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Components

Inside Small World™, you will discover:

l 4 Maps of Small World, contained on two double-sided

boards, one for each of the four possible player configurations

l 6 Player Summary sheets, one for each player and one to

serve as a game turn reference for the group

l 14 Fantasy Race banners, colored when Active and grayed-

out when In Decline, plus 1 blank banner for a race of your

own design

l 168 Matching Race tokens & 18 Lost Tribe tokens:

l 20 Unique Special Power badges, plus

1 blank badge for a special power of

your own design

l The following game pieces:

l 109 Victory Coins (30 "10"s, 24 "5"s,

20 "3"s and 35 "1"s)

l 1 Custom Reinforcement Die

l 1 Game Turn marker

l This Rules booklet

Number

of players

Amazons, Active and In Decline

10 Troll Lairs

5 Encampments

2 Holes-in-

the-Ground

2 Heroes

1 Dragon

The Game Turn marker

Victory

Coins

6 Fortresses

9 Mountains

15 Amazons

8 Dwarves 11 Elves 10 Ghouls

11 Giants 11 Halflings 10 Humans 10 Orcs

13 Ratmen 20 Skeletons 18 Sorcerers 11 Tritons

10 Trolls 10 Wizards 18 Lost Tribes

For 2-5 players • Ages 8 and above • 40-80 minutes

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Summary of content (12 pages)

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SW Rules EN_Mise en page 1 19/05/15 13:49 Page2 For 2-5 players • Ages 8 and above • 40-80 minutes Components l Inside Small World™, you will discover: l 4 Maps of Small World, contained on two double-sided boards, one for each of the four possible player configurations 20 Unique Special Power badges, plus 1 blank badge for a special power of your own design l The following game pieces: Number of players 6 Fortresses 10 Troll Lairs 9 Mountains 2 Holes-inthe-Ground l 6 Player Summary sheets, on
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SW Rules EN_Mise en page 1 19/05/15 13:49 Page3 Setting up the game If this is the first time you play, punch out all the pieces from the game's punchboards. Sort them and place them in the wells designed for each type of piece. Some types fit in the removable storage tray that came with your game. Other components fit inside their respective wells in the main vacuum tray of the game box. Refer to the illustration in Appendix I on p. 8 for more details on how to organize your tokens.
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SW Rules EN_Mise en page 1 19/05/15 13:49 Page4 I. The first turn During the First Turn of the game, each player: number of tokens physically available. So a player with 18 Sorcerer tokens on the board won't be able to use his Sorcerer power again until some of his tokens become available. 1. Picks a Race and Special Power combo 2. Conquers some Regions 3. Scores some Victory coins 1.
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SW Rules EN_Mise en page 1 19/05/15 13:49 Page5 2. Conquering Regions > Enemy Losses & Withdrawals The player's Race tokens are used to conquer Regions of the map, whose occupation will yield Victory coins for that player.
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SW Rules EN_Mise en page 1 19/05/15 13:49 Page6 > Final Conquest Attempt/Reinforcement Die Roll During the final conquest attempt of his turn, a player may find himself with not enough Race tokens left to conquer another Region outright. Provided he still has at least one unused Race token, the player may attempt one final conquest for his turn by selecting a Region that he would normally be 3 or less Race tokens short to conquer. Once the Region is selected, the player rolls the Reinforcement Die once.
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SW Rules EN_Mise en page 1 19/05/15 13:49 Page7 II. Following turns In following turns, the first player moves the Game Turn marker up one spot on the track and the game continues clockwise. During his turn, each player must now either: l Expand the reach of his race through new conquests OR l Put his race In Decline to select a new one. The player then scores Victory coins again (see Scoring Victory coins, p. 5).
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SW Rules EN_Mise en page 1 19/05/15 13:49 Page8 In the unlikely event there are not enough Special Power badges left in the Special Powers stack to keep putting new Race and Special Power combos on the table, shuffle previously discarded Special Power badges into a new stack. End of the game Once the Game Turn marker has reached its final spot on the Game Turn track and all players have had a chance to play a final turn, the Victory coins held by each player are revealed and tallied.
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SW Rules EN_Mise en page 1 19/05/15 13:49 Page9 Appendices I. Organize the Storage Tray Because the Small World box contains many punchboards, once you have punched out all the tokens and coins, you will be left with a big gap between the top of the vacuum tray on which your boards sit and the cover of the box. If you like to store your games in an upright position, this void will likely cause the boards and all the tokens stored below it to move around and become jumbled.
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SW Rules EN_Mise en page 1 19/05/15 13:49 Page10 > The Races The list that follows details the benefit(s) conferred to each race; the number of matching Race tokens received when selecting this Race banner is indicated by the numerical value listed on the banner. Amazons Four of your Amazon tokens may only be used for conquest, not for defense, as indicated by the +4 on the banner itself.
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SW Rules EN_Mise en page 1 19/05/15 13:49 Page11 Tritons Your Tritons may conquer all Coastal Regions (those bordering a Sea or Lake) at a cost of 1 less Triton token than normal. A minimum of 1 Triton token is still required. Trolls Place a Troll's Lair in each Region your Trolls occupy. The Troll's Lair augments your region's defense by 1 (just as if you had an additional Troll token stationed there), and stays in the Region even after your Trolls go into Decline.
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SW Rules EN_Mise en page 1 19/05/15 13:49 Page12 Dragon Master Once per turn, you may conquer a Region using a single Race token, regardless of the number of enemy tokens defending it. Once conquered, place your Dragon there. The Region is now immune to enemy conquests as well as to their racial and special powers until your Dragon moves. During each new turn, you may move your Dragon to a different Region you wish to conquer.
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SW Rules EN_Mise en page 1 19/05/15 13:49 Page1 Underworld Blank Special Power badge You may conquer any Region with a Cavern with 1 less Race token than normal. A minimum of 1 token is still required. All Regions with a Cavern are also considered adjacent to each other for your conquest purposes. Wealthy We have provided you with one additional blank Special Power badge, which you may use to create a Special Power of your own invention.