Small World
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Small World is an award-winning fantasy game where players vie for conquest and control of a world that is simply too small to accommodate all of the zany races such as dwarves, wizards, amazons, giants, orcs and even humans that inhabit it.
Sitting across from each other around the iPad, or playing in solo play mode against the game's built-in artificial intelligence, you will use your troops to occupy territory and conquer adjacent lands in order to push your opponent's races off the face of the earth, in this rip-roaring fun digital board game.
Small World for iPad includes:
- 14 original Small World Races and 20 Special Powers
- Pass-and-play mode with automatic screen rotation to face off against another human player
- Solo mode for play against the game's built-in AI
- Direct manipulation of the game's elements using the iPad's Multi-Touch interface
- Automated rules application, scoring and game data tracking
- Additional packs of fantasy races and special powers available as in-app purchases
Store Links:
- Small World for iPad - $6.99
User Reviews (4)
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Once they get all of the expansions on this app, I’ll likely sell my Small World collection. Handling all of the tiny tokens is a pain when you have big fingers, but having the iPad do it for you… that’s just easy. You can play a game of Small World on your iPad in half the time as you can play it with the board game.
The only real issue I have is the level of difficulty and choice making with the AI. The computer rarely never picks a race costing more than 1. Playing cheaply in Small World is a valid strategy, but it seems to be the only one the AI knows. In addition, it plays everything in a mathematical tee. It doesn’t feel like you are playing the game against a person, but rather the computer that tested all of the numbers before the game was published. It feels sterile and boring.
In Conclusion
Buy this game. It’s easily the best board game on the iPad. Once you’ve purchased it, play it a lot in the pass-n-play mode. The screen auto-rotates, so you can just hand it on over or slide it across the table. Great fun.
There are not enough options for the digital format of this game. There is only vs. AI, or pass and play…no online play.
The implementation of the game is okay, but it also only allows for two players.
To me, this is inexcusable for a $7 game (and each mini expansion will cost you another $2 each).
If you like pass and play, and only play two player games, then maybe this would be worth the money…it is certainly easier than setting up the board game.
I picked up the iPad version the week before I got the physical game, and by the time the game arrived, I understood many of the nuances of the game.
This is a good adaptation of the board game.