Through the year various traditions visitors and events give the villages interesting opportunities for business and expansion Shifting Seasons features several new modules for the Villagers base game allowing for greater variability more opportunity and even more crucial decisions The expansion adds enough new cards and official rules for game to last an extra round on average allowing players to build even bigger and better villages Event cards offer new actions and scoring opportunities for all players Powerful new Special villagers like the Engineer Inventor and Merchant offer rule bending abilities A whole new suit of villagers allows for longer games at 4 5 players or can be used to mix up any game by replacing the Grapes suit Teams are a new villager that can be recruited at any time to add an extra food or build icon A new way to play solo The Monastery Solo Mode offers a more relaxed single player experience Specifications . Players 1 5. Ages 10 . Playtime 30 60 min. Complexity 2 5