<p><strong>Yes</strong>,</p>

<p>From the Spirit description in the <a href="http://cdn0.daysofwonder.com/smallworld/en/img/sw_rules_en.pdf" rel="nofollow">Rule Book</a>.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>You may thus end up with two different races In
  Decline on the map at the same time and <strong>score for them both</strong>.</p>
</blockquote>

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2011-02-28T14:33:59.577Z
Thanks for the answer. This was a sub-question to a previous misunderstanding, where I thought the player did not score during the turn they first entered decline. According to the rule book, you may not make new conquests on the turn you enter decline, but you do score.
Gundabad
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2011-01-15T02:43:18.270Z
2011-01-15T02:43:18.270Z
Pat Ludwig
<p>Going in to decline and conquering are exclusive events. The turn the ghouls go in to decline, they cannot attack.</p>

<p>If you have spirit as posed in the question, and the active race goes in to decline, then neither can attack as going in to decline is an exclusive event for the turn and after the decline phase is completed, the move goes to the next person.</p>

<p>This was also clarified by the developers with a small world clarification .pdf (<a href="http://templecon.org/13/files/boardgames/SmallWorld_FAQ.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://templecon.org/13/files/boardgames/SmallWorld_FAQ.pdf</a>)</p>

<p>Hope this helps, and have fun!</p>

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RangerLee
<p>So I already understand that when Spirit Ghouls are the already-in-decline race, they cannot make any conquests on the turn that the active race declines, but do they score victory points for the territories they already hold?</p>

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2013-08-22T06:07:14.737Z
Why can Spirit Ghouls not attack? Ghouls behave like "as if they were still Active tokens"... so why can they not attack? So if I have Spirit Ghouls (in decline), Race 2 (in decline) and Race 3 (active), I should get conquest + points for Ghouls, region points for Race 2 and conquest + points for Race 3
Neel
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Small World: Do Spirit Ghouls Score When Active Race Declines?
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# Small World: Do Spirit Ghouls Score When Active Race Declines?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2011-01-15)

So I already understand that when Spirit Ghouls are the already-in-decline race, they cannot make any conquests on the turn that the active race declines, but do they score victory points for the territories they already hold?

**Tags:** small-world

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Why can Spirit Ghouls not attack? Ghouls behave like "as if they were still Active tokens"... so why can they not attack? So if I have Spirit Ghouls (in decline), Race 2 (in decline) and Race 3 (active), I should get conquest + points for Ghouls, region points for Race 2 and conquest + points for Race 3  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2011-01-15. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

**Yes**,

From the Spirit description in the [Rule Book](http://cdn0.daysofwonder.com/smallworld/en/img/sw_rules_en.pdf).

> You may thus end up with two different races In
> Decline on the map at the same time and **score for them both**.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks for the answer. This was a sub-question to a previous misunderstanding, where I thought the player did not score during the turn they first entered decline. According to the rule book, you may not make new conquests on the turn you enter decline, but you do score.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2015-01-16. Score: 0

Going in to decline and conquering are exclusive events. The turn the ghouls go in to decline, they cannot attack.

If you have spirit as posed in the question, and the active race goes in to decline, then neither can attack as going in to decline is an exclusive event for the turn and after the decline phase is completed, the move goes to the next person.

This was also clarified by the developers with a small world clarification .pdf (<http://templecon.org/13/files/boardgames/SmallWorld_FAQ.pdf>)

Hope this helps, and have fun!


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