With this expansion, the players have new possibilities of strengthening their influence in the area around Carcassonne. Now traveling merchants transport their goods to surrounding cities and monasteries. The cities in the surrounding countryside can increase to a size large enough to elect their own mayors. Simple farmers build large and wealthy farms and the church tries to strengthen their influence by establishing abbeys. (from the back of the box)

Carcassonne: Abbey and Mayor contains 12 new landscape tiles, 6 abbey landscape tiles, 6 wooden mayor figures, 6 wooden barns (for the large farms), 6 wooden wagon figures, and rules. Abbey and Mayor is for 2 to 6 players ages 8 and up. It plays in an average of 45 minutes.

This expansion requires the original Carcassonne game to play.