[Gittin Gud] Riverfolk Company Advanced Guide for Root

Are you looking to enlarge your portfolio? Is your short share getting blue-chipped?
Tired of having attractive single businesses in your area tease you about your small market cap?
Well say goodbye to pumping and dumping your low-hanging fruit, thanks to THE RIVERFOLK COMPANY!
Presented as part of Root: A woodland game of might and right by none other than
LEDER GAMES!
These Otters have maximum bandwith to drill down into your spread and synergize your position until you give 110%!
So don't get your action item stuck coming down the pipe, contact THE RIVERFOLK COMPANY today!
CHAPTERS
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0:00 - It's topical, and lemon-scented
1:36 - Don't Google that.
3:56 - A valuable resource, like Asbestos
4:46 - A hostile takeover of your eardrums
6:46 - More like BADSET, am I right?
7:38 - We accept cash, card, and personnel
8:51 - Blackwotter
11:01 - Feline Financials
12:01 - How to make friends and gaslight people
14:04 - Finally, the start of the video
15:54 - Crashing the card economy
17:05 - I label all my boxes this way
19:56 - Work? In THIS economy?!
11:18 - No wage, only spend
23:38 - My stock portfolio is also cursed
25:13 - Quittin' time
27:04 - ...And I will never forgive them for it
29:46 - This could have been a saucy e-mail
SCRIPT ASSISTANCE
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Jermcurry
Francis
JC_
pikmin
@elivaras
Tampy
Charoscu
Lucat27
@GuerricSamplesGames
LoveShard
Noisemaker
t1mothy
VISUALS (Not Exhaustive)
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"Give yourself the Green light" by General Motors Corp. (1954)
Sourced from / @usautoindustry
Seiyria's excellent Root resource: root.seiyria.com/
www.pexels.com/, for the stock footage
@gyarugarou for saving me from making my own zany old tier list
@NaturalHabitatShorts for the hilarious otter animation / @naturalhabitatshorts
TrainFan119 for the Vietnam flashback footage • Vietnam flashbacks sou...
MUSIC
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Nintendo
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Windy - Conker's Bad Fur Day
Dire Dire Docks (in water) - Super Mario 64
Ocean theme - Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
FE: Path of Radiance - Power Hungry Fool
Harvest Moon 64 - Spring
Skies of Arcadia - Great Silver Temple
Skies of Arcadia - Gag
Super Mario Sunshine - Isle Delfino
wii shop channel (osrsbeatz remix)
Ocarina of Time - Ganondorf Battle
Donkey Kong Country - Aquatic Ambiance
Banjo-Kazooie - Mumbo's Skull
Animal Crossing New Horizons - Nook's Cranny - We'll Be Closing Doors in 10 Minutes!
Kevin MacLeod
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"Call to Adventure" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
#rootboardgame #boardgames #strategy #gittingud

[@dinobuckwell2999]

Time for my quarterly dopamine hit

[@josephdiscavage2709]

Bro I literally just got done binging your other videos after getting back from 2 games of root with my friends, you’re actually my hero

[@Nevakanezah_]

I wait until people's backs are turned to post.

[@meowymeowz3948]

this just happened with his newest video lol

[@Renewablefrog1224]

At last. The final boss of Consumerism.

[@likhan555]

So happy to see this upload, your Gittin Gud guides are immaculate.

[@Nevakanezah_]

Glad you like them!

[@mileselon1339]

@@Nevakanezah_ What's next, we have two more to go. Keeper's Of Iron, Or... The Rats!

[@ThisismineIguess]

Legend tells of the upside-down Riverfolk. He buys high and sells low.... gj

[@sylvanas9329]

“Embedded agents, questing, fear of the faithful… cats” As someone who believes that everything can and should be tweaked to perfection regardless of what other people say…. Yes.

[@uselesscommon7761]

I feel like if you are known to never make good faith deals, gaslight, not consider how much your opponents are willing to pay, and behave like an extortionist while playing a faction entirely focused on trade, eventually nobody will trade with you. (and smart enough people never will to begin with). "Woodland alliance shouldn't ever buy from you, and if they do, you should never return them" is an amazing statement here. I wonder just how often this approach misses on a powerful alliance.

[@samuelnicacio4621]

If you expect me to come crawling back here after what you pulled last time you posted a "riverfolk guide" ... you'd be right

[@Nevakanezah_]

They always come crawling back.

[@Renewablefrog1224]

After time to play against both bots and real players, this video has opened my minds eye to the potential of otters. Knowing when to not even try to sell cards because you want them yourself. Formulating plans for your opponents to convince purchases. Being stingy and only returning warriors on my terms. I have become much more consistent and it has made me love otters even more. Thank you for this.

[@ethancollins4593]

All right, kids, make sure you remember the ABE's of the Riverfolk Company! Always Be Exporting

[@Nuclearburrit0]

So, my personal strategy goes as follows: First of all I always use the exiles and partisans deck. I'm gunning for 3 specific cards: Propaganda Bureuo, Coffin Makers and Master Engravers. Thats in order of importance. Before getting those cards my strategy is as follows: Turn 1: Draw 3 like you said, putting my funds at 5 from prrotectionism. Turn 2+: Move my ball, place a trade post and then Draw 2 or craft with remaining funds. I prioritize bunny clearings since they can craft coffin makers and coins, then mouse for tea and master engravers and last fox, but it always ultimately depends. I'll also try to grab a sabo at some point, but it's not 100% necessary. Once I get one of the cards I want, I immediately set my price to 4 until I can craft it. The other 2 don't really impact my strategy afterwards, but once I get Propaganda Bureuo specifically I can start playing agressive. You mentioned buff suggestions and how useless export is, and I agree export is useless. The way I'd buff it is to either: 1. Have the funds gained equal the cost of the card instead of always being 1. Or 2. Have the funds go to commitments instead of payments. Spending 2 or 3 actions to export a card should always result in profit.

[@Nuclearburrit0]

Oh and lowkey, getting paid is overrated. You should have 5 actions starting turn 2, which will usually be plenty. It's enough to move, place a trade post and either craft any item or draw 2 cards.

[@mr.trident1363]

THE TIME HAS COME

[@CurlyHairedRogue]

MY LITTLE FRIENDS! TO TALK OF OTTER THINGS!

[@Nevakanezah_]

OF CARDS AND MERCS AND RIVERBOATS, TRADING POSTS AND KINGS!

[@CurlyHairedRogue]

AND WHY THE RIVER’S BOILING HOT, AND WHETHER CATS HAVE WINGS!

[@hawkecrail5186]

WOOOOOOOO ANOTHER VIDEOOOOOOO I love how the thumbnail is like a classic cigarette advertisement.

[@Nevakanezah_]

I'm always glad to see that the thumbnail messaging's readable. Each one lampoons different styles of propaganda, and they don't always translate well to YT thumbnails.

[@timetaker7816]

Wait a second I know this feller 🤔

[@cameronchristensen6781]

"We're otters, not Elon Musk-rats." Bravo good sir, bravo! Really happy to see this upload! Your Root content continues to be the best for the game!

[@Lucat27]

24:02 got me rolling on the floor laughing. Thanks for putting me in the script assistance!

[@Nevakanezah_]

Glad for the help!

[@DERKA6564]

As a new Root player, I love these. Thanks for making content for us.

[@Nevakanezah_]

Happy to be of service!

[@dumbtastical]

Not gonna lie, I involuntarily pogged when I saw the thumbnail

[@lobstery6566]

I love how the manager is called Lutrinae as in the Lutrinae family lmao

[@viridians3138]

I'm amazed by the visual quality of it all. I don't even play Root ! I'm here for the laughs and the spectacle XD

[@shpeag]

babe wake up nevaknezah posted

[@Nuclearburrit0]

Propaganda Bureaus is often a win button by itself. If i ever get this card, i will set my card price to 4 and keep it there until I can craft it because getting a "free" recruit every turn is amazing and lets me poilce far more than I otherwise could.

[@user-xu4eq2ns5q]

Top tier memes. The bg3 reference with Raphael killed me

[@Tetris2877]

The Return of the King

[@MemesForGentlemen]

The best Root youtuber, you are so funny keep making these "Gitting Gud" videos. 👍

[@Mousespenser]

Another excellent Nev Root Guide! Perfect usage of that NaturalHabitatShorts clip as well!

[@idontknowwhatamigonnanamem4034]

Ahh yes, The Capitalist guide to the rivers and woodland

[@davidwoek3041]

Always glad to see another upload :) Great video!

[@Max-bq1db]

Love your vids as always 👍

[@blood350]

god your work is so high quality i love it

[@triplea657aaa]

YEEEEEES! I've been waiting for this for so long ❤

[@emmanuelfromage7781]

I can't wait for the badgers' gittin gud. Those are fantastic !! Thanks !

[@Gbus_]

That was awesome! I’m definitely going to have to rewatch this before my next game

[@SilasJohnson-di3bs]

Been waiting for this, such quality to my ears and eyes

[@jahkra9259]

Absolutely incredible flow chart

[@HybridShy]

it's here!

[@benoitpelletier5287]

Love your style and love your work! The otters can be quite hard to play with but a couple of good cards in hand can do a big difference early game. That's where they are the most fun!

[@hrh3633]

Thank you kind Sir for these funny little videos that fule my Root addiction.

[@yolegokclashes1351]

This video was the highlight of my week

[@UnJayOkay]

omg, yesterday night i was looking around your channel to see if you had a gittin gud for these little guys!

[@Nevakanezah_]

I wait until everyone's back is turned to post

[@PaxJurassicus]

I just realized that the Venom Snake otter at 1:08 is the same one that got blown up in the crow video intro.

[@Nevakanezah_]

Why is he still here? Just to suffer?

[@oladushek9424]

Thanks for Root content!

[@wojciechpaczua8053]

Finally! I've been waiting for the otters! I never won as this faction but it gives me so much joy even when I loose 😂

[@Sheriff723]

Loving your videos. They're super entertaining and they've helped me a lot with learning strategy especially with my favorite faction! My otter game has definitely improved. This is the only faction I've managed to get 15 points in one turn lol. The stars had to align with how lucky my cards were but still!

[@Yacovo]

Thanks for the video.

[@theprimal2781]

your videos are incredible. funny, informative, great music choices

[@Nevakanezah_]

Now if only I had taste

[@zachbrown3148]

This video is a work of art

[@prototypelq8574]

Just in time for the steam sale for the game too! Thanks for the strategy tips

[@Nevakanezah_]

Be sure to check out the E&P deck as well!

[@A_Beech_Boi]

Oh yeah, finally I can play River Capitalism optimally!

[@pedrosalguero5664]

I love your videos root is a game I''ve gotton really int after playing the game a week ago

[@Nevakanezah_]

Check out the Woodland Warriors discord sometime! It's where all of us sweaty players hang out.

[@corinthfalriath6140]

hehe gave me a good chuckle, I always end up running to your videos when Im given a new faction by adset thx for helping us understand optimal capitalism

[@Nevakanezah_]

Glad you liked it!

[@abejorr0]

Great editing. Keep it up.

[@Nevakanezah_]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rabidcabbage7230]

Great Video! I don't play this game but I really enjoyed your video!!

[@Nevakanezah_]

We take those

[@lydiagrace1133]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE YOUR VIDEOS. Root is the most played game at my college board game club and i make it my goal to beat them all :D

[@Nevakanezah_]

Send me pics when it happens. It'd make for a great community post.

[@HobGungan]

Following your advice really made me enjoy Otters more than I thought I would on paper, but I really need to practice on a harder AI - I heavily doubt any flesh and blood WA player would be stupid enough to give me 8 of their warriors (AI bought 4-cost Mercs on turns 2 and 3 and I held onto that crap all seven remaining minutes of that game.)

[@Nevakanezah_]

The digital implementation's AI is notoriously awful. I avoid it whenever I can.

[@meowymeowz3948]

@@Nevakanezah_setting the difficulties is literally just asking yourself if you want the eyrie to end the game with 0, 3, or 8 points

[@val1380]

my god....He's back

[@mileselon1339]

Why was I not notified you made another masterpiece! Here we are at the Capitalist Mercantilism

[@mileselon1339]

Sooo I can't play as Aldi's?

[@hoogieman9962]

Return of the king

[@bluehairedemon]

‏‪5:26‬‏ i like being friendly early and then freezing all assets when it's least comfortable for my opponents (and most profitable for me) my main reasoning is that usually only otter funds are tricky to build tradeposts with, because you usually dont rule many clearings

[@Nevakanezah_]

That approach has a shelf-life though, as opponents will gradually cotton on that you're planning to renege. As for TPing with otter funds - You only need to rule one at a time tbf, though I'll grant that it can sometimes be difficult to rule the suit you WANT a TP in.

[@EAtheatreguy]

Please don't do moles next

[@phenix4181]

I have been winning games with crows thanks to you

[@Nevakanezah_]

The dream; achievable in our lifetimes.

[@zyvics]

Engagement because I like your content

[@Sebby_Nineteen]

I loved your penny shower. I miss pennies.

[@VMCV2]

Thank you for yet another amazing getting gud guide! For a moment I hoped to watch another undercover corvid video… 😅

[@Nevakanezah_]

Don't tempt me

[@VMCV2]

@@Nevakanezah_ 🦦

[@zackhernandez5246]

YESSSSS FINALLY MY TIME HAS COME

[@Sebby_Nineteen]

Bravo! You made it over the halfway point! If I want to wager a guess, I think you'll do Badger Knights, then Rats, and then Moles. Badgers first because they are pretty non-standard, then Moles last since your video series is called Gittin Gud and Moles don't need much advice in winning. And by then Frogs and Bats may drop right when you finish :D

[@Nevakanezah_]

I did a poll early on, and the results pretty clearly wanted them in their release order, so ive been mostly adhering to that

[@Sebby_Nineteen]

@@Nevakanezah_ Ah ok All hail the moles

[@ErCapoccia]

Amazing!!!

[@Siennarchist]

Elon Muskrat and the joke copy of Atlas Shrugged are the best parts of this also very informative video

[@Nevakanezah_]

Someone's gotta teach these eight-year-olds about Lèse-majesté

[@MichaelOfficial_]

big moment for otterheads

[@bagmin5916]

Love these guides. Cant wait for the day neva teaches me how the fuck to win at oath

[@Nevakanezah_]

I asked the Oath community. They told me that no one wins at Oath.

[@kagasound3544]

YEEEES YEEES ITS HERE NO CROW-BALLING THIS TIME WOOOO

[@Nevakanezah_]

I held in my hand the power to banish you all to the Crowzone layer

[@Diegoromero-kb1ur]

LESSSSS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@sgt_rinx-_-3589]

Badgers next please!

[@LukeSciarappa]

8:40 has a rules error - mercenaries are still hired during evening, so the WA can battle with them using their military operations

[@Nevakanezah_]

Well I'll be damned. Fuck lizards, i guess

[@mikhaelvinnyk4730]

Omg, that's happening, that's happening!

[@gsgarzas]

FINALLY!!!!

[@Neon_Gorilla]

Happy this came out. You are the best in the business. Do ever do anything in after effects of just make do with key frames and such?

[@Nevakanezah_]

Mostly keyframes, as im less familiar with AE. That said, the wiggle effect is indispensable

[@Neon_Gorilla]

@@Nevakanezah_ yeah reminds me of finzar are you familiar with him? I use some of his presets.

[@Nevakanezah_]

​@@Neon_Gorilla ...I had completely forgotten about presets

[@Neon_Gorilla]

@@Nevakanezah_ they help if repeating stuff over and over some vids I am moving things in and out of the screen pretty consistently in the same manner but a lot of your scenes look to be using different movement. Might be less of an impact for you.

[@Nevakanezah_]

I really need to get them set up for doing subtitles. They're the biggest hurdle I have for doing more live-style content, rather than scripted stuff.

[@psakku]

were so back

[@keendog1115]

Comment for the KZbin algorithm!

[@sage7172]

Let's gooo

[@rabidcabbage7230]

16:23 😈 I chose to draw 2! Mwahaha!!!!

[@juanjoserodriguezvera2405]

FINALLY YUPIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@rabidcabbage7230]

15:57 Natural Habitat!!! a perfect video for the topic. Was the script tailored to the video? Or was it more of a happy coincidence that you found the short afterwards and most likely made a few tweaks to make them fit so well together?

[@Nevakanezah_]

Neither, if you can believe it. I'd watched the short a while back, wrote the line about not having an engine to build, then remembered the short existed as I was working on the visuals.

[@rabidcabbage7230]

@@Nevakanezah_ aha! the secret third option!

[@bluehairedemon]

‏‪3:01‬‏ if that aint true. I had a game in which me (as otters) and cats worked together to almost board wipe moles just for them to buy 2 cards from me and use banker to win next turn

[@Nevakanezah_]

They guide others to a W they can never possess

[@sylvanas9329]

Wait a minute All river folk factions done Crows done Either we’re skipping to marauders… Or the moles are approaching.

[@Nevakanezah_]

Siri, play "Dies Irae", by Verdi.

[@ninjaduck7726]

I love you

[@rabidcabbage7230]

👍

[@jonahsirvatka3769]

Let’s fucking go 🦦🦦🦦

[@dimitrihubenka6595]

Just another Corvid vid, can't fool me

[@sshrdlu]

Neva delivers

[@crodolog4134]

Engagement

[@jahkra9259]

IT HAPPENED

[@chester1882]

6:32 ayo what’s with that otter?

[@Nevakanezah_]

Riverfolk's highly-symmetrical meeples are prone to a printing error where their face goes on upside-down. These misprinted otters are lovingly referred to as "Flat-tops"

[@frost576]

Make a lord of the hundreds guide please

[@meowymeowz3948]

When can i keep the iron

[@corn8028]

He’s alive?

[@ethanmuyskens]

[@NathanielKolk]

This is kind of random, but where do you get the pngs you use not the meeples, but the Kyle Ferrin card art?

[@Nevakanezah_]

I head to: rootcards.seiyria.com/search?q=game:root&d=images&s=id&b=asc&p=0 and painstakingly extract the characters from the cards. This frequently means reconstructing body parts that are concealed by text boxes or other graphics.

[@Gothbrooks420]

What?!?!!? no crows... what is this?!!?!? I want my funds back!

[@JustGoogleIt_two]

Rat guide next?

[@trackerholmes6720]

You not covering Oath in depth and over analyzing (and maybe even complaining) its design seems criminal to me.

[@Nevakanezah_]

I very much want to