History TabletopGame / SmallWorld

* Gypsies[[note]]Submitted by Clay Blankenship, U.S.A.[[/note]]: Always on the move, Gypsies can still score one victory point for each region they abandon at the beginning of their turn.

** GypsyCurse: Possible with Cursed Gypsies, though it's no more thematic than if used with any other race.

* UsefulNotes/{{Romani}}: The Gypsies, added with the ''Grand Dames of Small World'' expansion.

* LowTierLetdown: The Dwarves from the base game are well-known for being underpowered. While their power, which is 1 additional point per mine ''including in decline'', is far from uninsteresting, their numbers are pitifully low. This makes actually conquering the usually dispersed mines very difficult, not to mention defending them when in decline, or getting back up from a curbstomp.

* The Amazons wear bikinis mead out of leaves that cover next to nothing.
* The Priestesses' robes feature both NavelDeepNeckline and SexyBacklessOutfit. Let's just say their clothes don't leave much to the imagination.

* CompetitiveBalance: The number of troops you get for each race/power combination is inversely proportional to said Race/Power's

* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: The Goblins' ability given them bonuses for attacking races in decline.

* LowTierLetdown: The Dwarves from the base game are known for being underpowered. While their power, which is 1 additional point per mine ''including in decline'', is far from uninsteresting, their numbers are pitifully low which makes actually conquering the usually dispersed mines very difficult, not to mention defending them when in decline, or getting back up from a curbstomp.

* ObviousRulePatch: The "Peace Loving" power (earn 3 extra coins for each turn you didn't attack an active race) specifies that in decline Ghouls (who continue to act as if they are an active race) are still considered in decline regardless.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: The Priestesses' robes feature both NavelDeepNeckline and SexyBacklessOutfit. Let's just say their clothes don't leave much to the imagination.

!!From ''Ladies First!''
Fan-proposed content that was [[ApprovalOfGod made official]].

* White Dames: Not very numerous, the White Dames' make all regions they occupy impossible to take as soon as they enter decline.
* Gypsies: Always on the move, Gypsies can still score one victory point for each region they abandon at the beginning of their turn.
* Priestesses: When entering decline, Priestesses gather in one region to form an "Ivory Tower" that holds one Priestess for each region they occupied. It scores one point per priestess per turn, and is thus very well defended because of their numbers[[note]]Unless someone comes along with a dragon…[[/note]].

* Historian: Historian win points for each Race in decline in game when they enter the game, and one more point each time someone enters decline.
* Pacifist: Gain 3 additional victory points each turn you don't attack an active civilization – Zombies in decline, though still active, don't count.

* Goblins: Goblins can conquer regions occupied by an empire in decline with one less token than usual. A minimum of 1 token is still required.
* Kobolds: Kobolds can't conquer or occupy any region with less than 2 Kobolds, except when in decline. To counterbalance this disadvantage, they are very numerous.

* Cursed: The Curse brings no additional troops. Instead, '''not''' taking it in the queue costs 3 victory points instead of one – the player who eventually chooses it also gets those points.
* Daring: before using the reinforcement die for your last conquest this turn, you can take back your tokens (leaving one per region) for a second conquest phase!
* Horde: The Horde gets two "Horde" tokens that can be used just like normal troops token for an offensive AND defensive bonus, but they disappear when entering decline.
* Thieving: Each time you take a region occupied by another player, you can steal one victory point from they reserve. The power doesn't work against people in decline – including Zombies
* Were-: On "Night" (even) turns, each region can be taken with two less tokens than usual. A minimum of one token is still required. On "Day" (odd) turns, the power is inactive.

** Orcs get more points by attacking occupied region. Pillaging Orcs get even more points by doing just that.

** The Halfling's power makes two of their regions impossible to attack. "Dragon-Master" and "Heroic" do exactly the same, except the tokens can be repositioned, and the Dragon can be used in offense at the cost of there only being one.
** "Horde" in the ''Be not afarid!'' expansion adds troops tokens, which pushed the Ratmen, Barbarians, Homonculi, Pygmies and Pixies' typical advantage even further.

* Barbarians
* Leprechauns
* Homonculi:
* Pixies
* Pygmies

* Catapulted:
* Corrupt:
* Entrenched:
* Imperialist:
* Mercenary:

* Priestesses: When entering decline, instead of leaving one troop per region, priestesses concentrate in one region to form an "Ivory Tower". The tower has one priestess per region they occupied and scores an equal amount of points per turn, but is much better defended than if they were spread out[[note]]Unless someone comes along with a dragon…[[/note]]

Several expansions have been released, adding new Powers and Races.

There is also ''Small World: Underground'', a sequel which pits other Races with other Powers to control the Underground. It uses the same rules that its predecessor, with a few new rules to spice the game. ''Underground'' is playable on its own, but you can combine ''Small World'' and ''Small World: Underground'' to have an even bigger pool of Powers and Races. A licenced retheme based on World of Warcraft, named Small World of Warcraft also exists.

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: You'd think Tritons would be able to capture sea areas on their own, but (just like any other race) they need to be ''Seafaring'' Tritons in order to do that.

There is also ''Small World: Underground'', a sequel which pits other Races with other Powers to control the Underground. It uses the same rules that its predecessor, with a few new rules to spice the game. ''Underground'' is playable on its own, but you can combine ''Small World'' and ''Small World: Underground'' to have an even bigger pool of Powers and Races.

* AbsoluteCleavage / SexyBacklessOutfit: The Priestesses and their... robes. Let's just say their clothes don't leave much to the imagination.

* IHaveTheHighGround: Mountains are the only natural terrain that grants a defensive bonus.
** The Giants' racial ability is a downhill charge, giving them a bonus when attacking into areas adjacent to mountains they control.

* NiceHat: The Skeletons wear cowboy hats (and boots). No explanation is given.

Created by Days of Wonder, ''Small World'' answers the question, "What would happen if a EuroGame company decided to produce a lighthearted ''{{Mythology}} [[BoardGame strategy game]]''?" by throwing [[FantasyKitchenSink just about all the known fantasy races]] together onto the same world map in a simultaneous bid for survival and [[TakeOverTheWorld conquest]] - creating an odd genre-blender: a sort of Euro-fantasy-semi-war-game.

* MassiveRaceSelection: Sentient mushrooms, giant talking rats, tritons, elementals, ogres, spider-centaurs, trolls ... the list goes on seemingly forever.

* RatMen: The Ratmen race.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: The Dragon Master special power gives a race access to [[OneManArmy a dragon token that can conquer any territory by itself regardless of terrain or number of enemy units and makes that space immune to enemy abilities]].

* GuestFighter: The ''A Spider's Web'' expansion adds the Skags from ''Franchise/{{Borderlands}}'' as a race, with their power being the ability to place loot tokens in the regions they conquer, which are then revealed to either be conquest-cancelling traps or a number of coins when that region is conquered or the Skags go into decline.