Carcassonne: The Fruit-Bearing Trees

Description

--- **Fruit-Bearing Trees** is a Carcassonne mini-expansion enhancing tile placement with fruit-themed scoring. Key mechanics include: - *Fruit-bearing tree tiles* 6 new land tiles featuring 6 tree types: quince, apple, apricot, cherry, plum, and elder. - *Fruit token collection* 24 tokens (4 per fruit type) with back values of 5, 4, 3, 2 for income. - *Variety-based scoring* Greater diversity of collected fruits yields higher income rewards. Fruit-Bearing Trees is a mini-expansion for the Carcassonne series, introducing 6 new land tiles adorned with 6 distinct fruit-bearing trees—quince, apple, apricot, cherry, plum, and elder—that surround the city of Carcassonne. It includes 24 fruit tokens, with 4 tokens per fruit type bearing values of 5, 4, 3, and 2 on the reverse. Gameplay emphasizes collecting a diverse array of fruits, as the larger the variety offered, the higher the resulting income, integrating seamlessly into core Carcassonne tile-laying mechanics to reward strategic fruit assortment for elevated scoring potential. ---