Days of Wonder has announced the trade release of the Small World: 6-Player Board map expansion for January 22nd.
 
Previously the maps were only available as an add-on/bonus reward for backers of the Small World 2 digital game Kickstarter in April.  The double-sided 6-Player map includes both a Small World and a Small World Underground variation.  It comes with additional tokens, markers, Victory coins, 4 new Popular Places, a new Righteous Relic, and new 6-player Team rules.  As an expansion, it requires a copy of Small World or Small World Underground to play.  MSRP is set at $28.00.
 
The new 6-player version requires participants to team up in twos, though each player maintains their own Race/Special Power combo, and keeps their Victory coins separate.  The duos compete against each other, but the twist is that at the end, it’s the point total of the lower-scoring team member that decides the score against other teams.