Description
Carcassonne: Traders & Builders (Slovenian title: Trgovci in gradbeniki) is an expansion for Carcassonne. It adds 24 new tiles, many of which show goods symbols in their cities – wine, grain and cloth – and two new figures for each player: a builder and a pig. A bag for the tiles is included as well.
How to play
You place tiles just as in the base game. When someone completes a city with goods symbols, the goods tokens go to the player who placed the last tile – even if they have no knights in that city. At the end of the game, the player with the most tokens of each type of goods scores ten points.
Place the builder on a road or city where you already have one of your followers. Whenever you extend that road or city, you immediately draw and place another tile. The pig goes on a field with your farmer and at the end earns you four instead of three points for each completed city next to the field.
Why you will like it
- Completing an opponent's city pays off, because you get its goods.
- The builder brings double turns and faster building.
- The pig rewards farmers who claim a field in time.
- The bag keeps the tiles always within reach and nicely shuffled.
Who is this expansion for
It plays with two to six players, and a game takes about 60 minutes. It is fairly easy to learn, and players like it best with two or three. It suits everyone who already knows Carcassonne and wants more decisions.
What you might not like
The goods add one more thing you have to keep track of when scoring. It may not suit those who like their Carcassonne as simple as possible.
What is in the box
- 24 landscape tiles
- 20 goods tokens (9 wine, 6 grain, 5 cloth)
- 6 builders and 6 pigs
- bag
- rulebook
Our shop also carries the expansions Inns & Cathedrals and Dragon & Fairy.
