Fjords is a two-player game designed by Franz-Benno Delonge and available from Rio Grande Games.

The components consist of 40 hexagonal tiles that have depictions of various land types: water, mountains, grassland. There are also 4 farms and 20 fields in nice black and white wooden pieces. That's it. Once you bag up the components it becomes one of the most portable games in my collection. I can take it out of the too-big box and throw it in a bag or suitcase for wherever I'm going.

The gameplay: Players set out 3 of the hexagonal tiles that have slightly darker backs as starting pieces. Then each player draws a tile and attempts to place it, using the parameters that land must match up where the tiles meet, the new tile must touch at least two others when you place it, and any water must be on the outermost edges of the tiles.

If you can't place a tile using those rules, you set it aside face-up and draw another. This continues until you can place one, or the land tiles run out.

On a player's turn they may either draw from the face-down pile of tiles, or pick one of the face-up tiles, which might now fit somewhere under the rules.

Each player has 4 farms, which you may place throughout this first half of the game onto any just-played land tile. This is a tough decision, and an important one, as ultimate points will be determined by how well you've placed the farms.

Once the face-down land tiles are gone, the second part of the game begins. Depending on who placed the last tile, one of the players places one of their 20 fields. Fields can only be placed next to one of your farms or one of your previously placed fields, and it cannot be placed on a tile with one of your opponent's fields. You also cannot cross a depiction of a mountain in order to place a field--i.e. your farmer would have to be able to walk from the farm to the field.

Players take turns placing these fields, attempting to block off their opponent from areas of the land mass, and trying to claim as many tiles as possible.

Once all of the land tiles are covered, players can either count the number of fields on the land mass, or how many fields are left in hand. Whichever player was able to place more fields wins.

Conclusion
I like this game a lot. It's fun, easy to explain, and imminently portable, as I mentioned before. It's probably the most-played 2-player game in my collection and I highly recommend it.