Variants

Introduction

Variants are different versions of Carcassonne game that share the same set of rules.

Promos

Various promotional editions.

Limited Editions

Limited Edition 2003

The Limited Edition was released in 2003, and is considered by some as Big Box 0 or, at least, the precursor to the Big Box series.

Contents:

• Base game
• River
• Inns and Cathedrals
• Traders and Builders

10th Anniversary

Hans im Glück released the 10th Anniversary Edition of the game in 2011 packaged in a giant blue meeple-shaped case to mark the 10th Anniversary of Carcassonne.

• Base game
• The Festival
• a meeple-shaped scoreboard
• 5 sets of colored, translucent meeples

Müller Exklusiv-Edition

This was sold exclusively by the German trade company Müller from 2013. It was packaged in a metal box.

Contents;

• Base game
• Count, King and Robber
• Besiegers

Big Boxes

Carcassonne Big Boxes are a good (and usually cheaper) way for players wanting to get started with the game of Carcassonne as they typically contain a copy of the base game and a number of major, and sometimes minor, expansions. These have been released every few years, with a slightly different set of expansions each time. The following Big Boxes have been released.

Big Box

The first Big Box was released in 2006.

Contents:

• Base game
• River
• Inns and Cathedrals
• Traders and Builders
• The Princess and the Dragon
• The Tower
• other?

The German edition of Big Box did not include The River (thanks to kettlefish)

Big Box 2

Big Box 2 was released in 2008.

Contents:

• Base game
• Inns and Cathedrals
• Traders and Builders
• The Princess and the Dragon
• Abbey and the Mayor
• Count, King and Robber (†)
• other?

Notes:

(†) Box lid lists this expansion as "River, Count, King and Cult" - need to clarify what actual contents were ...

Big Box 3

Big Box 3 was released in 2010.

Contents:

• Base game
• Inns and Cathedrals
• Traders and Builders
• The Princess and the Dragon
• Abbey and the Mayor
• Bridges, Castles and Bazaars
• other?

Big Box 4

Big Box 4 was released in 2012.

Contents:

• Base game
• River
• Inns and Cathedrals
• Traders and Builders
• Crop Circles
• Ferries, The
• Flier, The (Flying Machines)
• Goldmines, The
• Mage and Witch
• Messages, The (Dispatches)
• Robbers, The
• Other?

Big Box 5

Big Box 5 was released in 2014.

Contents:

• Base game
• River
• Inns and Cathedrals
• Traders and Builders
• Hills & Sheep
• The Wheel of Fortune
• set each of pink and purple meeples for 7th/8th players
• other?

Big Box 6

Big Box 6 was released in 2017.

Contents:

• Base game
• Abbot, The
• River
• Inns and Cathedrals
• Traders and Builders
• Crop Circles
• Ferries, The
• Flier, The (Flying Machines)
• Goldmines, The
• Mage and Witch
• Messages, The (Dispatches)
• Robbers, The
• other?

Other

Carcassonne Travel Edition

The Travel Edition was released in 2007.

The tile size of the Travel Edition is smaller than the regular game, so it is not possible to add any expansion for the regular game, except The Phantom expansion. Meeples, too, are smaller than normal.

The game includes a bag for the tiles that is printed with a scoring table.

Carcassonne für 2

Carcassonne for 2 was released by Hans im Gluck in 2017.

It is a two-player version of Carcassonne that comes in a small metal box.

Contents:

• 48 landscape tiles (subset of the standard base game)
• 12 meeples in two colours - 6 each in red and blue

Spin-offs

Various variants for Carcassonne spin-offs.