The 4 Seasons - Spring / Autumn

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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. The Autumn mini expansion contains 12 tiles featuring autumn-themed motives. You can use both sets of tiles to simply expand the landscape with beautifully ornated tiles or as mini-expansions.

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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. The Autumn mini expansion contains 12 tiles featuring autumn-themed motives. You can use both sets of tiles to simply expand the landscape with beautifully ornated tiles or as mini-expansions.

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


Autumn is harvest time! That‘s why we pay special attention to the farmhouses and stables in and around Carcassonne in autumn.


General info and comments

Spring expansion symbol
Autumn expansion symbol

The Spring and The Autumn were released in the 3rd edition (C3 for short) in April and in November 2024 respectively by HiG. They are part of a series of expansions called The 4 Seasons.

These expansions don't exist for the 1st edition (C1 for short) or the 2nd edition (C2 for short).

These expansions have cities with clipped buildings.

Envelope of The Spring
Punchboard of The Spring
Envelope of The Autumn
Punchboard of The Autumn

Contents

  • 12 new landscape tiles with spring-themed motives for The Spring.
Spring tiles
  • 12 new landscape tiles with autumn-themed motives for The Autumn.
Autumn tiles

Rules

Preparation

Mix the new tiles with the landscape tiles from the base game.

Gameplay

Spring C3 Feature Statue.png Autumn C3 Feature Statue.png
1. Placing a tile

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

2. Placing a meeple

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

Statue tiles

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

The Spring statue
The Autumn 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 meeples on this tile in different features.

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
The Spring tiles

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.

A garden always looks like this:

Example 2: 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).
The Autumn tiles

For farmhouses and stables that are vertically, horizontally or diagonally adjacent to the autumn tile you have placed, you now receive points. You immediately receive 2 points for each farmhouse or stable.
Farmhouses and stables (cowshed, donkey stable or pigsty) always look like this:

Example 3: You place your drawn Autumn tile. At the end of your turn you receive 6 points: 2 points each for the donkey stable and the cowshed, and 2 points for the farmhouse.

New land tiles

The Spring tiles

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This tile features a statue. The road does not end on this tile. Instead, it branches into 3 directions. [1]
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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.
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The road does not end on this tile. Instead, it branches into 4 directions. [1]
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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.

The Autumn tiles

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The roundabout at the statue is interrupted in the Autumn by a pile of leaves. There are therefore 2 roads on this tile.

Other expansions

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

General Comments:

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

Interpretation from the Community The wooden meeples that can be placed on the tile placed adjacent to a statue are the following:

Interpretation from the Community After placing 0, 1 or 2 wooden meeples on the tile adjacent to a statue, you may place:

The AbbotThe Abbot

Interpretation from the Community If you place a wooden meeple on a tile adjacent to a statue, you cannot remove your abbot instead of placing a second wooden meeple.

Exp. 2 - Traders & BuildersExp. 2 - Traders & Builders

Interpretation from the Community If you place a wooden meeple on a tile adjacent to a statue, you cannot place your builder or your pig instead of a second wooden meeple.

Exp. 3 - The Princess & the DragonExp. 3 - The Princess & the Dragon

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

Exp. 4 - The TowerExp. 4 - The Tower

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

Exp. 5 - Abbey & MayorExp. 5 - Abbey & Mayor

Interpretation from the Community If you place a wooden meeple on a tile adjacent to a statue, you cannot place your barn instead of a second wooden meeple.

Exp. 9 - Hills & SheepExp. 9 - Hills & Sheep

Interpretation from the Community If you place a wooden meeple on a tile adjacent to a statue, you cannot place your shepherd instead of a second wooden meeple.

Exp. 10 - Under the Big TopExp. 10 - Under the Big Top

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

The Wheel of FortuneThe Wheel of Fortune

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

Mini #1 - The Flying MachinesMini #1 - The Flying Machines

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

The FestivalThe Festival

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

20th Anniversary Expansion20th Anniversary Expansion

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

The Peasant RevoltsThe Peasant Revolts

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

The TollkeepersThe Tollkeepers

Interpretation from the Community If you place a wooden meeple on a tile adjacent to a statue, you may not place or move your tollhouse token instead of placing a second wooden meeple.

Little BuildingsLittle Buildings

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

Russian PromosRussian Promos

Interpretation from the Community If you place a wooden 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 wooden meeple.

Tile distribution

Spring tiles

Total tiles: 12
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Spring C3 Tiles 10.png ×1
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Spring C3 Tiles 03.png ×1
Spring C3 Tiles 11.png ×1
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Several tiles have a small illustration on them. The letters in brackets show which illustration is on each tile:
Feature WaterTower C3.png

Autumn tiles

Total tiles: 12
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Autumn C3 Tile 05.png ×1
Autumn C3 Tile 06.png ×1
Autumn C3 Tile 07.png ×1
Autumn C3 Tile 08.png ×1
Autumn C3 Tile 09.png ×1
Autumn C3 Tile 10.png ×1
Autumn C3 Tile 11.png ×1
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Several tiles have a small illustration on them. The letters in brackets show which illustration is on each tile:
Feature Garden C3.png
G | Garden

Footnotes

For Icons explanation and licensing please visit Icons page.

  1. 1.0 1.1 Official clarification from the publisher All of the branches have to be completed in order to score the road scoring.
  2. Interpretation from the Community The placement of 1 or 2 meeples as one single action would exclude the possibility of performing any other action in Step 2B-1 (see Order of Play).