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A tile from Carcassonne - The Forest by G. Engelhardt and S. Högl. -- Carcassonne is designed by Klaus-Jürgen Wrede and published by Hans im Glück

Guntram Engelhardt and Sophie Högl have created an unofficial expansion to Carcassonne called The Forest. The expansion consists of 36 new cards. These cards feature a new unique design. Although it is nicely done, I don't believe this design is compatible with the original Carcassonne game. This is unfortunate as it does not extend Carcassonne. Instead, The Forest is best used as a stand-alone Carcassonne clone with a different theme. Unfortunately there are no rules provided, so we can only guess that putting meeples into the forest is like placing them in a city. The roads are similar and there are some buildings which could be the equivalent of cloisters. Rivers are also present but I believe they have no additional function. If only there were some rules...

Another disadvantage of this expansion is the fact that each tile bears a copyright notice. I find this a little bit too much as it hinders my willingness to print the extension. The Forest is unfortunately not adding any new gaming value to Carcassonne. Unless I am missing something.

The Forest is available for download on the official Carcassonne variant site (look for a file called Wald which is German for forest).