The River rules

The River is an expansion for Carcassonne. in the base box.

How The River changes play

Not recommended for your first game.

Setup: put the normal start tile back in the box. Place the spring in the middle instead. Set the lake aside, shuffle the other river tiles face down in their own stack, and put the lake at the bottom. Shuffle the land tiles into stacks as normal.
Placement: play the river tiles first, one per turn. Each must continue the river, and it can never turn the same way twice (a U-turn).
Meeples never go on the water. The river divides fields.

The River The River (in the current base box) replaces the normal start tile, which goes back in the box.