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The 4 Seasons is a series of four mini expansions each one dedicated to a different season with individual illustrations. The Spring mini expansion contains 12 tiles featuring spring themed motives. You can use the tiles to expand the field or as a small mini-expansion.

Promotional image of The Spring

Spring has arrived in Carcassonne! Admire the gardens and flowers that are spreading across the fields!

General info and comments

Sheet accompanying the expansion

Punchboard

Spring expansion symbol

The Spring was released in the 3rd edition (C3 for short) in April 2024 by HiG. It part of a series of expansions called The 4 Seasons.

This expansion doesn't exist for the 1st edition (C1 for short) or the 2nd edition (C2 for short).

This expansion has cities with clipped buildings.

Rules

Preparation

Mix the 12 spring tiles with the landscape tiles from the base game.

Gameplay

1. Placing a tile

If you draw a spring tile, you place it according to the usual rules.

2. Placing a meeple

You can place one of your meeple on the spring tile according to the usual rules.

Statue tiles

You will find 1 statue tile in each of the The 4 Seasons series.

Example 1a: A statue.

The following rule applies to all 4 statue tiles of The 4 Seasons:
If your tile is horizontally, vertically or diagonally adjacent to a statue tile of the 4 Seasons after being placed, you may place 2 meeple on this tile in different areas.

Example 1b: You place the tile you have drawn on the spring statue. Now you place a meeple on the road and another meeple on the city there.

3. Scoring a feature

You now score points for garden and spring tiles that are horizontally, vertically or diagonally adjacent to the spring tile you have placed:

For each garden you get 3 points
For each spring tile you get 1 point

Note: The flowers and flowerbeds on the spring tiles, especially the flowerbeds around the monastery, do not count as a garden.

Example 2a: A garden always looks like this.

Example 2b: You place the spring tile you have drawn. At the end of your turn, you receive 7 points: 3 points each for the two gardens and 1 point for the other spring tile there (bottom left).

New land tiles

This tile features a fountain. The road does not end on this tile. Instead, it branches into 3 directions. ^[1]

The bridge does not end the roads displayed on it, nor does it combine them; one road continues from left to right, while the other continues from top to bottom (ending at the city). The roads split the field into four separate fields.

The road does not end on this tile. Instead, it branches into 4 directions. ^[1]

This road leads to the city but it doesn't end there. Both ends of the road must be closed in order to be able to score.

Other expansions

This section contains additional information about the interactions with other Carcassonne expansions.

General Comments:

A tile adjacent to a statue allows you to place 0, 1 or 2 wooden meeples. This is one single action.

If you only place one wooden meeple, you cannot perform any other action instead of placing the second wooden meeple.
After this action, you may place your phantom as usual (The Phantom).

The wooden meeples that can be placed on the tile placed adjacent to a status are the following:

Normal meeple (Base Game)
Abbot meeple (The Abbot)
Large meeple (Exp. 1 - Inns & Cathedrals)
Wagon (Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor)
Ringmaster (Exp. 10 - Under the Big Top)
Guard meeple (Exp. 11 - Ghosts, Castles & Cemeteries)

After placing 0, 1 or 2 meeples on the tile adjacent to a statue, you may place

Phantom (The Phantom)

The Abbot

If you place a tile with a meeple adjacent to a statue, you cannot remove your abbot instead of placing a second wooden meeple.

Exp. 2 - Traders & Builders

If you place a tile adjacent to a statue with a wooden meeple, you cannot place your builder or your pig instead of a second wooden meeple.

Exp. 3 - The Princess & the Dragon

If you place a meeple on a tile adjacent to a statue, you may not move the fairy instead of placing a second meeple.
If you place a tile with a magic portal adjacent to a statue, you can use the magic portal with one meeple and place the other on the tile as usual.

Exp. 4 - The Tower

If you place a tile with a meeple adjacent to a statue, you cannot place a tower piece instead of placing a second wooden meeple.
If you place a tile with a meeple adjacent to a statue, you cannot place a meeple on a tower instead of placing a second wooden meeple.

Exp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor

If you place a tile adjacent to a statue with a wooden meeple, you cannot place your barn instead of a second wooden meeple.

Exp. 9 - Hills & Sheep

If you place a tile adjacent to a statue with a wooden meeple, you cannot place your shepherd instead of a second wooden meeple.

Exp. 10 - Under the Big Top

If you place a tile with an acrobat space adjacent to a statue, you cannot add two acrobats to the pyramid.
If you place a tile adjacent to an acrobat space and to a statue, you can only add one acrobat to the pyramid instead of placing meeples on the tile just placed.
If you place a tile with meeple adjacent to a statue, you cannot score an acrobat pyramid instead of placing a second wooden meeple.

The Wheel of Fortune

If you place a tile adjacent to a statue with a wooden meeple, you cannot place a meeple on the crown of the Wheel of Fortune instead of a second wooden meeple.

Mini #1 - The Flying Machines

If you place a tile with a flying machine adjacent to a statue, you can use the flying machine with one meeple and place the other on the tile as usual.

The Festival

If you place a festival tile with a meeple adjacent to a statue, you cannot remove a abbot figure instead of placing a second wooden meeple.

20th Anniversary Expansion

If you activate an "Add Meeple" symbol when placing a tile adjacent to a statue, you can use action with one meeple and place the other on the tile as usual.
If you activate an "Place Meeple" symbol when placing a tile adjacent to a statue, you can use action with one meeple and place the other on the tile as usual.

The Peasant Revolts

If you place two meeples on a tile adjacent to a statue, you may protect each of them individually.
If you place a meeple on a tile adjacent to a statue, you may not protect a meeple previously placed on the board instead of placing a second meeple.

The Tollkeepers

If you place a meeple on a tile adjacent to a statue, you may not place or move tollhouse token instead of placing a second meeple.

Little Buildings

If you place a meeple on a tile adjacent to a statue, you may not place a little building token instead of placing a second meeple.

Russian Promos

If you place a meeple on a tile adjacent to a statue, you may not remove a meeple trapped by Solovei Razboynik or Vodyanoy instead of placing a second meeple.