Underground really a great expansion with the new maps and both the new factions. Please try the artisan and exile deck! It’s really great to play with! 👍🏻 more root more root❤️❤️
Not yet, but definitely on my list now! Y'all are so positive and it's a joy to see you enjoy the game! I'm glad you want to try the Riverfolk too. Hope you can find the expansion at your LFGS or online!
I love seeing you guys play! ❤️ Just a few corrections: - At 5:45 Naveen says Raid doesn't trigger when removed face down but it does. Only via exposure (guessing) it doesn't. This allows Naveen to not be so afraid of having plots attacked ;) - The moles should have started with 2 additional warriors in every adjacent clearing and NOT in the burrow. That's why Monique has difficulty swaying ministers at the start of the game ;) - At 38:51 Naveen should have removed warrior to plot. - At 47:15 Naveen should have scored 3 points for flipping plot. Btw if you play with Electric Eyrie next video it has a bug that was corrected. Check for updated rules at Leder Games website and/or correcting sticker at BGG.
Oh man, so many great catches César! Thank you for letting us know, we really appreciate that. We've been playing the Raid tokens wrong for so long... I totally forgot to remove that warrior, and I totally didn't take my points haha. Thanks for the heads up with the Eyrie, we will be sure to take a look at the errata. Thanks for supporting us on our Root journey! =)
1:13:50 Royal Claim (the card Monique doesn't craft) requires any four crafting pieces, which for the moles means buildings. It doesn't matter if some of them share a clearing
A minor correction, you can actually attempt to guess plots at *any* time on your turn, even during birdsong or daylight (source: rule 13.2.4), as long as it's before you draw cards in evening.
I really loved playing as the Corvids when I've played in a 5p game. I enjoyed seeing how it plays a little differently with the 2p+bot game. Great job!!
Great video! I really liked how you house ruled the bot's interaction with the Corvid's tokens. The bot catching that bomb was a thing of beauty. And... The Year of Naveen continues!
This is Naveen's year! Ahhh we love watching you guys play Root. We've just bought the base game second hand from our local board game forum and are picking up the Clockwork Expansion second hand tomorrow too! Can't wait to give it a play. Would love to see the Riverfolk Expansion if you can get your hands on it and a review of your favourite expansions, favourite factions, etc. What a great game! Looking forward to the co-op video next week. Thanks guys!
Great video! One correction is that when the Duchy builds any of their buildings, whichever card suit they reveal, the building must be placed in a clearing that they rule that matches the suit of the card. Didn’t see this called out in the subtitles so I hope this helps, and I’m excited for more of these playthroughs!
@@theSolemnBard Gotcha that makes sense! Most of the time Monique had the matching clearing anyways so it wouldn’t have mattered, but just wanted to clarify if anyone was confused :)
This playthrough was exciting! :) i love these Root episodes, the game is so unique and engaging! By the way, I bought the game and all of the expansions, inspired by these playthroughs, I don’t regret it for a second. I also backed the Marauder expansion (and the related Clockwork extension), which will make this brilliant game even better. Looking forward to more, if you feel like playing it a bit further :)
Also went all in as well, as the publisher even had a sale on Underworld bundle ! Looking forward to playing it :) Thx M and N for the playtrough, these Root videos are great !
Can we say that the Covids "hatch" plots... Another Root video by your great channel! Still enjoying this relatively new to me game. Playing lots of challenges on the app. The Exiles and Partisans deck is an inexpensive way to add variety to the game, tried it once and it was cool Both earlier expansions look great, but we're eyeing the Marauder, esp. with 2 player enhancement as you say. Hirelings! Why not just use the game die instead of D6? 0-1 and 2-3? Still 50-50 chance
In addition to the prototype rules from the Clockwork Expansion designer on Board Game Geek, we're adding a similar exposure house rule with 1 D8. Roll 1 to 4 - guess that plot. Roll 5 or higher = no guess. Similar but fewer dice rolls.
To whoever is going to play as Marquise!! Playing and winning as Marquise won’t be easy. Some strategic tips from the last game I won as Marquise: 1. Used overworking wisely 2. Used extra actions with bird cards 3. Kept the ambush cards ready 4. Consolidated armies in few clearings 5. Used wood to protect buildings 6. Used field hospital wisely 7. Focused on King of the hill 8. Focused on clearing paths
There's one thing I caught... I am fairly certain that round tokens do not count towards ruling a clearing... (sympathy, tunnels, wood, plots) so monique didn't really rule the left fox clearing at 28:03... didn't catch that mistake in your other playthroughs... didn't really matter after all :D just so u know... but hey... u played it right after so... wp i guess :D
I wondered about how the bot would interact with the Corvid's tokens and from this game I feel it's a decent aproximation. After all, using the cats as a bot is an aproximation as well - it populates the board best, and has enough presence and power to provide a balance for the human players. It's pretty cool. I think I'll have to get the bots expansion to make my Root playable - so far only the cats and Eyrie work together at two.
Late to the party, but the game is so fun and it would be great to see the riverfolk expansion, perhaps even a joint playthrough with Quackalope since they love the game. Of course when the new expansion comes out please play that too. You two rock.
Yay grand playthrough! It's good to see these again - I don't have much interest in the "taster" videos on upcoming games. I did get the clockwork expansion and the app as I couldn't face the clockwork expansion solo so thanks for that :)
For the underworld I like the Corvids to keep everyone guessing. Unfortunately, I don't get it to the table competitively and mostly play solo with the Clockwork Expansion. Moles are fun for mostly just revealing cards for actions.
Great video guys! Are you guys planning on doing some gameplay of the marauders expansions. I saw Leder Games had some prototypes available for playtesting! Would love to see you guys play!
Im Brazil its only available the base game and the Riverfolk expansion, in the moment that this expansion arrives here, im gonna be the first one in the line to buy it!
I need to try the 2 players with a bot thing. I don't have the original clockwork expansion, but I've got the second one coming with the Marauder's expansion now!
The bots for the factions in the base game are available for PnP. Just print them and laminate them. You should already have the components required if you have the base game. The clearing priority token is just a bunch of tokens numbered 1 to 12.
Will y'all do a video at some point with the Lizards and Otters? Maybe that's down to a vote, I'm not sure, just wanted to see a playthrough of that. Great video!
Great job! Love your vids, especially the root ones. I think you should've started with more moles. Two more in each adjacent clearing from your start location.
Once again you guys make an amazing video & play through. I can't wait for the next one. If you've not yet found a copy of the Riverfolk expansion, I'd be happy to let you borrow mine. I've also got the Vagabond pack and the Exiles and Partisans deck I could lend as well.
Jason, that is extremely nice of you to offer! Fortunatley, we just heard back from Leder Games and they will be sending us both the Riverfolk expansion and Exiles & Partisans deck! We are excited!!
I love to play the Lizards! It is a different challenge each time and not easy to win with. I like to place warriors in annoying places for other factions so they battle and give me Acolytes!
Any chance you can do another Root video? 😻 Possibly with friends for a 4-player game? 😻 The best 4-player games typically happen when there are two military factions (Marquise/Eyrie/Duchy), a Vagabond to open ruins, and an insurgency faction (Woodland/Corvid/Riverfolk/Lizard). This is the configuration that's presented in the main game, and it works so well! 😍
@@riChchestMat thank you for letting me know! I really want to play the otters, but 2 player with bots limits me. Maybe I will download it and try it out.
Great run-through. Some things I didn't know about the Mechanial Marquis. I'm guessing if there isn't a clearing with enemy pieces, they don't move. Is that right? As far as favorite factions? All of them are fun and interesting. This expansion definitely duchy Riverfolk - Lizard cult. Base game - Vagabond
I’m just starting to learn this game, so maybe I’m mistaken or there is something with the Corvid’s movement that I missed. But isn’t there a rule with movement that only lets you move from and/or to a clearing you control? For example, at 31:53 Naveen moved from clearing 7 (which he didn’t control) to clearing 6 (which he didn’t control). Thanks for clarifying if you can, as I’m worried about teaching this game to friends and making mistakes that unbalance the play for them. 😊
Do you need a spacial expansion to use the bot? Or does it come with the base game? Haven't had anyone to play with and really wanna get my bf into this!
I don't have ROOT!! T.T I can't decide whether to take dive and add it to the collection but then I have to get all these add-ons... aieee... and now another kickstarter. /wrists
@@gyllgaming I downloaded it last night and am going through the tutorial. So far it makes me want the full board game even more! Learning the birds right now... tricky stuff. Also it's pretty tight on a phone. Need to break out the tablet, I guess. 😅
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Have you tried this expansion? Who's your favorite faction to play as?
Underground really a great expansion with the new maps and both the new factions. Please try the artisan and exile deck! It’s really great to play with! 👍🏻 more root more root❤️❤️
Not yet, but definitely on my list now! Y'all are so positive and it's a joy to see you enjoy the game! I'm glad you want to try the Riverfolk too. Hope you can find the expansion at your LFGS or online!
@@MrFrancisChio We would love to get our hands on it!
@@macngames100 We hope to get it soon!!
Underground Duchy👍
That nine I keep reading as a 2. That line needed to be just a cm further down.
I love seeing you guys play! ❤️ Just a few corrections:
- At 5:45 Naveen says Raid doesn't trigger when removed face down but it does. Only via exposure (guessing) it doesn't. This allows Naveen to not be so afraid of having plots attacked ;)
- The moles should have started with 2 additional warriors in every adjacent clearing and NOT in the burrow. That's why Monique has difficulty swaying ministers at the start of the game ;)
- At 38:51 Naveen should have removed warrior to plot.
- At 47:15 Naveen should have scored 3 points for flipping plot.
Btw if you play with Electric Eyrie next video it has a bug that was corrected. Check for updated rules at Leder Games website and/or correcting sticker at BGG.
Oh man, so many great catches César! Thank you for letting us know, we really appreciate that. We've been playing the Raid tokens wrong for so long... I totally forgot to remove that warrior, and I totally didn't take my points haha.
Thanks for the heads up with the Eyrie, we will be sure to take a look at the errata.
Thanks for supporting us on our Root journey! =)
How do you exactly get out of snares and or remove it from your demise?
1:13:50 Royal Claim (the card Monique doesn't craft) requires any four crafting pieces, which for the moles means buildings. It doesn't matter if some of them share a clearing
Monique is now livid hahahahah! She probably would have won then, I think she would have gotten 5 pts with that card.
1:22:17 naveen had the best poker face in activating his trap card 🤣 that was a really good win
A minor correction, you can actually attempt to guess plots at *any* time on your turn, even during birdsong or daylight (source: rule 13.2.4), as long as it's before you draw cards in evening.
AHHH... Damn you ROOT! Thanks for the heads up, that rule sounds better than our interpretation for sure!
11:35 you are supposed to place two warriors in each clearing adjacent to the clearing with tunnel as part of the set up
I really loved playing as the Corvids when I've played in a 5p game. I enjoyed seeing how it plays a little differently with the 2p+bot game. Great job!!
Nice, 5p seems so daunting waiting around for your turn lol.
I was on the edge of my seat, waiting to see who won! Great play.
Yeah this one was tight to the end!
You all are becoming my favorite board game channel. Thanks for showing off this expansion! Looks great and I really enjoy watching your plathroughs!
Love the playthrough!! And great dynamic for the Corvids and the bot!
Glad you liked it!!
I'm totally new to Root and this series is really helping me get into it! I'd love to see more Root videos!
Great game y’all. Definitely got me hyped to bring out The Underworld Expansion to the table!
Do it!! Have you played with those factions before?
Great video! I really liked how you house ruled the bot's interaction with the Corvid's tokens. The bot catching that bomb was a thing of beauty. And...
The Year of Naveen continues!
It was totally the right thing to happen in that moment! 1st Qtr of the year is looking strong!
Yay! Another root video 💕💕💕
And thank you so much for the shoutout 🙌🏽 you both are the best
@@LordoftheBoard Your vida are awesome :)
More to come soon! Thanks for all the tips! :-)
This is Naveen's year! Ahhh we love watching you guys play Root. We've just bought the base game second hand from our local board game forum and are picking up the Clockwork Expansion second hand tomorrow too! Can't wait to give it a play. Would love to see the Riverfolk Expansion if you can get your hands on it and a review of your favourite expansions, favourite factions, etc. What a great game! Looking forward to the co-op video next week. Thanks guys!
Great video, looking forward for more Root content.
Great video! One correction is that when the Duchy builds any of their buildings, whichever card suit they reveal, the building must be placed in a clearing that they rule that matches the suit of the card. Didn’t see this called out in the subtitles so I hope this helps, and I’m excited for more of these playthroughs!
Almost all the buildings were placed using the foremole, which can build in any clearing, matching or not
@@theSolemnBard Gotcha that makes sense! Most of the time Monique had the matching clearing anyways so it wouldn’t have mattered, but just wanted to clarify if anyone was confused :)
@@theSolemnBard Yup that is exactly it! =)
This playthrough was exciting! :) i love these Root episodes, the game is so unique and engaging! By the way, I bought the game and all of the expansions, inspired by these playthroughs, I don’t regret it for a second. I also backed the Marauder expansion (and the related Clockwork extension), which will make this brilliant game even better. Looking forward to more, if you feel like playing it a bit further :)
Oh wow you're all in!! We are really glad we gave Root another try after our first time. Hope you get to play a full 4-P soon!
Also went all in as well, as the publisher even had a sale on Underworld bundle ! Looking forward to playing it :) Thx M and N for the playtrough, these Root videos are great !
Love this series! Playthrough with review at the end is definitely my favorite format with your videos. Will be picking up this game soon!
Can we say that the Covids "hatch" plots...
Another Root video by your great channel! Still enjoying this relatively new to me game. Playing lots of challenges on the app. The Exiles and Partisans deck is an inexpensive way to add variety to the game, tried it once and it was cool
Both earlier expansions look great, but we're eyeing the Marauder, esp. with 2 player enhancement as you say. Hirelings!
Why not just use the game die instead of D6? 0-1 and 2-3? Still 50-50 chance
In addition to the prototype rules from the Clockwork Expansion designer on Board Game Geek, we're adding a similar exposure house rule with 1 D8. Roll 1 to 4 - guess that plot. Roll 5 or higher = no guess. Similar but fewer dice rolls.
Poor cats, no bird order cards. Another fantastic video, loving the Root content!
To whoever is going to play as Marquise!!
Playing and winning as Marquise won’t be easy. Some strategic tips from the last game I won as Marquise:
1. Used overworking wisely
2. Used extra actions with bird cards
3. Kept the ambush cards ready
4. Consolidated armies in few clearings
5. Used wood to protect buildings
6. Used field hospital wisely
7. Focused on King of the hill
8. Focused on clearing paths
Nice! I've just ordered a bunch of Root stuff from Leder Games thanks to you guys.
Awesome!! Enjoy it!
Great playthrough! That was great drama when the bot "guessed" the bomb. I haven't tried the bot but now I want to with that house rule.
There's one thing I caught... I am fairly certain that round tokens do not count towards ruling a clearing... (sympathy, tunnels, wood, plots) so monique didn't really rule the left fox clearing at 28:03... didn't catch that mistake in your other playthroughs... didn't really matter after all :D just so u know... but hey... u played it right after so... wp i guess :D
I wondered about how the bot would interact with the Corvid's tokens and from this game I feel it's a decent aproximation. After all, using the cats as a bot is an aproximation as well - it populates the board best, and has enough presence and power to provide a balance for the human players. It's pretty cool.
I think I'll have to get the bots expansion to make my Root playable - so far only the cats and Eyrie work together at two.
Like the house rule. I never tried the Corvids in solo since I did not know what to do. Thaks!
I'd suggest that if you roll a 6 on a six sided die, then no matter what the bot is correct about the token. We forgot to mention it in our play.
@@BeforeYouPlay
great idea! I will try it this week. Thank you!
Great job as always. Haven’t gotten Root to the table as often as I’d like. Still buy everything there is for it anyway. 🤣
Naveen cool shirt, is it random artwork or is from a specific game or book universe?
I also need to know where is can get my hands on this shirt.
Loving the root content!
Thank you! We have more to come ;-)
Late to the party, but the game is so fun and it would be great to see the riverfolk expansion, perhaps even a joint playthrough with Quackalope since they love the game. Of course when the new expansion comes out please play that too. You two rock.
Yay grand playthrough! It's good to see these again - I don't have much interest in the "taster" videos on upcoming games. I did get the clockwork expansion and the app as I couldn't face the clockwork expansion solo so thanks for that :)
For the underworld I like the Corvids to keep everyone guessing. Unfortunately, I don't get it to the table competitively and mostly play solo with the Clockwork Expansion. Moles are fun for mostly just revealing cards for actions.
Great video! Thanks. Was just doing my learning game with Duchy
Make sure you look at the proper setup rules for the Duchy, we made a mistake in this filming.
Love your Root videos. You explain it so well, and convinced me to try the app. Now I'm buying everything for this game.
Great video guys! Are you guys planning on doing some gameplay of the marauders expansions. I saw Leder Games had some prototypes available for playtesting! Would love to see you guys play!
Im Brazil its only available the base game and the Riverfolk expansion, in the moment that this expansion arrives here, im gonna be the first one in the line to buy it!
Enjoying the video. One is a die, two are dice.
lol yea, we seem to struggle with that sometimes
I need to try the 2 players with a bot thing. I don't have the original clockwork expansion, but I've got the second one coming with the Marauder's expansion now!
The bots are implemented pretty well and make Root playable at 2. We have been pretty happy so far.
The bots for the factions in the base game are available for PnP. Just print them and laminate them. You should already have the components required if you have the base game. The clearing priority token is just a bunch of tokens numbered 1 to 12.
Will y'all do a video at some point with the Lizards and Otters? Maybe that's down to a vote, I'm not sure, just wanted to see a playthrough of that. Great video!
Great job! Love your vids, especially the root ones. I think you should've started with more moles. Two more in each adjacent clearing from your start location.
Once again you guys make an amazing video & play through. I can't wait for the next one.
If you've not yet found a copy of the Riverfolk expansion, I'd be happy to let you borrow mine. I've also got the Vagabond pack and the Exiles and Partisans deck I could lend as well.
Jason, that is extremely nice of you to offer! Fortunatley, we just heard back from Leder Games and they will be sending us both the Riverfolk expansion and Exiles & Partisans deck! We are excited!!
@@BeforeYouPlay That's awesome! I'm really looking forward to you guy's next play and I hope to see several more soon-ish.
24:56 Rahdo is that you? - "Oh no! ... Oh ye, ye, ye."
I love to play the Lizards! It is a different challenge each time and not easy to win with. I like to place warriors in annoying places for other factions so they battle and give me Acolytes!
Any chance you can do another Root video? 😻 Possibly with friends for a 4-player game? 😻 The best 4-player games typically happen when there are two military factions (Marquise/Eyrie/Duchy), a Vagabond to open ruins, and an insurgency faction (Woodland/Corvid/Riverfolk/Lizard). This is the configuration that's presented in the main game, and it works so well! 😍
Been very interested in root but scared to buy it with so much bad two player feedback.
Yeah we heard the same, the bots from the Clockwork expansion really do help the experience. We will be using 2 bots in our next play!
The bots don’t currently interact with the otters or crows. There is a prototype of cards that allow this on BGG though.
@@riChchestMat thank you for letting me know! I really want to play the otters, but 2 player with bots limits me. Maybe I will download it and try it out.
Great run-through. Some things I didn't know about the Mechanial Marquis. I'm guessing if there isn't a clearing with enemy pieces, they don't move. Is that right?
As far as favorite factions? All of them are fun and interesting.
This expansion definitely duchy
Riverfolk - Lizard cult.
Base game - Vagabond
Awesome video !!
Are we allowed to build the same type of buildings in 1 clearing? (25:34 - two workshops in one clearing)
Hey Guys, i see these number tokens on the clearings. Are these included in the game? or did you add them yourself
I’m just starting to learn this game, so maybe I’m mistaken or there is something with the Corvid’s movement that I missed. But isn’t there a rule with movement that only lets you move from and/or to a clearing you control? For example, at 31:53 Naveen moved from clearing 7 (which he didn’t control) to clearing 6 (which he didn’t control). Thanks for clarifying if you can, as I’m worried about teaching this game to friends and making mistakes that unbalance the play for them. 😊
Corvids and Vagabond both have the "Nimble" ability that allows them to move ignoring rule.
@@cesarpim Thanks for that clarification. 🙂
Hi, yes César is right!
"The first thing I wanna do is: I am going to recROOT." Seems fitting.
Root! One of us, one of us, one of us!
Too lizard folky? Yeah. ;)
HAHA, hoping to try the Riverfolk expansion soon!
Second that!
Monique and Naveen are like relationship goals for couples who are into Board Gaming 😅❤.
Do you need a spacial expansion to use the bot? Or does it come with the base game? Haven't had anyone to play with and really wanna get my bf into this!
We are two players gamers, so you guys recommend root? Beacause i see you having a lot of fun
Just wanted to let you know, this video isn't in your Root playlist
Thanks for the heads up!
I don't have ROOT!! T.T I can't decide whether to take dive and add it to the collection but then I have to get all these add-ons... aieee... and now another kickstarter. /wrists
The app version is really good if you want to try that
@@gyllgaming I downloaded it last night and am going through the tutorial. So far it makes me want the full board game even more! Learning the birds right now... tricky stuff. Also it's pretty tight on a phone. Need to break out the tablet, I guess. 😅
Rooooot!
It’s a game based on the war in Afghanistan , reskinned for sales , amazing !
Such a boring game. I bought it on Android and I simply hate it.