges * A variety of Troll Lairs * Mountains * Fortresses * Encampments * Holes-in-the-ground * 2 Heroes * A Dragon * Along with Victory Coins * 6 Player Summary Sheets * A Reinforcement Die * Rules Booklet * A Days of Wonder Online Access Number
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
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Small World is a quick, easy to learn and addictive strategy game. Anyone can have a good time playing: it takes only a few minutes to explain the rules and most people will grasp the sense of the game within the first round. Yet the game offers interesting decisions on every round and no two games are alike. Better yet, games are fairly short yet addictive enough that players will be up for another game. This makes the game one of my most successful game purchases in a while, with the game already seeing a lot of play amongst my friends.
The game places players in the eponymous 'Small World', a domain that isn't quite big enough to accommodate the many fantasy peoples that inhabit it. Each player selects a particular race on their turn, receives a certain number of tokens and attempts to place them on the board so as to capture as many territories as possible. Players receive victory points for each territory they occupy at the end of the turn, and after a fixed number of turns the player with the most points wins. Here is the fun part: each race possesses different abilities and is paired with a random special power. The combinations of races and abilities are random and so each game sees different combinations, which many include Spirit Elves, Fortified Giants, Commando Humans or Forest Wizards. The abilities grant extra points on certain tiles, allow your race to move across the board differently or take over territories more easily and so on. Some combinations are weak, others are very strong. Most are more or less useful depending on the stage in the game and the state of play. Adding a further dimension to the game is the fact that you only have a finite number of tokens to make your conquests with any one race, so you usually find yourself running out of steam at some point. The solution is to go into decline, abandoning your active race and selecting a new one to continue the conquests. This introduces a tricky set of decisions over when to go into decline and when to hold on.
Even though there are lots of decisions to be made, turns are quite short due to the simplicity of the main mechanisms. There is a level of conflict in the game, sufficient to make the game competitive, but not enough to leave people feeling bitter. The artwork suits the style of the game: quirky and good natured. Overall, this is one of the best put together games I have bought in a long while and I'm sure it will get a lot of play in future.
The game places players in the eponymous 'Small World', a domain that isn't quite big enough to accommodate the many fantasy peoples that inhabit it. Each player selects a particular race on their turn, receives a certain number of tokens and attempts to place them on the board so as to capture as many territories as possible. Players receive victory points for each territory they occupy at the end of the turn, and after a fixed number of turns the player with the most points wins. Here is the fun part: each race possesses different abilities and is paired with a random special power. The combinations of races and abilities are random and so each game sees different combinations, which many include Spirit Elves, Fortified Giants, Commando Humans or Forest Wizards. The abilities grant extra points on certain tiles, allow your race to move across the board differently or take over territories more easily and so on. Some combinations are weak, others are very strong. Most are more or less useful depending on the stage in the game and the state of play. Adding a further dimension to the game is the fact that you only have a finite number of tokens to make your conquests with any one race, so you usually find yourself running out of steam at some point. The solution is to go into decline, abandoning your active race and selecting a new one to continue the conquests. This introduces a tricky set of decisions over when to go into decline and when to hold on.
Even though there are lots of decisions to be made, turns are quite short due to the simplicity of the main mechanisms. There is a level of conflict in the game, sufficient to make the game competitive, but not enough to leave people feeling bitter. The artwork suits the style of the game: quirky and good natured. Overall, this is one of the best put together games I have bought in a long while and I'm sure it will get a lot of play in future.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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I was sceptical about this game when someone mentioned it to me as it seemed too simple and not a lot to it. However, having now played it a few times it certainly rates high on the fun game scale. It really is a well thought out game and plays better the more players you have.
My kids can play this game and they enjoy it as much as the adults. That is teh sign for me of a fun family game.
Days of Wonder have certainly fixed onto a winning formula with this and the additional expansions on offer are testament to the playability of the game.
Not too sure about the logevity of the game yet, but that only comes with time. Ticket to Ride is certainly a winner in our house and this is a close second.
The pieces are well designed and made with several differnet board areas depending on the number of players you have.
Days of Wonder allow you to print copies of their rules from their website, so give them a read before you buy it. Having said that, I suggest that you do buy it and enjoy it. Yes it really is that easy to play...
My kids can play this game and they enjoy it as much as the adults. That is teh sign for me of a fun family game.
Days of Wonder have certainly fixed onto a winning formula with this and the additional expansions on offer are testament to the playability of the game.
Not too sure about the logevity of the game yet, but that only comes with time. Ticket to Ride is certainly a winner in our house and this is a close second.
The pieces are well designed and made with several differnet board areas depending on the number of players you have.
Days of Wonder allow you to print copies of their rules from their website, so give them a read before you buy it. Having said that, I suggest that you do buy it and enjoy it. Yes it really is that easy to play...
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I and everyone who's played really like this game. It's not too long (45 - 90 mins), the board and illustrations are really cool and each game is different, as there are many race/skill combinations. There's also extension sets available, and it might be a good idea to get the female races as in this one only The Amazons are female. I've played with adults, teens and 10 year olds and everyone loves it. The rules aren't too complicated. It's like a simpler, shorter and more chaotic version of Risk and a good introduction to this type of game - highly recommend.
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Pure Brilliance. A great game to get people believing!
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Published 4 months ago by Julie H
Great fun for the whole family
On arrival, the large box with smart, fun artwork impressed. I had watched and read several reviews so I had some idea what to expect. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Siouxfire
the game is fine, however
this has been a good addition to my games collection, however...
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Published 12 months ago by rzaba
To Decline or Not To Decline? That is the question.
Please excuse the over-used Shakespearean reference on my part, but it does sum up a fair portion of the game.
At it's core, this game is territory-control like Risk. Read more
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