Small World
Must a newly selected race enter the board on the turn you choose it?
A designer reply, relayed second-hand, says conquest is optional, but the rulebook's wording is disputed.
Probably not. Conquest is optional, so a player may choose a race and wait. A Days of Wonder reply, obtained by geekmail and quoted in a 2011 thread, says conquest is always optional. Some players read the Following Turns text, 'must either expand or decline', as forcing a conquest or a decline, but the quoted publisher replies reject that reading. The reply is relayed rather than printed, so the answer stays unconfirmed.