Carcassonne is required to enjoy this game
New pieces offer tremendous strategic flexibility in this Carcassonne expansion.
Stake Your Claim
With a new tile type and three new pieces, the Abbey & Mayor expansion for
Carcassonne gives players more options than ever. Abbey tiles act as
monasteries, but you can use them to plug holes in the board by filling spaces
surrounded by tiles. Mayors help you control cities by using coats of arms to
determine their strength. Outside the city walls, Barns synergize with farmers
to enhance the value of fields they occupy, while wagons can be placed like
followers but then moved from one feature to the next after scoring. Such a
variety of tiles and pieces creates numerous opportunities to employ cunning
strategies that can outwit opponents.
Breaking New Ground
Clever follower placement is a hallmark of Carcassonne. With the components in
Abbey & Mayor, you can devise new ways to get the most out of each piece.
A well-placed Mayor can override other players’ followers and even circumvent
large meeples. Also, since the Mayor’s strength is equal to the number of
coats of arms in their city, this increased strength also nets them the extra
points those same coats of arms provide. You can also use wagons to swoop in and
take over features before your opponents can get to them. While first placed
like a normal follower, you can move a wagon immediately to an adjacent,
uninhabited feature once the original placement is scored. Finally, Barns score
any farmers in the field they’re placed in and bestow extra points at the end
of the game. Played on their own with the base game or combined with other
Carcassonne expansions, Abbey & Mayor provides plenty of new paths to
victory.
Contents
Rulebook, 12Â Land Tiles, 6Â Abbey Tiles, 6Â Mayors, 6Â Wagons, 6Â Barns