This expansion for the popular Carcassonne board game offers fans of the game new challenges. The cathedral triples the value of a city and the inn doubles the value of a road, but only when they are completed. Players may use the new "large follower" to double their chances of controlling a city, road, or field. Also included is all the necessary materials to allow a sixth player to join the fun. Finally, there are "point tiles" to make scoring easier when players score above fifty points.

This boxed set includes 18 new land tiles, 6 point tiles, 8 gray followers, and 6 large followers.

Carcassonne Inns and Cathedrals is not a stand alone game. The original Carcassonne is required in order to play Carcassonne Inns and Cathedrals.