The Basic Game has been supplimented by nine expansions: Three of which should be added: Inns and CathedralsBuilders and Traders, and Rivers I & II
Since the game has been around for almost 25 years, there have been many more expansions and mini-expansions - many fan based. See for a long list.
Several Big Box sets have been produced - the 2022 edition offers the Basic Game, plus Inns & Cathedrals, Traders & Builders, The Abbot, The River, and seven other expansions. Other "Carcassonne" Games which are not played with the Basic Game include The City, The Castle, The Discovery (a stand alone version), Ark of the Covenant, a stone ageversion: Hunters and Gatherers, Winter, South Seas, etc . . .
My family set has become "customized". It includes the basic set with both rivers, the expansions: Inns, Builders, Dragon, Tower, the Abbey and Mayor, Die Katharer, the Count of Carcassonne, the Hills and Sheep (shepherds), and Abbots, and my King, Robber, Landlord, Friar and I added some oblong meeples for Castes. I purchased sets of meeples in more colors, allowing eight to play. I also have the the 24 Lakes and Fishermen tiles by Carsten Engels, and six homemade Fish tokens, which we use like the trade goods tokens in the Builder's set, these are given to those completing lakes with tiles that have the fish pictured on them.
For my own customized game set - I have created Some Scoring Aids and notes on our house varients of play: including some additional rules for using the Abbot and my "King, Robber Baron, Landload, Friar" tiles.
Starting with the King and Scout mini-expansion, I added the Landlord and Friar tiles (which used the rules of Knecht und Bettelmönch (Laborer and Mendicant) by Christoph Berger) and created our own variant King/ Robber Baron/ Landlord/ Friar. I have added a few other tiles to our mix as well, gluing them to the H&G tiles in the King and Scout set. They include, for the river, an estuary piece (which must maintain an "untiled" outlet to the sea); and an all grass piece.
We don't usually play with all the expansions. I have a page of the additional rules (pdf) and a page of Scoring tables (pdf) to reflect these additional expansions as well, as a compendium of our house rules with the various expansions and variants worked in. I created a Player's Reference Card to assist in us play and scoring as well.
Meeple sets in additionsl colors (with 19 meeples, including the basic 8 Meeples and the Big Guy, a Mayor, Barn, Pig, Wagon, Builder, Shepherd, Abbot, plus a Ringmaster, Robber and Messenger) are available from .
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