The earth is changing. Settlers travel westward across the American continent, and railroad companies follow. Meanwhile, back east, sweeping laws are passed, and tensions between the North and South escalate into a civil war. How will these events impact the humble inhabitants of a burgeoning frontier town?

Homesteaders: New Beginnings comes with all the components needed to add a fifth player to the game. In addition, the expansion adds more auction and building tiles to give more variance to each play through. It includes 25 "jumbo size" resource components, and each of these counts as five resources of normal size. Lastly, the expansion comes with an event deck, with every round of the game altered slightly by an event.