Description
Carcassonne — Circus and Artist (2025 Redesign)
Step into the spotlight with the Circus and Artist expansion, bringing the excitement of a travelling show to your medieval landscape. Build towering artist pyramids, stage spectacular performances, and let your ringmistress command the big top. This set introduces new tiles, tokens, and clever mechanics to deepen the strategic play, influence, and storytelling of your Carcassonne game. Suitable for 2–6 players aged 7+ and perfect for those who love thematic, creative play.
Features
- Includes 20 new land tiles with circus tents, performance arenas, and artistic scenes, expanding your scenery options.
- Adds 16 performance tokens to create lively shows, special events or influence contests.
- Includes 6 ringmistress meeples—multipurpose pieces that can serve as performers or influence markers, engaging players in spectacle-building.
- Contains 12 standard meeples for wide‑scale territory control and influence.
Gameplay & strategy
- Build a daring artist pyramid by stacking meeples vertically—each level grants influence points or special abilities.
- Use the ringmistress to command your performers, influence rivals’ features or trigger special scoring opportunities.
- Stage performances during game play to earn extra points or influence control over key areas.
- Combine spectacle and influence mechanics—manage your show’s success while expanding your territory and controlling features.
Why you’ll love it
- Adds a creative, theatrical flavour to classic tile placement and influence mechanics, encouraging role-play and fun presentation.
- The pyramids and stage elements let players tell stories of grand shows and talented performers.
- Enhances game immersion and provides new ways to compete for influence, prestige and points.
Compatibility & requirements
- This is an expansion; the core Carcassonne game is required to play.
- Supports 2–6 players, with gameplay that balances strategy with spectacle.
Why you should add it
- Perfect for players who love thematic expansions, creative storytelling and competitive territory control.
- Great for ages 7+—easy to teach yet full of clever strategies for multiple sessions.
- Ideal for adding a touch of drama, art and fun to any Carcassonne collection or game night.
Bring your game into the circus ring—stage performances, stack pyramids and claim the spotlight!
















