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Klaus-Jürgen Wrede


Klaus-Jürgen Wrede (born 1963 in Meschede, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) is a board game designer and music and theology teacher from Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and the city of Cologne. He created the popular game Carcassonne and helped create most of the other Carcassonne games.

Abridged List of Notable Games


2000 Carcassonne
2002 Carcassonne: Hunters and Gatherers
2003 The Ark of the Covenant
2004 Carcassonne: The City
2004 The Downfall of Pompeii
2005 Mesopotamia
2011 Rapa Nui
2016 Die Baumeister des Colosseum
2017 Bali




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Carcassonne: Expansion 10 – Under the Big Top  [2017]

At long last, the circus is coming to Carcassonne. The ringmaster has organized a night full of stunning acrobatic routines that will leave you speechless, while the most talented artists show their latest tricks. Followers can now be trained to perf...

Carcassonne: Hills & Sheep  [2014]

Carcassonne: Hills & Sheep is the ninth numbered expansion for the Carcassonne base game, and now players get to be shepherds on the hills in addition to the usual thieves, knights, monks and farmers. By placing the tiles in this expansion, players b...

Carcassonne: The Dice Game  [2011]

They said it couldn't be done – oh, wait, no one ever said that. In fact, gamers have been predicting the release of this title for at least five years, and now is the time.

As part of the tenth anniversary celebrations for the Spiel des Jah...

Carcassonne: Expansion 3 – The Princess & The Dragon  [2005]

In this third major expansion for the prize-winning Carcassonne, we move into the realm of fantasy.
The land around Carcassonne is being visited by a dragon, making life very difficult for the followers. Brave heroes venture forth to face the dan...

Carcassonne: Expansion 2 – Traders & Builders  [2003]

The second major expansion to the original game of Carcassonne, Traders & Builders contains 24 tiles with new features such as Bridges and Cities.

Some tiles also feature symbols for the goods Wine, Cloth and Wheat. Players collect one of th...

Carcassonne: Expansion 1 – Inns & Cathedrals  [2002]

Carcassonne: Die Erweiterung (later prints used the title Inns & Cathedrals) is the first major expansion for Carcassonne and introduces a few new aspects to the game. There are a couple of completely new kinds of tiles - the inns and cathedrals. T...

Carcassonne  [2000]

Carcassonne is a tile-placement game in which the players draw and place a tile with a piece of southern French landscape on it. The tile might feature a city, a road, a cloister, grassland or some combination thereof, and it must be placed adjacent ...