With this 5th 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.
De svenska och engelska versionerna av Carcassonne och dess expansioner kan blandas med varandra hur som helst eftersom de är lika förutom regelspråket. Det som skiljer är att att flodbrickorna (river I) ingår i det engelska grundspelet men i den svenska första expansionen (Inns and Cathedrals)
