Starting to play Root a little more competitively and looking for players or games that might be happening in the Stuttgart area. My friends are not as interested in this as me so I was wondering if there are games hosted anywhere. I own most of the expansions in a mix of German and English so happy to meet some people but have no idea where to start. Any leads?

I'm seeing different text online for Cats hospital.

Online says, whenever any number of warriors are removed I can play a card to send them to the keep.

Mine says whenever A Cat is removed, I spend a card to move (1) warrior.

Is this an old edition?

Made this as a gift for my Root-obsessed sister! I think I'm going to have to do all the factions now, this was so fun.

Gorge Map
Adset
Exiles & Partisans

Cats, Frogs, Otters, Knaves

Otter player arguably the highest skill/most experience at the table but no one bought all game / Frogs beat up on him a fair bit.

Our group’s first game with Knaves and Frogs.

As Cats I knew it would be a tough go but I think Cats can be strong if you know how to sacrifice buildings so you can keep building mid to late. I made a handful of building mistakes.

Frogs took Frog Dominance when they hit 10 and were clearly in the back. It was the two border river clearings. Otters moved to counter in the top right, Cats (me) feigned to counter on the left but I didn’t fully commit because Knaves would have won on points before Frogs could rebuild rule for Dominance if I hadn’t interdicted. I also kept building.

The game actually came down to a combat roll where Knaves tried to wipe my cardboard to get over the top and I Ambushed; which reduced hits below total needed. Then he rolled again and rolled 0-0.

A few other attempts were made to break their river rule. Propaganda Bureau, False Orders, attacks etc.

Frog outlasted these attempts and held the clearings on the 3rd dominance turn.

Current player: Eyrie

u/PangolinParade's comment wins, and the alliance has spread sympathy into clearings 4, 6, and 11. Today, it's the Eyrie's turn; the 2nd image is their current hand, and the 3rd is their faction board. Cult outcast is currently mouse, btw.

RULES:

1. The most upvoted legal comment decides the next action. You can comment a series of actions, but it will end as soon as a situation with multiple possible outcomes occurs. When an action leads to a situation with multiple possible outcomes (such as a battle), the current set of actions ends. A new post will be made to let y'all decide how to proceed once the outcome is known.

2. If the winning comment is illegal, the next-highest legal suggestion wins.

3. Battles use normal Root dice rolls. You choose the battle; the dice decide the outcome.

4. Random events and dice rolls cannot be predetermined by comments.

5. Only the faction currently taking its turn is controlled by y'all. ex. Y'all can vote to battle, but the defender has an ambush; I will play it.

6. All relevant public information will be shown in each image. I know you can just go look at a previous post to see another faction's hand, but that is just something we will have to deal with

A big part of the power of Lizards is the threat of sanctify. But in the recent expansion none of the new factions have buildings. Now my group frequently has games with no buildings at all. Leaving lizards even weaker than they already are.

So that got me thinking. What if lizards have a conspiracy that targets tokens? This is what I came up with.

New conspiracy: Sabotage

Spend 3 acolytes to place a warrior at an outcast clearing with an enemy token. Than attack that enemy.

I know it might not seem that much different from just doing a convert and then a crusade, but sabotage does have some niche use against loose tokens. And if the outcast isn't hated a sabotage is cheaper than a convert into crusade. Sabotage can also be used in scenarios where rule won't let you crusade.

All other conspiracies still exist. I just didn't have space left for the crusade text.

My group hasn't tried this yet. But I just wanna share my idea and see what people here think.

Vivo en Downey en CA y quisiera saber si hay gente que hable español en el área de Los Angeles dispuesta a jugar root un finde?

Current player: Alliance

u/The_Ironthorne's selection of the Woodland Alliance wins, and the moles go undrafted lol. On the lef os the 2nd image are supporters, and on the right is your hand. Today, give the whole turn to the WA

RULES:

1. The most upvoted legal comment decides the next action. You can comment a series of actions, but it will end as soon as a situation with multiple possible outcomes occurs. When an action leads to a situation with multiple possible outcomes (such as a battle), the current set of actions ends. A new post will be made to let y'all decide how to proceed once the outcome is known.

2. If the winning comment is illegal, the next-highest legal suggestion wins.

3. Battles use normal Root dice rolls. You choose the battle; the dice decide the outcome.

4. Random events and dice rolls cannot be predetermined by comments.

5. Only the faction currently taking its turn is controlled by y'all. ex. Y'all can vote to battle, but the defender has an ambush; I will play it.

6. All relevant public information will be shown in each image. I know you can just go look at a previous post to see another faction's hand, but that is just something we will have to deal with

I was asked to make a mask for a friend. I am unsure of what materials could reflect the texture of the fox. This is the reference image I was given. I am trying to avoid fur and use any other material.

I’ve got all the expansions so far, and have been looking into the Lords of the Hundreds faction. My only issue with them is I suspect they’ll be s very hated faction as their burning forest down ability feels almost like just saying “No”. I imagine other players would find them very annoying and not fun. Is this usually the case? I’ve only played with them once, but I was crippled by attacks from the vagabond in turn two and never really recovered (I know now we misinterpreted some of their rules).

I’ve played about a dozen games so far, but only two with rats expansion and one with homeland. My thought is to focus on one faction now and get good at that.

The ones I love the themes of are badgers, rats, and knaves. To a lesser extent moles and frogs. Most of our games are with three players.

Any thoughts?

EDIT: At this point we haven’t tried AdSetup, but could if others highly recommend it.

u/Judge_T wins again. The Eyrie setup in clearing 12, with the commander as their leader. It's funny to me how both Moles and the Alliance got pushed to Seat 1, but I'm all here for it.

Current situation:

• Last day of setup

Current player: Seat 1

Your task:

Select faction and setup - Shown are the current available factions and Seat 1's hand. Please also tell me what cards to keep

RULES:

1. The most upvoted legal comment decides the next action. You can comment a series of actions, but it will end as soon as a situation with multiple possible outcomes occurs. When an action leads to a situation with multiple possible outcomes (such as a battle), the current set of actions ends. A new post will be made to let y'all decide how to proceed once the outcome is known.

2. If the winning comment is illegal, the next-highest legal suggestion wins.

3. Battles use normal Root dice rolls. You choose the battle; the dice decide the outcome.

4. Random events and dice rolls cannot be predetermined by comments.

5. Only the faction currently taking its turn is controlled by y'all. ex. Y'all can vote to battle, but the defender has an ambush; I will play it.

6. All relevant public information will be shown in each image. I know you can just go look at a previous post to see another faction's hand, but that is just something we will have to deal with

Hey all! A while back I shared with you the Root Setup Generator I made for myself because of my indecisiveness when it comes to picking factions. I received a lot of great suggestions and feedback, so finally got around to updating it a bit to take it even further.

A few of the more significant changes:

• Knave Captains can now be randomized or picked from a pool. Embarrassed to have missed this the first time I shared this generator 🙈

• Last time many people missed that you can adjust the number of players. I added the -/+ stepper, so hopefully that's a bit more clear and convenient now;

• Someone suggested I do a clearing suit randomizer, so I added that. It also randomizes landmark placement according to rules, if you don't want to pick that yourself for any reason (in my games I noticed friends place landmarks based on pretty much nothing, so we found randomized landmark placement to be helpful);

• Now after generating setup, anything that was randomized will have a badge, so you can clearly see what was picked manually and what would change if you re-roll;

• The generator will now remember which setup type you last used;

• Many little UI tweaks, like landmark cards, the black "D" triangle for demoted hirelings, militant/insurgent badges, etc.

Hope these changes will result in a smoother experience when using the generator. And I am always looking for more feedback! Go ahead and share if you have any 🙏

https://root.venckus.lt/

Play with the same 4 people about once a week - all pretty adept at the game, and we’ve played probably 15 games now. Every single game is about 4 hours (adset, draft, setup, play, victory). I love every moment, but people have places to be ya know.

I’m receiving the E&P and the S&D decks today, and it seems like those will make the game take even longer with their increased action abilities.

We’ve implemented a no phone rule, and a “talk through your turn” rule, and while those make the game more enjoyable, they definitely didn’t decrease total game time.

Experiences and recommendations welcome

The title, I am extremely dumb I wanted to say discord 😭🙏

u/Osborn2095's comment won with 15 upvotes, so the rats set up in clearing 3

Current situation:

• Setup

Current player: Seat 2

Current phase: Setup

Your task:

Select faction and setup - Shown are the current available factions and Seat 2's hand. Please also tell me what cards to keep

RULES:

1. The most upvoted legal comment decides the next action. You can comment a series of actions, but it will end as soon as a situation with multiple possible outcomes occurs. When an action leads to a situation with multiple possible outcomes (such as a battle), the current set of actions ends. A new post will be made to let y'all decide how to proceed once the outcome is known.

2. If the winning comment is illegal, the next-highest legal suggestion wins.

3. Battles use normal Root dice rolls. You choose the battle; the dice decide the outcome.

4. Random events and dice rolls cannot be predetermined by comments.

5. Only the faction currently taking its turn is controlled by y'all. ex. Y'all can vote to battle, but the defender has an ambush; I will play it.

6. All relevant public information will be shown in each image. I know you can just go look at a previous post to see another faction's hand, but that is just something we will have to deal with

Mi gato parece disfrutar eliminando a la competencia 😼

He even slept above the board for a little while, before my friends arrived.