Naturelich Games

Carcassonne is a great and commercially successful game. The publisher (Hans im Glück Verlag) and author(s) have provided many add-ons to the original game and even created a few siblings. But there are quite a few inofficial (=fan-produced) extensions available on the internet. I am trying to compile a comprehensive set of reviews of each of the expansions on this blog. Knowing me, this will certainly take a while so it will probably make sense to check back every once in a while. If you come along any missing extensions, please leave a comment below and I will add the extension here.

Carcassonne Extensions

• Die Eroberer (The Conquerors) by Dieter "Belushi" Rausch, which adds city-sieges, watchtowers, runis and an oracle


• Families extension (by wildlife)


• Fruit Traders by John Wu, which plays nicely with Carcassone: Traders and Buildes (Carcassonne: Händler und Baumeister)


• Knecht und Bettelmönch (Laborer and Mendicant) by Christoph Berger


• Fischerhütte (The Fishing Hut) by Jörg Krühne


• Carcassonne - Die Eisenbahn (The train extension) by Matthias Hecking


• Neue Flusskarten (New River tiles) by Martin Storbeck


• Wald (The Forrest) by Guntram Engelhardt


• Holzfäller und Müller (Lumberjack and Miller) by Steffen Reichel


• Storehouses and Paths by Jeremy Chambers


• Carcassonne: The Horse by Jeremy Chambers

Carcassone variants

• Carcassonne Vanguard by Jonathan Wu gives players different strengths and weaknesses at the beginning of the game

Carcassone clones - Not playable with original Carcassonne

• Pirates and Plunder - A pirates-style standalone Carcassonne clone by Brian L. Bird and Richard Thames Rowan

Extensions for Carcassonne - Hunters and Gatherers (Carcassonne - Jäger und Sammler)

• The Stonewall - In principal, this is The River for Hunters & Gatherers; by jeuxparje