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 depend 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.

Rules PDF

Components:

• 4 Maps (2 × Double-Sided Boards)
• 6 Player Summary Sheets
• 14 Fantasy Race Banners
• 1 Blank Fantasy Race Banner
• 168 Matching Race Tokens (15 × Amazons, 8 × Dwarves, 11 × Elves, 10 × Ghouls, 13 × Ratmen, 20 × Skeletons, 18 × Sorcerers, 11 × Tritons, 11 × Giants, 11 × Halflings, 10 × Humans, 10 × Orcs, 10 × Trolls, 10 × Wizards)
• 18 Lost Tribe Tokens
• 20 Unique Special Power Badges
• 1 Blank Special Power Badge
• 10 Troll Lairs
• 6 Fortresses
• 9 Mountains
• 5 Encampments
• 2 Holes-in-the-Ground
• 2 Heroes
• 1 Dragon
• 109 Victory Coins (30 × "10", 24 × "5", 20 × "3", 35 × "1")
• 1 Reinforcement Die
• 1 Game Turn Marker
• 1 Rules Booklet

Awards

• 2015: Geek Minor League 3rd Place
• 2014: Geek Minor League Champion
• 2011 Ludoteca Ideale (Italy)
• 2010 GAMES - Game of the year
• 2010 JoTa - Best Family Game (Critic/Audience)
• 2010 JoTa - Best Game with War (Audience)
• 2010 Guldbrikken, Juryens specialpris (Jury Special Prize), Denmark, Winner
• 2010 Gouden Ludo (Flanders), Nomination
• 2010 Go[lden Ace - French Game of the Year, Jury Prize winner
• 2010 Meeples Choice Award 2009
• 2009 Bruno Faidutti's Game of the Year
• 2009 Games Magazine Game of the Year, Game of the Year, Winner
• 2009 Tric Trac d'Or (France), Game of the Year, Winner
• 2009 Joker Awards (Belgium), Adult Game of the Year, Winner