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Warning: Display title "The 4 Seasons - Spring" overrides earlier display title "The 4 Seasons". 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.

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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.

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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.

Contents

  • 12 new landscape tiles with spring themed motives

Spring tiles

Rules

Preparation

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

Gameplay

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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

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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.

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

Total tiles: 12
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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:
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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).
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