Homesteaders: New Beginnings

About this expansion

Homesteaders: New Beginnings is a board game expansion for 2–5 players, with an approximate play time of 90 minutes and a 2019 release year.

The world around a growing frontier town is changing. Settlers move westward across the American continent, railroad companies follow, sweeping laws are passed in the East, and tensions between the North and South rise toward civil war. Against this backdrop, the town’s inhabitants face a new era of uncertainty and opportunity.

This expansion includes everything needed to add a fifth player to the game. It also increases variety between sessions by introducing additional auction tiles and building tiles, giving the developing town more possibilities from one play to the next.

• Components for a fifth player
• Additional auction and building tiles
• 25 “jumbo size” resource components
• An event deck that alters every round slightly

The 25 jumbo resources provide a practical way to represent larger quantities: each one counts as five resources of normal size. They add a distinctive component option while remaining tied directly to the game’s resource values.

The included event deck gives each round a changing context. Every event alters the round slightly, ensuring that the game’s progression is shaped not only by the available auctions and buildings, but also by the wider developments affecting the frontier.

With its expanded player support, additional tiles, large resource pieces, and round-by-round events, Homesteaders: New Beginnings brings more variation to the story of a town growing during a transformative period in American history.