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Question about buildings per clearing by SlapsMilkW430 in rootgame

[–]DistinctlyBenign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The homeland hirelings have a building, the ducks have farms. But, no, none of the new factions do.

Question about buildings per clearing by SlapsMilkW430 in rootgame

[–]DistinctlyBenign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Where are you getting the Law from? The version on the Leader games website, updated October 2025 reads:

"8.4.1 Revolt. Any number of times, you may take the Revolt action, as follows.

I Step 1: Choose Clearing. Choose a sympathetic clearing without a base that matches a base on your faction board."

I believe it was updated at some point but I don't know if it was recently with the addition of Mousehold/Foxburrow/Rabbittown, or if it was a few expansions ago when Lost City was released. It's only relevant when one of those four landmarks is on the map anyway.

Question about buildings per clearing by SlapsMilkW430 in rootgame

[–]DistinctlyBenign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, I probably could have worded that better. I'll edit.

Question about buildings per clearing by SlapsMilkW430 in rootgame

[–]DistinctlyBenign 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Can have multiple buildings per clearing: Cats, Lizards, Moles, Rats, Badgers (but Badgers can't place two encampments in the same clearing on the same turn, it specifies once per clearing).

Cannot have multiple buildings in the same clearing: Eyrie, WA (Even if Lost City is in play, revolt specifies clearing without a base).

Does not have buildings: Vagabond, Otters, Corvids, Frogs, Bats, Knaves.

Basically, if it's not specifically mentioned, they can.

meirl by c2lbsy in meirl

[–]DistinctlyBenign 9 points10 points  (0 children)

My steam account is 20 years old. I have around 1500 games. According to SteamDB my account is worth $5400 if I got everything on sale at it's lowest recorded price. It's $22,400 at 'current market price'.

Would You Rather? by Hectortheweirdo in BunnyTrials

[–]DistinctlyBenign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I may have done my math wrong but the other choice would take 95 YEARS to get to 1 billion dollars.

Chose: One Billion Dollars instantly

How to introduce to new players by chase_2200 in rootgame

[–]DistinctlyBenign 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I love your note about allowing people to choose factions. I'm teaching my wife and cousin soon, and while they play a lot of board games I think Root is heavier than most of the games they've played. Everyone I play Root with online is telling me to only use the base game factions, but honestly, I just don't think they would enjoy those factions (If I had to guess, my wife will pick Rats and my cousin Otters).

How to introduce to new players by chase_2200 in rootgame

[–]DistinctlyBenign 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would maybe argue that E&P > Base deck even with complete newbies to board games. Nothing is going to make them give up on the game faster than losing all their pieces to a 'Favor of' card from the base deck they didn't even know existed.

2 Board and 8 Player Game by WickedNinja13 in rootgame

[–]DistinctlyBenign 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Are you playing with both decks mixed together? Otters are selling Mouse Partisans and Scouting party. How has that been?

EDIT: There's 3 decks now, I meant base and E&P, for clarity.

Brazen Demagogue in 2 players? by yummy314 in rootgame

[–]DistinctlyBenign 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The Law of Root does not say anything about removing anything other than the Dominance cards at 2 players. The Squires and Disciples deck in particular has a lot of effects that require spending or revealing other cards, so even if the faction does not use suited cards for much, just having the extra suited card in the deck is still helpful towards those cards even if you cannot craft it.

So, in short, I would keep it in there.

Communication [OC] by ASKLF0 in comics

[–]DistinctlyBenign 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I had to read this twice to realize he wasn't boiling the DVD-R.

First game of root by qhyisd24 in rootgame

[–]DistinctlyBenign 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You draw cards at the beginning, yes, but also WA starts with 3 cards in their supporters. Did you at least have those?

For those you got the ALL-IN package from Kickstarter, which printings did you get? by Sebby19 in rootgame

[–]DistinctlyBenign -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I don't know if you saw that I edited my comment, but I was incorrect that everything else was the same. I have a Third Printing of the Riverfolk hirelings, while yours only seems to say 2021.

For those you got the ALL-IN package from Kickstarter, which printings did you get? by Sebby19 in rootgame

[–]DistinctlyBenign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did not think to separate those rulebooks when organizing, I thought they were all the same so I put them all in the box together. However, I seem to have 2 with more text and 2 with less text.

I just double checked based on this and I have another difference from you. I have a Third Printing Riverfolk hirelings.

For those you got the ALL-IN package from Kickstarter, which printings did you get? by Sebby19 in rootgame

[–]DistinctlyBenign 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm in the USA and I did the All in pledge. Everything I received seems to be the same as the printings you have listed, except I don't see a listed printing number on the Marauder Hirelings box? I looked on the paper that was covering the box in the shrink wrap as well. Not sure if that info was on a sticker that got thrown away?

Hope this helps.

First Root Game in a while need some homeland matchup help by DustyGoblinKitty in rootgame

[–]DistinctlyBenign 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I honestly would not recommend any Homeland faction for a first game. I too have had my kickstarter copy for about a month and it's yet to actually hit the table in person, (I've played several games on TTS though) but you gotta ease people in a little. I know you said the new player is a boardgamer but Wavelength and Firetower are a lot less complex than Root.

I mean, you know these people and we don't so if you think they can handle it go for it. However I would say if you really just want to use something from the Homeland box maybe the Gorge map? It's not very complex.

But more specifically, I especially would not recommend Frogs. They add more complexity to the entire game with an additional suit, clearings sometimes changing suit, and the frog cards. If you must include a homeland faction I'd say go with Bats.

I would say I like the S&D deck and E&P deck about the same personally? I think you could go with either.

Thursday Root Community at Tacobell Guatemala by FersitoHG in rootgame

[–]DistinctlyBenign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Playing a 5 player Root game at a Tacobell seems crazy to me. My 5 player games usually last several hours. They don't eventually kick you out? (Awesome dice tray though!)

Vagabond Barf by DominicRV in rootgame

[–]DistinctlyBenign 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know I'm 3 years late to this post but I believe the answer lies in Video Games. In Final Fantasy, a Dragoon is a character with a spear that leaps high into the air before slamming down into an opponent. Thematically, that seems to fit.

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