Root | Game the Game

On Game the Game this week we’re playing Root, by Leder Games! This game sees 2-4 players (up to 6 with the Riverfolk Expansion) battle to wrestle control of the Great Woodland away from the conniving Marquise de Cat. But these critters better be careful, because the birds of prey who once ruled this land are eager to reclaim their birthright.
Tabletop games are super fun, but learning the complicated directions and rules can be a challenge. Becca Scott is your game tutor, explaining the game mechanics in an easy to follow way, so you can get to playing the games faster.
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[@ognjenugljenovic3570]

17:19 *Rule: 7.5.2 * *Resolve the Decree. *You must resolve the Decree, starting with the leftmost column and moving right. In each column, you must resolve all of its cards, but in any order. For each card, you must take the action listed for its column, as follows. If you cannot fully take an action, you immediately fall into turmoil (7.7). Recruit. Place a warrior in any clearing with a roost whose suit matches the card suit. *Move. Move at least one warrior from any clearing whose suit matches the card suit.* Battle. Initiate a battle in any clearing whose suit matches the card suit. Build. Place a roost in any clearing you rule whose suit matches the card suit and which has no roost. *This means you have to move FROM the suit of the card in the decree, meaning you would have fallen into turmoil right there and then on your first move!!!*

[@guilhermeg3952]

Not to mention she built on a mouse territory when the Build card was a rabbit one...

[@antonyevtushenko7538]

I stopped watching at this point and went to find another video

[@safe-keeper1042]

@@antonyevtushenko7538 oh dear, someone played a board game and made one mistake? Hope you found another channel that lives up to your high standards of attention to detail.

[@RenbroNL]

@@safe-keeper1042 No these mistakes are massive. Complely change the game. Becka is sitting there almost the entire game with a very stacked Eyrie which should have fallen into Turmoil several times. I get what you are saying. Many mistakes can be overlooked, but not these. It's still a fun video for the social vibes of course.

[@tasomaniac]

@@RenbroNL I agree. Or she couldn't build so early in the game and does not score points.

[@ChrisMcAtamney]

Yes, there were mistakes, but this really helped me understand a lot that I didn't. Super challenging game to understand, especially when you are all new players trying to figure your own faction out. It can be disheartening. Lol. But I say trudge through a game and watch this video and then try again. And then change factions and play again. In regards to the mistakes in this video, I do agree the creators should post in the description comments highlighting these, so we can learn correctly. But amazing that they made and edited this video. It still very much helped us.

[@ArchToAchilles]

It was great to see Root in action. Picked up a copy (+ the expansion) the other day and read the rules but I'm a much better visual learner. It was also really useful reading the comments and learning of their mistakes. I thought the way the one was playing her Decrees was a little suspicious! Thanks GtG and comment section :3

[@TheButtonLoop]

Yeah, a lot of rules mistakes here. The main one is that when the Eyrie adds a card to its decree, the suit of that card dictates in which clearing the action has to occur. So, for example, Becca should have gone into turmoil on the first turn, because her move card said she had to move from a Mouse clearing, but the only clearing she occupied was a Bunny clearing. Then later she had to build in a Bunny clearing (without a roost) but she didn't occupy a clearing that fit that. She treated all cards in her decree as wilds (like bird cards). A couple other I caught were the Woodland Alliance has to spend an extra supporter to put a Sympathy token in a clearing with 2 or more warriors from a single faction. So the WA's first placement of a Sympathy token was incorrect.

[@TheButtonLoop]

Adding as I go... If a WA sympathy token is destroyed, they get a card into their supporter stack matching the clearing it was destroyed in from their attacker's hand. If the attacker doesn't have it, they show the WA their hand and the WA gets a card from the deck. They do not get to choose a card from their attacker's hand. Also, all Sympathy added to the board after the first one must be adjacent to another Sympathy.

[@TheButtonLoop]

The only pieces that contribute towards ruling a clearing are Buildings and Warriors. Circular tokens like the WA's Sympathy or the Marquise's Wood do not contribute towards rule.

[@TheButtonLoop]

When the WA gains cards from getting their Sympathy destroyed or enemy warriors moved into clearings with a Sympathy token, those cards go directly into their supporter stack, not their hand.

[@TheButtonLoop]

When a faction crafts, it can only use each of it's crafting vehicles once per turn. (the marquise crafts 2 cards requiring 5 total mouse crafting ability, but only has 3 mouse workshops)

[@TheButtonLoop]

No non-cat pieces may be placed in the clearing with the Keep, however, pieces may be Moved into that clearing. The keep can be attacked and earns the player that destroys it 1 VP like any other destroyed building or token.

[@honnemanden]

Love to just get a feeling of the game, even with the rule mistakes...

[@mattmatier5745]

Thanks for the show! I really enjoy watching these and was really happy to see a play-through of Root which is a game I was wondering if I'd like myself! I hope you guys keep making tons of new content!

[@IronSalamander8]

Love this game. I love Vast too but this game is easier to teach and easier to track who is winning.

[@Hiterai]

I love this show, but I was very disappointed with this episode due to the many rule mistakes. And I am quite sure I did not even get all of them.

[@That_Eriksson]

So if you could not get all of them you can understand why they probably didnt either. I never use any play throughs as a way to learn to play...

[@Botanica_Gaming]

Their video has been watched by 25k+ people as of right now. It's important to point out there there have been significant rule mistakes so that the audience is aware. But I agree, I also do not use these playthroughs as a demo for the correct way to play.

[@Hiterai]

At the complexity level of this game I expect to see a few rules mistakes, but getting something so basic as the decree of the Eyrie wrong, although the rules are right there on the board under the spaces where you tuck in the cards does bother me. Especially since in the instructional part of the video Becca says that she loves the game, thus implying she has played the game a few times already...

[@johngaliettaiii2440]

@@That_Eriksson If these videos are meant to be instructional, they should not advertise them as such in their video description. " Becca Scott is your game tutor, explaining the game mechanics in an easy to follow way, so you can get to playing the games faster."

[@Alecssman]

Editing this video must have been a hard work but I love the final result, I really enjoyed watching you play that wonderful game guys!

[@1974greymalkin]

Dear God, how did you get through this....10 minutes in and my eyes started bleeding.

[@alejandromolina7270]

My friends and I tried playing this game yesterday. I played as the Woodland Alliance, and we stopped because I was so confused how to play the Woodland Alliance so we stopped playing. Seeing it played out helps a lot.

[@keel1701]

Am I the only one who feels they messed up the powers for the vagabond, and it should be wolf steals things, beaver repairs, and raccoon digs through trash.

[@yanmartins7935]

My grupo played this Vagabond Aid thing wrong and he won preatty easy lol this rule miss could ruin some games really bad

[@WuschelofDespair]

I watched this video month ago not knowing much about Root. I‘ve read the rules now and wanted to watch this to solidify my rule-saviness. Well… first turn of the dynasties has 2 mistakes, First turn of the alliance another mistake and it continues… It‘s Impressive how wrongly they Are playing Root. Thanks to the cast and the amazing productions it’s very entertaining still

[@RenbroNL]

Well said. Very impressive indeed. Shame really.

[@juhooksanen2839]

Been watching a lot of Root videos b4 Christmas so I can decide if I want to get the game. This is the best video in the whole of KZbin 100%. Thank you.

[@HerrFinsternis]

I enjoyed this, regardless of the rules mistakes.

[@-piras]

the art style is soooooooo good

[@devil332patriot]

I cringe when I see people like Gina bending cards the way she does when she plays them on the table.

[@bobdole8830]

Yeah, I hate people like that. Boardgames are expensive these days and I expect people to treat my belongings with care.

[@dionysusnow]

Nah... you got to break those card in.

[@xbeaker]

I know this is an older video, but I really hope they get a rule checker on staff. I know, people make mistakes. But seriously, they weren't really playing root. Dave using revolt to attack in fox territories long after the fox base was built. Becca's often cited misuse of the decree actions.. seriously, how do you NOT win when you are cheating with the birds that hard? Gina should not have been able to win that turn due to supply line restrictions. The also ignored the rule that the birds rule on a tie and that the cats can save killed units by playing a card. To all those who say "Who cares? People make mistakes." A lot of people care. It ruins the enjoyment of the game to watch it played so incorrectly. At the very least put annotations in the video explaining the things that were played wrong. Even Achievement Hunter has a rules expert on hand to catch mistakes, and they are video game channel. Becca is the one teaching the game at the beginning, she should know how to play. They play a learning game before they film. They should be catching mistakes before the real game.

[@jinkeloid]

Totally agree, at first this video seems very well-shot, they put cuts and efforts, adding subtitles even, but the Eyrie decree changed everything......

[@sweekley92]

I also think that it that many rules are going to go out the window then the video should never air. A lot of people may watch for fun, but some people, like me, watch to see the game in action to understand rules. Hard rk understand things if the rules aren't being followed

[@chand911]

I know this is an older comment, but I hope you finally managed to get your panties out of a wad.

[@TheMrBvcx]

+1 - there should at least be annotations or notes explaining the mistakes

[@stephanieearly8531]

@@chand911 how does this reply even make sense? The decree rules were not followed at all throughout the most of the game. And there were several other things done wrong, that's just the main one that jumped out so glaringly. So like others have said, why follow through and post this video? Surely when they watched it back, they noticed several mistakes before posting. This is supposed to teach, but it's just a confusing mess. No one's panties are in a wad... just an obvious observance.

[@jam1124]

Wow. This made me reallize how much i miss Will

[@christydouwes9648]

I totally agree.

[@morridin7766]

Jan Večeřa what did happen to him?

[@Ceruleannn]

lol, i came to the comments to post exactly that.

[@AnimeLover930]

So that’s what happened

[@SpydersByte]

So many comments about rules, which is pretty normal for a GtG show. But I have to wonder, why have they not assigned some kind of rule-checker like Tabletop used to have? One would think with the amount of comments they get about rules they would've done so by now. Or do they have one and s/he sucks at his/her job?

[@MattinatorHax]

Even when Tabletop had a rule-checker it got stuff wrong, particularly in the latter seasons. As much as I would have loved another season of Tabletop, the quality of play was dropping.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Understand your comments here. I'm on the fence on this one, because we know how hard it is to do rules videos, especially something like Roots with thick rule book (comes with the territory of war games). We did rule video for Root, already about one hour long! After carefully checking the rules, still found a couple of mistakes. A lot of detailed rules, asymetric power, video took probably 10 hours to film, plus editing, learning etc. Again, not trying to defend anyone here 😀

[@popsicleman8816]

@@MeepleUniversity What do you mean by a thick rule book? Without the expansion, it's only 9 pages, which is basically nothing by the standards of the war game. Furthermore, it is often praised for the clarity and conciseness of its rule book. The asymmetry definitely makes this so much more difficult to teach though.

[@MeepleUniversity]

There is another book that clarifies everything, I believe? I never said the rule book isn't clear, the rule books both are pretty good, but yes, the asymmetric elements that make it a bit of learning steep :)

[@whorod8895]

popsicle man I don’t know. The rule book isn’t very specific. It goes into depth about lots of things but forgets others that seem obvious.

[@bigdream_dreambig]

32:56 Now every time I see a raccoon I'm going to think of how absurd it would look in a football helmet and pads.

[@yosifvidelov]

You have broken The Law of Root so many times! And for that you enter Gamer Turmoil :D

[@terrybaileysr.3714]

I miss Wil too.

[@bobbylimon]

I love you will :'(

[@CristianFlores-mh9lc]

Who’s that

[@cohenpierce1442]

@@CristianFlores-mh9lc check out tabletop, it's the og game the game

[@carbondragon]

It seems to me that this is an awfully complex game, made more complex by the asymmetric rules. Some games just make it very difficult to play "correctly" because there is so much to remember. I wouldn't normally play this one, but my friend bought it so I'll end up playing at least one game today. Thanks for giving me a sense of what it's like.

[@TheShapingSickness]

This is the very first time I see one of your videos and OMG I love your guests!

[@LTdrumma]

yeah the guests are really good

[@kowagaruwolf320]

Thanks for playing this one. I had no idea it existed, but looks like a very nice game.

[@XKrlosOblivionX]

That was a nice victory!!

[@CatLegoDiver]

Well done! I agree that there were a fair amount of rule errors, but it was still fun to watch. It would’ve been useful if you could’ve pointed out the rule errors like Rhado does with the Klingon channel.

[@tabbyp4754]

29:43 Woodland Alliance - has has to place sympathy next an adjacent Sympathy already on the board. He can't just place another Sympathy anywhere on the board. They have to connect by path.

[@ViolosD2I]

He also can't blow up clearings and place multiple warriors every time he has 2 cards of a suit to spend. ;) Though he also didn't use Organize (quote "I have nothing to do with my 3 military actions") so i suppose it evened out.

[@theonebeardedman5309]

I love this game but I had to stop watching after Becca cheated twice on her first turn 😂

[@NeilBlaiberg]

How?

[@ValContine]

Neil Blaiberg she must move FROM a clearing that matches in her decree, and she must build IN a clearing that matches her decree. She messed it up on turn 2 as well. She didn’t play the birds right at all

[@SusCalvin]

@@NeilBlaiberg When the Eyrie play out their decrees, bird cards and other cards are different. Bird cards are a sort of joker cards, as they can work on any and all clearings. Unlike for example a mouse card, that only works with the mice clearings. So building your decree with bird cards makes it a lot more flexible. The two starting viziers count as bird cards. But it also means you fall harder when it all topples, and every bird card in there loses you VP. Or you can build with a lot of fox cards etc. The things you can do is more limited, like recruit in specifically a fox clearing, or move into/out of a fox clearing. But they won't cost you any VP when the decree finally falls over.

[@japona9899]

Not really cheating

[@japona9899]

She didnt remeber the rule

[@SenetTheSnek]

So many times they pass the Sympathy tokens and don't give the Mouse their cards or let him draw. Supply restrictions would of prevented Cat from building that workshop. You have to draw a line with your lumber before building. Can we please get a rule checker if this show ever comes back. XD

[@bahadraktas3418]

I watch the show to see the vibes of the game and I loved it. But even the winning move was a rule mistake for gods sake 😂

[@edwindrood2816]

That's a lot of explaining. Nice job grinding through it

[@WorldAquariumSingapore]

this feels like a mini game movie :)

[@naaziaf7239]

I don't think its fair to call it 'cheating' when someone gets a rule wrong tbh. Like, sure, correct them once so they remember for next time (and so that new players watching the vid know that there was a mistake) but like, you don't have to call them cheaters for forgetting lol

[@ForgeofSouls]

Golden rule of boardgames: you will make mistakes unknowingly, if you find out, correct and keep playing. Boardgames are a mental puzzle that require thought, some more than others. Mistakes are inevitable.

[@isaelramirez5877]

Just can't stop to think that Will Wheaton would have made the game 10 times as entertaining

[@scttlewis02]

Meet to. Meet you

[@kichan3353]

your boyfriend is trash go away

[@wolfsden6479]

@@kichan3353 I mean .... both are true

[@tibordominek4186]

Imiss Will. He made the show so entertaining... unlike Becca and friends.

[@imkluu]

This looks to be a good game. Much variety and replay value. Not only are there four, plus expansion, sides to play which are all different, but you should want to play some again to see if you can win with that side. Many comments state that a lot of rules were broken during play in this video. They do not state which, or how. My question is, does the actual rules make the game any less or more fun than how they played it in the video?

[@zackmyers805]

Becca's very first turn broke rules. The decrees are determined by the suite of the card used. Her using a mouse card on the move and then the bunny card on the build meant she could only move from a mouse clearing (although I thought that includes a to but everyone else has been harping it's only from) and build in a ruled bunny clearing. Becca therefore could not have moved from her starting location or built her new roost in the bunny clearing. Therefore, two of her decree on her first turn were undoable and she would have lost her turn. A lot of the rules broken were tied to the balance of the game. It wouldn't make it less fun per se, but it makes it harder for some groups to win fairly.

[@LTdrumma]

it makes it a little more enjoyable yes, cause it's more fair. Since rules are different for each player, some get an advantage. they dont all break the rules equally

[@SenetTheSnek]

29:09 Eyrie built a roost when her decree stated she needed to build one in a bunny clearing she controls not a Fox clearing TURMOIL 29:49 Woodland Alliance Your Sympathy tokens must be connected when placing them. 37:14 Eyrie Just skipped a Recruit. She used her BIRD Card but not her MOUSE. TURMOIL 38:42 While Eyrie does get Victory Points, She only gets 1 for taking out the Sympathy Token and 3VP for the Roost. You get no points for taking out warriors. 39:12 Woodland Alliance does not KEEP the card that is given to them when someone causes outrage. It goes instantly into the supporter deck. 40:50 Vagabond is hiding his quests. They need to stay face up for all factions to see. 43:10 Marquise De Cat cannot CRAFT that card. She doesn't have 3 workshops. That card requires 3 43:44 Marquise De Cat already CRAFTED, she cannot craft again. 44:44 Marquise De Cat, CRAFTED, BUILT, and now Marched. She's doing her 3rd action not her 2nd. 45:57 Marquise De Cat took a 4th action. 46:58 Eyrie ignored 2 recruit actions. 49:31 Woodland Alliance already revolted for the Fox Clearing. You can't revolt the same clearing when your base matching it is already out. 1:10:40 Marquise De Cat did not give Woodland Alliance a card for stepping into the Sympathetic clearing. 1:11:35 Marquise De Cat cannot build there. her supply line is cut off by the Eyrie and the Woodland Alliance. 1:12:01 Marquise De Cat again you are cut off from that area. You cannot build there. Total: Marquise De Cat: -7 Eyrie: -4 Woodland Alliance: -3 Vagabond: -1 This would be understandable if it was a beginning game, but they stated they did practice rounds. So what the heck Becca?

[@imournhim]

Man, they set up the conflict dynamics with the accents perfectly.

[@thisjust10]

Love this

[@tommessig2060]

wow, you guys really ramped it up with this one. great job in deciding to tackle this one.

[@dizzyD1199]

lmao the way Becca hesitated before saying "Ask Your Black Geek Friends"

[@ThisIsStapes7]

Along with the whole multiple mistakes thing. I think the biggest thing that annoyed me is the using of a bird ambush card to gain one wood. Such a waste.

[@MichaelJohnson-composer]

How did the Vagabond know he got a hammer when he explored those ruins on his first turn? Also, why did the birds no lose their decree when there was no card in the « recruit » spit at the opening of their turn?

[@coryrosin5757]

Right in the Bunny Hole! 27:52

[@Niddro]

Way too few comments about the bunny hole! Her reaction to her own choice of words is hilarious!

[@sdhokie]

"...this uprising in my bunny hole!" How could the table not lose it?

[@razzledazzle15]

Becca’s cheating with both hands. She’s treating all her decree cards as if they were birds

[@JamesSamson487]

I thought that was a bit odd. Glad to know I was right about that.

[@SpydersByte]

Becca cheating is the one constant of this show :D

[@earlofbroadst]

@@SpydersByte Wil had the cursed dice, Becca cheats. As certain as death and taxes, lol.

[@Thesussysuscat]

She always cheating

[@ushiri2399]

I dont think it´s on purpose she cheats.

[@lukozi01]

Rules reference says that tokens and pawns do not count for ruling the clearing. I think it was not the tie situation on 33:57 of the video. I think orange player was ruling over that clearing...

[@ForgeofSouls]

15:22 The decree, Move: “move FROM a matching clearing” she made an illegal move on her first turn. To be fair, thats an easy one to miss.

[@MyMiniMovieMagic]

Ahh VP Points....the elusive Victory Point Points, distant cousin to the ATM Machine and PIN Number.

[@earlofbroadst]

Or DC Comics.

[@naremuradyan]

I know people mentioned rules being broken in the comments. But I think the one that I couldn't find was that the Alliance gets points for placing sympathy tokens. But I don't think I noticed them doing that. Am I wrong?

[@Maraffler]

I have a few questions that have come up for me while playing. I am a newbie: - Can I revolt anytime and anywhere? In this game, a base has already been established in a fox glade and yet revolt has been made on the field. I thought you can only revolt once per class if there is no base yet. Or can you revolt at any time to eliminate enemies, but you can only build one base per class? In other words, if I already have a fox base, can I only revolt on rabbit and mouse locations? Can I only revolt a total of 3 times if my opponents don't destroy my bases? - The Vagabond player has flipped the teapot and bag a few times for his quests. Wouldn't that have required him to put these items in his pouch until he refreshed them the next turn? Wouldn't that have even caused him problems with his carrying capacity? - A dominance card is visible in the margin for all to see. If I know my opponent wants to use it, couldn't I just take it beforehand and keep it or not play it to block it? The alliance could, for example, put the dominance card with its supporter and block it for the rest of the game? Or are you forced to play a dominance card when you trade it?

[@lincolnnorfor3002]

1. no you can only revolt where you do not have a base yet, yes you can only revolt on rabbit and mouse locations if you already have a fox base. 2. not sure about the question in general, however, when you refresh items, you refresh it according to this sequence: teapot -> satchel -> then everything inside the satchel 3. a dominance card can be spent for its suit (i.e. can be put into the WA supporters) however, after it is used, it does not get discarded but it goes face up near the map to show that it is AVAILABLE to be activated and taken. if the WA decides not to use that dominance card and leaves it in his supporter stack, then he technically can "block" it from being used for the rest of the game.

[@forestshepherd253]

Grr I want to enjoy this play-through but the table mood seems very fakey.

[@Jackleber]

Not to mention the mistakes. I've never watched this channel before, although I've heard of it...don't think I'll keep investigating it.

[@jeremywiderman]

@@Jackleber Yeah it was cringe all around.

[@ithinkitsaurus]

the pretty much describes this whole channel

[@AlphaMike2k]

I need this game.

[@popsicleman8816]

Free to print and play.

[@thegymknight]

that's why batman paints the area around his eyes. Also, I miss Will. I love you all and your enthusiasm. Do you think Will could be a guest? Or was that bridge burnt?

[@lizripley8925]

I love Becca’s play throughs! You can tell they’re all friends. They have so much fun playing together and that makes it so much better to watch!

[@bobdole8830]

You need better friends in your life if you think that's how friends behave

[@MrTwistedNips]

Nice to see this played, but you got a bunch of rules wrong.

[@imkluu]

You should have explained what was done wrong.

[@razzledazzle15]

imkluu Becca treating all her decree cards as if they were wild, the woodland alliance failing to spend an extra card when spreading support into clearings with three or more enemy warriors in, revolting in a rabbit clearing using fox cards, tokens counting toward rule (they don’t), the woodland alliance drawing cards for outrage from players hands instead of the deck when they lack a matching suit, etc. it goes on. I’m not sure, but I think the cat player was crafting with simple zones ruled rather than with workshops as well, but it’s hard to tell. As far as I can tell, the one player who didn’t make any obvious errors was the vagabond.

[@roosterchains]

Becca sadly played completely wrong, when following her decree the suit matters, she played them all like wilds. She also got vp for killing units at 38:58, you only get vp for killing tokens. Cats did not craft using workshops, instead she did where they had control. Also I dont think they cat player realized she could respawn her cats by playing a card. Raccon and Woodland alliance seemed to play correctly! All this also explains why the game ended ~15 min early.

[@Acroherd]

MrTwistedNips I would suggest they take this one down and re film it is really full of to many errors

[@regaleagle6533]

@@roosterchains Hah Woodland played it the least correctly they were cheatin off the bat :D Ignoring martial law when you can blast the entire army without attacking is a crazy big error. That is the difference between taking over the opponents most heavily fortified zones for free or the weak ones you are actually supposed to have access to.

[@3rd-Sushipie]

The tokens are so cute! 很好奇若出中文版會翻譯成什麼名字~

[@Amarok375]

There was a lot of rules goofs here. I understand Root is complicated but this is supposed to be a show about teaching the game. 🙁

[@afrofrycook]

You're kidding right? If you can't play the game right, don't represent it on your channel.

[@ChargeBFX]

They go over the rules in-depth and explicitly in the first part of the video. Showing them playing the game afterwards is just for fun. There are going to be rules gaffs, because they're human and can't always remember everything. But sure, how dare they not be perfect, right? By that logic you should never play any board game because you might play it wrong.

[@razzledazzle15]

Nobody expects perfection, but this is a professional production and some degree of attention to detail and editorial oversight is to be expected, especially when new players might be learning how to play from it

[@ChargeBFX]

New players get a rulebook just like everybody else. It's weird and counterintuitive to me to think anyone would be watching this video while playing the game.

[@razzledazzle15]

ChargeBFX I don’t expect people to watch this in lieu of reading the rules, but rules misconceptions can get passed along that way, just by virtue of seeing someone else do it. It happens.

[@davidfried8203]

When tokens, like Roost, wood, sawmill, sympathy, etc gets removed or attacked from the board what happens to them? Are they removed from the game or go back to your board in an appropriate spot or just into a pile to be used again?

[@hugotavaresgomes9539]

they go back to the board

[@yeahr2343]

next Gloomhaven plz =)

[@g1itchpunk]

I kept repeating the video at the first Eyrie build decree. What!? Luckily I scrolled and read the comments. Gosh.

[@aaronbussey3856]

Does the Woodland Alliance have the guerrilla warfare power so the first battle Becca did should have fared differently?

[@SNEAKY_777]

Law of Root 8.4.1 Revolt I Choose Clearning. A sympathetic clearing matching an unbuilt base.

[@mrcooldude17]

17:19 can you build in a mouse clearing that you dominate even if it says (in your decree) that you can build in the bunny a clearing?

[@timrooijers5455]

No you can't. This is a mistake that is made in the video. If there is a bunny on build then you are only able and even forced to build a roost in a bunny and only a bunny clearing. This is also why I would say adding a non-bird card under build in your decree is quite risky, since there are only so much bunny clearings on the board. Using a bird in build gives you the freedom to build wherever you want.

[@kradmehr]

would be nice if someone named the music used as background for this!

[@johncloois3301]

Love 🦰!

[@sethpatterson7281]

Becca is... not someone I would want to play with. She's kinda mean, like when she called out what a card did as soon as it was taken from her.

[@LTdrumma]

poor guy. He did say they'll find out when I play it and she ignored him

[@juliamary7047]

No...he said that AFTER she told what the card did. Also she might have done it for the viewers sake. Just a thought

[@popsicleman8816]

This is a wargame (despite the cute exterior). "mean" play and table-talk is pretty much par for the course. If it's the optimal play, begrudging the player for taking it is rather absurd. Think about it from a player's perspective. If you have a strong card and no one knows about it (or questions it), you should hide it for maximum impact when you use it. If someone else has a strong card, you should warn the table so that other players attack and hinder that player instead of you.

[@ryancabrera3502]

Time stamp?

[@aloharay]

I have only played this game once, yet within the first round of watching this I noticed so many rule mistakes. Turned it off. Please work on your accuracy for these game play throughs as much as you work on character accents.

[@ghostlord1520]

I noticed the moving mistake. What else was there

[@jeremybonner6259]

Ghost lord 15 at 7:15 she is using a bunny decree to build on a mouse clearing.

[@shawnoakes1885]

Regardless of the rule errors, Becca is simply delightful. The whole bunch of them are fantastic. Great job guys and girls.

[@enosfruit]

Fun!

[@klutzysalami]

did this show essentialy replace tabletop?

[@blakebahner5237]

Root is by far my favorite board game! (D&D doesn't count)

[@BlueBeastNitroChiral]

Still odd green never got any point after his officer gains, he was the same point for last few rounds.

[@stephenfyler9398]

Why couldn’t they stick with tabletops formate. Just put on a new host in. I miss the commentary that they use to do. It add something cool and new with the show.

[@GretSeat]

Seriously! Game the Game is really bad. I don't even WANT to watch the playthroughs, I wish we had TableTop back

[@bobdole8830]

Because that format requires more editing and preparation. Now they just put a bunch of socially awkward egocentric extroverts in a room and let them play a game wronly for about an hour.

[@Replect]

Well, many pointed out the rule mistakes... It started with the Eyrie's first turn already and their added mouse card to the Move section in the Decree, which would have meant she has to move warriors from a mouse clearing to an adjacent clearing. But since all warriors were in the rabbit clearing, it would have fallen apart already that moment... I didn't watch any further (yet).

[@jtbond1975]

Root: An Earlier Concept. England: 1592. Pizza Boy: Hark! I hast brought thine order. Lusty Wench: Alas, I have not a tuppence to pay for yon cheesed bread! Mayhap, there is some other way thou can getst thine......... pound of flesh??? Pizza Boy: GADZOOKS!!! ...funky lute music ensues....

[@chinesevideomaker]

43:11 she was not allowed to play this card at this moment as she did not have 3 forges out in 3 mouse clearing to craft that card, she actually only had 2 forges out at all.

[@Bergal64]

I went to High School and lived with Poisal!!!

[@MichaelJohnson-composer]

Becca will you come to my game nights?

[@josefkainrad]

Came for game tutorial, stayed for the raccoon facts.

[@bobdole8830]

You came to the wrong place for both things

[@theakaneko]

I'd love to see nyctophobia make an appearance :-)

[@lazulin]

First all the game-breaking rule mistakes in Betrayal Legacy (which have now likely changed the outcomes of several haunts) and now the many mistakes here, including the big one of playing all Eyrie decree cards as wilds... I love the show, but you guys really do need to have someone checking the rules. At the very least, you should have rule corrections on-screen like in Tabletop.. but it's a lot more helpful if you also have a person watching and interrupting if a mistake is made real-time.

[@erynroston4441]

49:32 GAAAASP!!!!!

[@gutmanization]

All sawmills must be connected! Last move wasn't legal. Cannot build new one, if you have no sawmills near clearing (the wood cannot be transported to that clearing).

[@lostfan10000]

49:06 Scoia'tael! Spar'le!

[@isaacsmith3998]

Was really excited to see gameplay but was disappointed to see the very first bird turn be played incorrectly. As others have pointed out, actions must correspond to the suite in their decree, meaning the very first turn would have broken the decree... There are a lot of rules in root, but I do wish the team had reviewed them a bit more before playing. This is a very basic rule that *hugely* impacts the game.

[@WolvieXXXZandalari]

Listen, thankyou for atleast trying to explain this game. Its Stupidly complicated for what it could be (That might be its charm). Errors will happen but that doesn't matter too much, as long as everyone had fun.

[@topkat578]

With over 2mil subs one would expect geek&sundry to hire or at least teach the host about the game rules before they make a play through vid

[@ObakuZenCenter]

It's gone so far down hill since Wil left.

[@WebMonkey741]

I wonder if they would re-do this episode after a rules refresher?

[@Calisto9]

The Birds forgot to get points basically every time they fought.

[@ViolosD2I]

When they did it was correct - they should never have gotten points for killing units.

[@MrAndyjobo]

I am preparing to play this game at a convention this weekend. In preparation, I read the Learn to Play rule book and wanted to supplement that with a video of the gameplay. After reading the comments about how many rules were missed/wrong, I'm going to stop watching because I don't want to learn the game incorrectly.

[@platinumraven118]

Good Alternate Name for Racoons: Wash Bear, because they are known to wash their food and hands

[@AlltidPerfektionist]

Fun fact: In swedish their name is "wash bear" 🦝

[@timgrossman8346]

Wow those player boards are so warped =/

[@ramyahmed540]

When critical role ep 37 being posted in KZbin

[@farshadvcf3992]

is it just me or everybody else thinks that the VP points of the Green mices were missing? how the revolutionarry mices get VPs?? the guy playing it was so far behind that it got me thinking twice buying this game

[@popsicleman8816]

Alliance gets VP via spreading sympathy. Every time they spread sympathy, they get points. They get more points if they are spreading sympathy when they already have many of them out (but spreading sympathy becomes more expensive to do via using the supporter deck). They can also craft and destroy buildings or tokens for points. Alliance is considered slightly too strong, so don't worry about that. You can also print and play this for free, so try it before you buy it.

[@JosephOConnor610]

Uhhhh, I just got this game and played last night with some friends. It’s complicated, so I’d figure I’d watch a reputable source for a “how to” to confirm some things. So many things were wrong during the first turn… I guess it doesn’t matter, but still… Would have expected more from geek and sundry. Wouldn’t recommend this for learning specifics, but they do a good job of going thru each faction and playing thru.

[@gawed]

First time I see this. Is this a replacement for Will Wheaton's show?

[@moreteabishop5405]

Bring back Will. At least he could do accents.

[@robcampion9917]

@@moreteabishop5405 And make it feel less fake.

[@shallendor]

Yes, but it has been on G&S since episode 2 of the first Critical Role campaign.

[@SpydersByte]

lol, youtube is timeless so people will continue to ask this same question into eternity won't they? No it's not a replacement, it's been around since before his show, it's just that Tabletop is gone now.

[@robcampion9917]

@@SpydersByte I don't think it's a replacement I just feel that the way the people act/react seems overly put-on.

[@roseofdarkness666ful]

ROOT IS ON STEAM NOW!!!!

[@Skeletonmanthesecond]

New people who are watching this and have root read your rules first before watching this especially because the rules have changed! And their are quite a few mistakes.

[@renancosantos]

The best root gameplay i ever saw

[@sweekley92]

Okay in the beginning when the blue moves, isn't that against the rules. I thought you could only move to a place that you rule? She doesn't rule that, the orange character does. Can someone explain?

[@InsanityVonMike]

That's correct. She was breaking the rules :)

[@andrewfraser9679]

Hey I know this is an old comment, but you can move if you rule the clearing you are moving from even if you don't rule the place you move to. She still can't do it because it violates her decree though, and she would immediately turmoil.

[@TheAntiSanta]

Hey, it's that dude from G4.