Smallworld - Tales and Legends

RULES

Modified Game Setup
> In addition to the standard game setup, 
create and shuffle a deck made of Tales & 
Legends cards drawn at random. The number 
of cards you put in the deck must be 
equal to the number of game turns minus 1. 
(For 5 players, 8-1=7. 7 cards go in the deck).

> Place the cards marked "Current Event" 
and "Upcoming Event" side by side, face up, 
next to the Small World map. Place the 
newly formed Tales & Legends deck face up 
on top of the Upcoming Event card, but 
slightly offset so that the Upcoming Event 
title remains visible.

Game Play
At the start of each turn (except the 1st one 
during which no event is played), the 1st
player takes the top card from the Tales & 
Legends deck and places it on the Current 
Eent card, slightly offset so the Current 
Event title is visible. This card's effect will 
apply to the current game turn, and the card 
now visible on top of the deck will be the 
event that occurs next turn.

Read both cards aloud, so that all players 
know what the current and next turn events 
are.

Auctions
Several Tales & Legends cards require an 
auction to be held. Conduct these as single 
round, simultaneous blind auctions. Each 
player places in his fist the amount of Victory 
coins he is willing to bid to gain control of the 
Tales & Legends card in play this turn. In case 
of a tie, the shortest player (in inches, 
centimeters or dwarves stacked upon each 
other) wins. Players that do not win the 
auction take their Victory coins back. Coins from 
the winning bid go into the Victory coin stash.

VARIANTS

Themed Decks
You may want to draw all your Tales & 
Legends cards from a specific themed set, at the 
start of the game. Each theme is identified 
by a corresponding icon. There are six different 
themed sets in this pack. Depending on 
the number of players, you will play with 7, 
8, or 9 cards of the theme you chose.

[BLUE TRIANGLE] The Gods must be Crazy
[GREEN HOURGLASS] One For the Ages
[PINK CRYSTALS] Miracles for Sale!
[RED BLOOD DROP] Bloody well right
[WHITE FIST] A Wind of Change
[RED TARGET] Pax "the Menace"

Small World, Big Consequences
Each Tales & Legends card is also rated for 
its impact on the game. The three ratings, 
recpgnizable by their respective icons, are: 

[ANGEL WINGS & HALO] Little Lore - Minor world affairs only.
[SW] Tall Tales - worldly consequences.
[POINTED STAR] Lordly Legends - Turning your World upside down.

Depending on your personal level of 
perversion or presumption, you may want to 
build a deck made exclusively of cards of a 
certain rating.

Surprise!
For a wild ride down Small World, draw 
your entire deck from the Lordly Legends 
cards, and play with the deck set face down, 
so that only the current event is known, not 
the upcoming event.

Credits
Game Design: Laurent Verrier & Philippe Keyaerts
Illustrations: Nicolas Fructus