Carcassonne Expansion 2 – Traders and Builders (2025 Redesign)

Description

Carcassonne — Traders & Builders Expansion

Bring commerce and construction rushes to your Carcassonne table with the Traders & Builders expansion — add trade goods, pigs and builders to deepen strategy and speed up your scoring. Mind Games — Australia’s oldest and best games store, founded 1977.

Overview

• Introduces trade goods and a builder mechanic to the base Carcassonne game, creating new incentives for completing cities and racing to expand your network.
• Adds the pig for extra farm scoring and the builder piece to give players an extra turn when they extend their owned road or city, accelerating plans and increasing tactical decisions.

What’s included

• 24 new land tiles to expand the map and create fresh placement opportunities.
• 20 trade good tokens used to collect riches from completed cities.
• 6 pig meeples to place in fields for bonus points at game end.
• 6 builder meeples that grant an immediate extra action for faster construction.

Key features & gameplay effects

• Trade goods: Place meeples in cities to compete for goods; completed cities award goods tokens that translate into end‑game points and tiebreaker value.
• Builder mechanic: When you or an opponent with a builder extend a road or city you own, the builder grants an extra turn — use it to expand quickly, block rivals, or finish features sooner.
• Pig scoring: Send the pig to the fields to boost farmer scoring, rewarding long‑term field control and shifting endgame priorities.
• Suitable for larger groups: Supports 2–6 players and adds more interaction and contested decisions.

Specs & requirements

• Players: 2–6
• Playtime: 45+ minutes
• Ages: 7+
• Mechanics: Tile placement, area majority / influence
• Note: This is an expansion — the Carcassonne base game is required to play.

Why you’ll want it

• Adds meaningful new goals and interactive tension: chase trade goods, race with builders, and deploy pigs to swing farm scoring.
• Fresh tiles and extra components keep Carcassonne feeling new and replayable while remaining fast to teach and play.
• Perfect for groups who love territorial strategy and want more ways to outmaneuver opponents.

Available from Mind Games — proudly Australia’s oldest and best games store since 1977.