All the Rage and Amazing: Small World!

So, a new game came out about two weeks ago called Small World.

Some stores can get it, some can’t. It’s a remake of the game Vinci, which I had never heard of, but everyone talks about it. This game was designed by the same designer, only this time, with a Fantasy twist. I thought it looked interesting, and the design work on it is par none. But I put it off because the one guy who kept trying to get us to play it is someone I don’t like playing games with. But when Blue Highway Games announced that it would be the tournament game this month, I decided to check it out.

I went out on the game’s website at Days of Wonder. There I was able to download the rules and read them through. Which I did, several times. Overall, a very simple game. You get to choose a starting race (out of fourteen) each of which has a special rules. Each race also gets another randomized special rule out of twenty. Then you start invading the world. Thing is, you only get so many tokens for your race. (You get a starting number from your Race, anywhere from Dwarf (3) to Ratmen (8). You also get an additional number based off your other special rule (anywhere from 3 to 5.) There are a couple of races that get more through other various means. Once you’ve spread your race too thin, you send it into decline, and grab a second race and start invading more. Careful though, if you spread yourself too thin again, and you choose a third race, then the first that went into decline disappears forever. Unless you have a special rule that states otherwise. When you go into decline, the old race is simply an invadeable place holder, unless you have the Ghouls, aka Zombie, who, when they decline stay at full power and continue to lumber forward.

Overall and incredibly fun game. I wants it!!

Funny thing is, now that it is the Tournament game, everyone in the store is buying it and talking about it. Very exciting, to say the least. Please go check out this great, learnable, and infinitely replayable game.