# Carcassonne: Abbey & Mayor

Carcassonne: Abbey & Mayor is a board game for 2–6 players. It plays in 30 minutes and is meant for ages 8 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 3. It is rated 7.6 out of 10 by 24 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $14.57 (United States).

- **Players:** 2–6 (best with 3)
- **Playing time:** 30 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 8+
- **Complexity:** 2 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2007
- **Categories:** Expansion for Base-game, Medieval, Territory Building, City Building
- **Mechanics:** Tile Placement, Area Majority / Influence
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.6 out of 10, from 24 reviews
- **Owned by:** 102 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 30
- **Unique players:** 10

**Designers:** Klaus-Jürgen Wrede

**Artists:** Chris Quilliams, Doris Matthäus, Anne Pätzke

**Publishers:** Hans im Glück

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Zatu Games | 11.9 £ | https://zatu.com/products/carcassonne-messenger-mayor-exp-5-2025 |
| Travelling Man | 11.99 £ | https://travellingman.com/products/carcassonne-expansion-5-messengers-mayors-2025-edition |
| Alphaspel | 159 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/305596-carcassonne-expansion-5-messengers-mayors-sedkno |
| World of Board Games | 159 kr | https://www.worldofboardgames.com/carcassonne-expansion-5-messengers-och-mayors-eng |
| Lautapelikauppa | 15.9 € | https://lautapelikauppa.com/products/c-karryt-ja-kartanot |
| Spelexperten | 195 kr | https://www.spelexperten.com/sallskapsspel/expansioner/carcassonne-abbey-mayor-eng-exp.html |
| Mono de Juegos | 17.95 € | https://www.monodejuegos.shop/juego-de-mesa/carcassonne-la-abadia-y-el-alcalde/ |
| El Nucli | 20 € | https://www.elnucli.es/products/carcassonne-la-abadia-y-el-alcalde-expansion |

## Rules questions

### Do I have to draw a land tile to place an Abbey, and where can I put it?

Instead of drawing and placing a Land tile, you may place your Abbey tile; it may only be placed in an empty space surrounded on its four orthogonally adjacent sides (i.e., to fill a 1-tile hole), and you may not place it if no such hole exists (page 2).

### Can I put a meeple on the Abbey and how is it scored?

Yes — you may place a meeple as a monk on the Abbey; the Abbey behaves like a monastery, completes the sides of adjacent tiles, and is scored identically to a monastery (score any features completed by its placement) (page 2).

### How does the Mayor work — how is his strength calculated and who scores the city?

A mayor's strength equals the number of coats of arms (shields) in the city it occupies (normal meeple=1, large meeple=2); when scoring a completed city each player's total strength is added and the highest-strength player(s) score the points (ties all score full); a mayor in a city with no coats of arms has 0 strength (page 3).

### Where exactly can I place a Barn, and can I place it where farmers already are?

You may place a barn on the junction where four tiles meet only if the corner of each of those four tiles depicts field (i.e., a pure 4‑tile field junction); you may place a barn on a field already occupied by farmers but not on a field already occupied by another barn, and a placed barn remains in play until the game end (pages 3–4).

### What happens to farmers when I place a Barn or when a field is connected to a Barn, and how are barns scored at game end?

If you place a barn into a field with farmers that field is scored immediately as at game end (the player with most farmers scores 3 points per completed city) and those farmers are returned; if a tile connects a farmer-occupied field to a barn-occupied field that connected field is scored that turn for 1 point per completed city and farmers are returned; at game end each barn scores 4 points per completed city in its field (pages 4–5).

### Can I place a Wagon in a field and how does Wagon movement work after scoring?

A wagon may not be placed in a field but may be placed on roads, cities, monasteries/abbeys like a normal meeple; when its feature is scored it scores like a normal meeple and then you may either return the wagon to your supply or move it to a directly adjacent unoccupied, incomplete feature (same tile or orthogonally/diagonally adjacent); if no such move exists the wagon must be returned (page 5).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/carcassonne-expansion-5-abbey-and-mayor)
- [Carcassonne: Abbey & Mayor in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/carcassonne-expansion-5-abbey-and-mayor)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31784)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-24. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._