Everything YOU need to know about the ROOT DECKS!

We are going to look at the decks in Root! Both feature different card effects that change up the gameplay. Which deck is right for your gaming group? What cards to look out for? All these questions will be answered and more!
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0:56 Brief History/Lore
2:11 Item Cards
2:58 Deck Analytics
8:26 My Favorite Cards
11:28 Deck Comparison/Which is right for you
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[@josephmartins8882]

Not only do you do mechanical breakdowns but that little home made lore fluff at the beginning was super nice to here! Part of why I love root is it’s theme, and I feel some reviewers lose that element when they focus to much on the mechanical elements.

[@LordoftheBoard]

Oh the theme of root draws me in more and more. It is my favorite game because it has hit both of those for me. Mechanics and theme :) I’m glad you enjoyed!

[@pm71241]

Since my first few Root games, I've not really had the opportunity to learn the game in depth, so I got the mobile app and started learning each faction until I felt I could win with them. I pretty quickly ended up by accident stumbling into the Vagabond Tinker / Favor-of-* combination where you with 3 Anvils repeatedly can pick a favor card out of the discard pile, craft, it and nuke a clearing type - scoring points for all the stuff in them. It very quickly brings you to 30 ... and is basically unstoppable. A bit of googling taught me that a lot of players also see this as a huge issue and since a game where everybodys top priority has to be to prevent the Tinker from getting 3 hammers is not really fun they simply ban using the Tinker for the Vagabond. To me it seems more like the Favor-of-* cards are the problem. ... They are way too destructive and the Tinker just happens to have an easy way to keep crafting them. For that reason alone, I would think that the Exiles & Partisans deck is the deck which serves the game best. Either that, or you have to limit the Tinkers special ability to not be allowed to pick them from discard. But still...

[@spencersivertson9321]

I found this and ended the game almost immediately with it. I think with other factions it would be less of a problem because you can see it coming easily, you can stop it, and you probably control a lot of those clearings already so you are destroying less. But I haven’t seen anyone else craft it so I wouldn’t know for sure

[@darbyl3872]

You could just ban the combination, and allow either Tinker or Favor.

[@DaCooGa]

Thanks so much for the great content! So happy to see more Root content on youtube!

[@LordoftheBoard]

I appreciate it! I love root and gaming in general!

[@BenjaminH_48]

That is a video I didn't know I needed before today, now I can use this knowledge to better differentiate both decks. Great content once again!

[@LordoftheBoard]

Benjamin Hélie I’m glad you enjoyed it! :) trying to release the stuff that isn’t really covered.

[@JoshSmith-on3yl]

I’ve been waiting for someone to make a video like this! Thank you 🙏🏼

[@LordoftheBoard]

I’m glad I could be the one to make it! :D thanks for watching

[@inkylynx2777]

I know I'm late to the party, but this look into the decks shows why foxes are the warriors for the digital version of the game, since they're the ones all about armor and whatnot. And the officer icon is depicted with a mouse, lending to their managerial nature. I kind of love this attention to detail? My one gripe is that Root hinges a some of its factions on folkloric depictions of animals (cats destroying ecosystems and hunting birds, vagabonds being various scrappy animals, corvids being smart and sneaky, rats flushing out other populations of animals, etc), and foxes have enough personality on their own to be among the vagabonds, if not its own faction. It also causes a bit of carnivore confusion since foxes _eat_ rabbits and mice, but ehhhhhhh.... Thing is, idk what other common woodland animal is fierce enough to fill the foxes' place? Shrews maybe? They're notorious for their voracious appetites. Hedgehogs? I'm clueless.

[@LordoftheBoard]

I do love the attention to detail. It’s one of my favs

[@tobygeorge5903]

Great content, I really want to get the new deck, thanks for making the video!

[@markpapenfuss1111]

Another great video. I really enjoy your insight into this fun game. We just had a great 5 player Lakeside game yesterday. It was the first game for my college age son (he was in Europe when we first got the game a year and a half ago), but now he is home due to social distancing, and we used the Partisans deck (Cats, Corvids, Riverfolk, Vagabond, Eyrie). A lot of what you said here, came up. Nice work.

[@LordoftheBoard]

Mark Papenfuss sorry to hear about your son having to come due to social distancing but that’s awesome that you get to game with him now! And thank you so much. I’m glad the videos are proving helpful. Do you have a preference on which deck you like better yet?

[@jeremiahheiserman8527]

Very in depth and, as always, the animation is great 👍🏻

[@LordoftheBoard]

Thank you very much! Tried to keep a video about numbers and analytics exciting so that’s good to hear 🍻 thank you for watching.

[@PG-cl8lh]

You have a nice content, keep at doing it. Greetings from Spain.

[@LordoftheBoard]

Thanks, will do!

[@BeforeYouPlay]

Great video!

[@PMMagro]

Nice! I have not played with the Partisans deck but love the ability to vary the game alot even with the same map and factions :)

[@2cryseable]

This is awesome , it clears a lot of ambiguity in the rules book, Thank you!

[@LordoftheBoard]

Hey thank you so much! Glad to hear it!

[@garyfaust6769]

Thanks for another great Root video. You have it all covered. Just thought about comparing the 4 different boards though.

[@LordoftheBoard]

I am still considering doing a video on that! :)

[@TylerTried]

This was a beautiful high level overview of the difference in these two decks. Super impressed with your work :). Sub from me for sure.

[@LordoftheBoard]

Thank you! I was hoping this could help those of us who want to dig into the game! Really appreciate the comment and sub! Welcome to the Board!

[@Bard-0]

Great video Sam! I love how the cards are full of lore about the woodlands, and of course, full of amazing artwork.

[@LordoftheBoard]

I know me too. By studying them I came up with that entire history section of the video :) I really love that depth. Thank you so much for watching

[@matchesbattlefield8840]

A incredible strategy for the the woodland and riverfolk is that they can play ALL favour cards at once in 1 turn

[@102Mod]

Good lord I can only imagine the chaos that would ensue if you just.. casually wiped out the opposition in its entirety

[@matchesbattlefield8840]

@@102Mod unfortunately, I think it ends the game When you do it, as both factions need all their scoring tokens out to do it, and a lot of cardboard is destroyed when you wipe the map, so you'd probably win in the second favour

[@tjrholloway]

Great video, would love to see video on how to play against different factions

[@LordoftheBoard]

Timothy Holloway hey Tim! Great idea! I may chock up something to that effect. :)

[@brunogerardoarandavega2986]

Very nice video it is great :)

[@LordoftheBoard]

Bruno Gerardo Aranda Vega thank you very much! :)

[@ForgeofSouls]

just played this for the first time and my wife wins by 1 point. Really came down to the wire…great game, cant wait for more matches.

[@cabalpaxiarch7239]

How is the base deck better if you DON'T want swingy effects that come out of nowhere? It has the 3 favor cards which are the biggest blowout in the game plus the "gain a point for every clearing you rule" card which can win you the game right away (assuming you still have enough clearings at the start of your next turn).

[@LordoftheBoard]

Both of those examples you used are highly signaled to other players. For example I know when a faction is going for a favor. It’s obvious because they will be placing crafting pieces intentionally in the same clearing. And also these are super expensive. 3 crafting pieces for a favor and 4 for the bird card you mentioned. In the new deck you have powerful ability cards for only 1 crafting piece. For example 1 fox craft to get False Orders which can move half an enemies troops from 1 clearing to an adjacent. That’s why I said it :)

[@just_a_folk95]

Great video, a lot of cool details I never noticed and also patterns I didn't see. But I do have a question: Can't you mix the decks and play with both? Is it better not to? And if so it is, why,

[@LordoftheBoard]

There are no official rules for it. There is a fan made version that mixes some of the best cards from each. But I just prefer that each one has a different flavor :)

[@matchesbattlefield8840]

What's your opinion on using both decks at once, using card sleeves? Great video

[@LordoftheBoard]

I actually don’t mind it that much. We tried a couple variations. We even drafting cards to add once. But I would say I still prefer playing each deck separately.

[@rootbeer6634]

I just got root yesterday. I've watched all your videos on it today. Plus RTFM's how to videos. I cant wait to get this game to the table!

[@LordoftheBoard]

So glad you enjoyed my videos! I love rftms teaching video!

[@Jeanetjes]

Check out the channel‘Quackalope’ aswell for root content.

[@uriahsoenksen4071]

Seeing this video pop up was a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@LordoftheBoard]

I’m glad I could surprise you! Been working hard to provide and cover stuff nobody is on here. Thanks for the support :)

[@uriahsoenksen4071]

Keep up the good work! You're the only channel I know that's covering Root so well.

[@LordoftheBoard]

Uriah Soenksen and I will continue too! I love root. Wanna get some gameplay going at some point too!

[@uriahsoenksen4071]

Awesome, can't wait!

[@MoonhareStudio]

Fabulous insights thanks. Jyst one query that came up in our first game today was how to use the Royal Claim. Do you know if to play it you have to have 4 crafting pieces on any single suit or just 4 crafting pieces which can be varied suits?

[@LordoftheBoard]

They can be varied suits! :) just 4 crafting pieces. 🔥 thanks for watching!

[@MoonhareStudio]

@@LordoftheBoard cool. Loving your channel and thanks for taking the time out to reply. Darren and Sue in the UK.

[@Hero19093]

Very good video. Is possible to mix the cards of both decks?

[@LordoftheBoard]

There was a variety somebody made that mixed both :)

[@Hero19093]

@@LordoftheBoard Thanks!

[@mrs.featherbottom5901]

Prime content right here

[@LordoftheBoard]

Thank you! :) I am so proud of this video and I feel like it flew under the radar a little bit

[@mrs.featherbottom5901]

Lord of the Board very well produced and well researched!

[@benjaminj.7897]

Awesome video! Will we ever see a Root collab with Quackalope?

[@LordoftheBoard]

Thomas Jansen hey it’s possible! We live in very different areas of the states sadly. :/

[@benjaminj.7897]

@@LordoftheBoard a shame my man. You're a great rapper, by the way. Will we be getting gameplay videos as well?

[@LordoftheBoard]

Thomas Jansen thank you! I am trying to work on my mixing and sound less like it was recorded in a room. But I want to release a mini boardgame rap EP. yeah I am slowly working towards gameplays in generally. I don’t have a good setup for it and I need to get gear but I’m working towards ir

[@matissmatiss3126]

Hey I got a question regarding "League of Adventerous Mice" card in partisans deck, after you use a crafted item and flip it facedown: 1. Can Vagabond take all - face up items as well as face down ones ? 2. Are they refreshed ? So use one item in one turn, exhaust it and in next turn it is refreshed and you can exhaust it once again ? Thanks!

[@LordoftheBoard]

Vagabond can take either face up or face down and no matter how they get it it stay exhausted until you refresh it at the start of your next turn.

[@matissmatiss3126]

@@LordoftheBoard and for non Vagabond player with this card, items are note refreshed after they have been exhausted, right ?

[@jeronimocarmona7275]

can you explain the spy cards please? i never understood them

[@LordoftheBoard]

They are only to be used in a co-op vs AI mode that was included with the Riverfolk Expansion

[@iESCAP1SM]

For the Royal Claim, when you say ‘any kind of crafting piece’ does that mean 4 bird nests, 4 wood or 4 sympathy respectively for the base game? And can Vagrant players score for their ally using this by flipping items, generating points for each of the ally’s clearings? (Granted that a dominance card has been used and the vagrant night longer scores points of his/her own)

[@LordoftheBoard]

Yes it takes 4 crafting pieces. Roosts for birds. Workshops for Cats. and Sympathy for the alliance. :)

[@iESCAP1SM]

@@LordoftheBoard Thank you for taking the time to reply to this. Greatly appreciated!

[@raphaeltheriault7197]

Does using a Partisan Card also remove your crafted cards? Or is it just those in your hand? If so, what about the "revealed cards" with the moles?

[@LordoftheBoard]

It would discard all. So crafted and in your hand :) yes to the revealed cards of the moles as well. Also this would take the birds as well

[@raphaeltheriault7197]

@@LordoftheBoard Would it even discard the Eyries' decree... or the Alliance's supporters?

[@MacBladeOnly]

@@raphaeltheriault7197 No. The cards aren't part of your "hand." Supporter stack and decree are both separate from your "hand"

[@miguelgassotimoneda6583]

You are the best

[@LordoftheBoard]

Wow! so nice. thank you :)

[@alsenddrake7764]

Certainly felt the difference. Got Exiles today, and tried it. Usually we ended up with 1 or 2 stone cards going out overall, maybe more with strong crafters. Today we saw a good 8 or 9 go out with the Cats, Lizards, and Moles (who got shut out of buildings pretty heavilly due to the Lizard's Gardens paired with having BOTH bird ambushes) Though admitidly less items crafted than usual, though to be fair, that's cause I drew most of them as the Lizards so they got discarded alot to clear out my hand and to try and manipulate the Outcast.

[@LordoftheBoard]

Alsend Drake thank you for sharing! Sounds like some fun games :D

[@FranzBinder20]

4:32 How would you prevent all losses or an entire battle with sappers?

[@LordoftheBoard]

I will have to check and see what I was talking about!

[@rasin9391]

Yeah he confused it with armorers 4:47

[@soodback1904]

Hey what’s the name of the intro music ?

[@LordoftheBoard]

Hi there! It is an original that my brother made :) I am hoping to release a playlist with all the music he has done for me and the channel

[@t.lanfield1936]

Are you going to do something similar for Villainous?

[@LordoftheBoard]

Oscar T. Glanfield I kinda do with every Villainous guide because I go through the cards. Villainous has some fun content in store still though! :)

[@t.lanfield1936]

Lord of the Board great!

[@jimihicks8152]

So what you are telling me is the game is all about checks and balances

[@LordoftheBoard]

Yes

[@sgt_rinx-_-3589]

Can you combine the decks?

[@LordoftheBoard]

There are no official rules for it! But by all means. Why not? :)

[@DarkCreed]

Can you mix both decks into one big superdeck?

[@LordoftheBoard]

TheDarkCreed86 you could! But it’s not like an official rule variant

[@DarkCreed]

@@LordoftheBoard I will try it. In the past we also played with each player taking their birdsong first, then daylight and finished with evening. Some factions got the short end but it was a fun variant :)

[@LordoftheBoard]

TheDarkCreed86 ok that sounds very interesting!!

[@Hardcorestilllives]

@@DarkCreed sounds very good, but does is work for each faction? this is killing the huge downtime, if you're thinking too long. very good idea!

[@rubenestradavalencia3306]

@@DarkCreed lol, at first I thought that was the way root was ment to be played

[@ZuoKalp]

It saddens me how much I want to have this game, there are literally 0 stock of the base Root in my entire country.

[@LordoftheBoard]

That is very saddening :(

[@Xloi63]

To me, the Exiles and Partisans deck is a reflection of the way the different factions inhabit the same spaces so closely and with so much mixity, I love the way the clearings look by the end of a game, the colourful meeples like little gems studding the forest.

[@LordoftheBoard]

Good thoughts!

[@lcronovt]

Can you combine decks?

[@LordoftheBoard]

You can! there was a fan variant out for both decks. If you combine them just know that Leder games didnt say anywhere that they recommended doing it!

[@Friariello91]

@@LordoftheBoard What is for you the best way to combine decks, just putting the two together, or it's better to remove some doubles?

[@trinstonmichaels7062]

Trinston was here .

[@LordoftheBoard]

Yo Trinston in the house!

[@remyz2201]

Why hasn’t no one recommended to play with both decks combined? Is there something against that?

[@LordoftheBoard]

There is a fan deck of that!

[@Friariello91]

@@LordoftheBoard Can you link it?

[@antona5923]

We mix the decks together usually!

[@LordoftheBoard]

That’s awesome!!! Has it been fun?

[@antona5923]

@@LordoftheBoard Yeah! It plays well with all factions and several players, without any one faction winning suspiciously often! I think we've always done it, and played around 25+ games with 4-6 people

[@LordoftheBoard]

@@antona5923 haha you’re making me want to try! That’s rad haha

[@user-qv3qe9be3l]

Pleasedo the russian subtiters

[@LordoftheBoard]

Working on subtitles!