Small World is a light, fantasy civilization game in which 2-5 players vie for conquest and control of a board that is too small to accommodate them all. Players create combinations from a selection of 14 different fantasy races and 20 unique special powers that they can use to expand their empires across one of 4 board maps. Yet they must also know when to push their own over-extended civilization into decline and ride a new one to victory.

The game includes two double-sided game boards (one for each of four possible player configurations), 14 fantasy races with matching banners & tokens, 20 special power badges, a variety of troll lairs, mountains, fortresses, encampments, holes-in-the-ground, 2 heroes and a dragon, along with victory coins, 6 player summary sheets, a reinforcement die, rules booklet and a Days of Wonder online access number.