How to Play Root 

This channel is excellent & these Board Game Discription & Explanation videos are wonderful. I always check to see if the Board Game , physcial copy or Android App had one of these videos explaining it. I'll tell you something too ... There have been times that her explaination and or enthusiasm has swayed me on way or another.

i watch this to determine whether I'm interested in this game further or no. i need to know if the rules sound fun but I wont watch 18 minutes in depth rules explanations if I dont know if Im gonna buy it. so yeah, good one

You even rewatch it?

I did, was a good video to understand the game.

agreed this is a quick nutshell of the game

Ah, is that why the first result was a TWENTY-FOUR MINUTE explanation! Is the base game really that complex?

While I do agree with you, the title should say overview, not "how to play root". For someone who maybe heard it was a cool game, got it as a gift, etc and wanted to learn how to play and clicked on this video, they would have no idea the game can't really be learned in 5 minutes.

​@davidmattes199 The game itself isn't too complex, but every faction plays VERY different from one another. More so than a lot of other games that claim to be asymmetric. I spent a while teaching it to myself about 2 or 3 weeks ago and I haven't had the chance to play it with anyone yet, but I expect it to be one of my favorites.

Was she talking about roots ?

@@maxk1459 But her home was never on the ground...

How???? She's so annoying!!

Adorable

cant believe i found a gentleben comment while looking up root! im starting to get into this thru the digital version.. lets throw down, player

@@40rods yes, we shall...fellow gamer!

Speechcraft 100, Charisma 100, Lady of the hearts ;-)

Alot of the early copies of the game had that issue. They later put out an updated board pack with tweaked rules and to replace that issue. Wasn't much of a problem after the first batch

The trick is to do it in reverse. You swipe them away, then play the video in reverse

Agreed. Even with her excitement it doesn’t help a first timer

Yes, I usually watch short videos like this to learn about the game then if I liked it, I’ll go for a concise explanation and reading the rules then I’ll explain it to my friends and play with them.

Duh!

You would have to move them from a clearing you rule into a new clearing for battle.

OK so you can move into a clearing you don't rule then. Thank you!

No problem. I think the rule is that in order to move you must move from a clearing you rule OR into a clearing you rule.

You have to either have rule of the clearing you are in or the one you are going into.

Yeah

Biggest expansion yet coming up!

This is Crusader Kings but as a board game.

This is settlers of catan but with furries

With Bot factions YES, but you can also play the different factions by yourself

You really nailed it

How is it as a 2 player game? I mostly only play games with my wife.

@@spderweb it's pretty fun but it might not be that long lasting since as far as I know, your locked into the Marquise and eryie

@@spderweb I recommend looking up Wingspan, it's #1 on BCG for families

@@unliving_ball_of_gas We have wingspan. It's decent. We've been playing alot of 7 Wonders Duel lately.

@@spderweb How good is it. I've recently bought Root and now am interested in Wingspan

Yess

I know I am a little late but all and all the game is not to complicated. She went over the general rules pretty solid and you really just have to have an idea of what the other factions are trying to do. For example the cats are about area control and building things to become more powerful. The Eerie are aggressively trying to gain territory, primarily from the cats, to build up a strong empire. However must go through a sort of program for their turn that must be followed or they are left in a weakened state. The Eerie have strong pushes but are followed by times of drought and weakness. The Woodland Alliance is about guerrilla warfare, spreading tokens to eventually build bases and have a small overall presence on the board, but if played right a pretty powerful one. Then the Vagabond, just kinda does it's own thing. It goes on quests and builds relationships with the other factions. What I do not recall her saying is that you win by getting 30 points, or completing a dominance card but let's ignore that for now. The way each faction earns these points are vastly different. Idk if a 10 could understand all the factions but if you play two player with one playing Eerie and the other the cats then he/ she would probably be able to digest it after a game or two. Not saying it is not worth the money but it is expensive if you are not real big into board games going for 60+ dollars. Hope I helped, if you have any other questions feel free to ask I will reply as soon as I can.

Well, he/she's 12 now

And also, why there are no more women like Becca... life is weird.

Actually you can only attack if there are enemy PIECES in the same clearing so if there are buildings like the sawmill or tokens like wood you can attack and gain extra points

Extra damage for buildings if nobody protects them

The music is so cringe, doesn’t suit the theme at all

Wow you're so, what 3 years ago now?

Yes.

I do like playing vagobond for being the only one I understand.

Activate texting then? Most people do not struggle with hearing what she is saying.

@@kentardi I wasn't talking to you ken tard.

@@bob-xm7ny you didn't have to go there man

@@kentardi still not talking to you ken

@@bob-xm7ny You're posting a comment on a YT video and you're not expecting feedback? You'r first time here or something?

Joe owl There is a tabletop rpg in the works. It was on Kickstarter a while ago. But this boardgame was first.

That would be Mouseguard!

French pronunciation.

NoBrakes23 Yellsplaining? Since when is that a word? 😕

Except with the actual research behind it.

Robert Tripp I’ve actually heard that word, but I don’t like it, either.

That was only there for the first couple of episodes really. I'm glad she's calmer now too. Hopefully she realised she doesn't have to amp it up to be entertaining :)

I like yellsplaining, it's gender neutral. Kavanaugh was a yellsplainer. "I LIKE BEER"

I think I'm going to stop following because of Becca.. She's a try-hard. It's very unnatural and exaggerated.

Dude...she's funny, she speaks clearly, apparently loves games and not bad on the eyes!

Well, it's cat and not Chat, so we're not so worked up over it

If you play the cats it is. The Eerie sort of but not really are based around Area of control. The cats are based around building buildings to recruit more warriors or get more wood to build more crafting stations. If you do get the game I recommend that the player with the highest skill plays the cats since they tend to have the most dominance on the board and can keep other factions in check. That is not to say they are overpowered though, it is amazing how balanced all factions are.

Why? She explains games just as well.

I love the grammar in this comment-would definitely not “pass a college”.

@@WadeMeredith Thanks, mate. Finally someone for after 6 months long.

Its a pun on (my kitty cat), it is pronounced mar-key dee cat

@@SoLRAace so it's written in french to make a pun but you have to absolutely butcher the pronunciation to get something that barely resembles the intended pun? All they had to do was make Marquis a dude and the s becomes silent ... which makes me think it is NOT a pun. Because there are definitely french speakers in this game's design team.

@@oliverizzard8751 you are thinking to deep into this, and yes, they did have to make it a pun

I agree. It was so hyped, and so disappointing :(

That's how we say it.

@@coryluskat that’s wrong

@@arthursimsa9005 sure. I'm sure we say a lot of things from other languages wrong. She's using it the way most US English speakers would understand it.

@@coryluskat But would you pronounce Marquis and Marquise the same?

@@arthursimsa9005 almost definitely. They're completely irrelevant words in my day to day life, reading all the comments here is the first time I realized they were said differently. Like now that I know better I'd probably think twice about it and try to remember which one was said which way, but when's the next time I'll hear marquise/marquis 😂

Hah gottem

@@tenbones545Why?

@@tenbones545 Then congrats. Your reply is just as useless!

I think you are looking for TMZ

Maybe you should learn how to build up a correct sentence before expecting that

@@doku5412 Touché.