Board Games - Small World

A hobby that both Aaron and I enjoy is playing board games. We are lucky enough to have friends and family who like to play with us. For Christmas we got some money from Grandma and Aaron decided to use his to buy a new board game.

Small World

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It is a strategy game that is apparently a little like risk. I say apparently because I have never actually played risk. Basically at the beginning of the game each player selects a race, each race has its own special aspects that can get you more points during game play. You also get a special power with each race that benefits yourself. After you choose your race you conquer regions on the game board:

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You can then re-deploy your men to protect your region, and then score your points at the end of the turn. After you have conquered as much area as you can you put your race in decline and choose a new race on your next turn. It sounds a little complicated, but it really is not to bad, and it is a lot of fun. Everyone we have played it with so far has liked it as well.

Here is a link to a review of Smallworld: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RQ9iI3ORig&noredirect=1

The review is about the first version of small world. Both versions are played the same with some small changes. He does a review of small world underground, but it assumes you already know how to play small world.