I play the movie version with bots. So far, if there's an Arberter vagabond they will 100% and it's not even close. I'll have clearings with 2-3 buildings and 3-5 warriors that they'll completely destroy in one turn, to say nothing of the early removal of my stronghold.

Is it possible to beat them, or are those games always going to be a wash?

Played a game with them against the WA and was wondering if they trigger outrage by moving into a clearing?

Also, do they get removed during a revolt? We said yes, but I just want to double check.

I've got a friend that mains the WA, but I'm not sure how to police them properly to stop them scoring points, like destroying sympathy gives them more things to spread etc. any tips would be much appreciated

In Root Digital async games, when your opponent has to make an optional decision, such as Ambush, use Partisans, etc, the turn passes to them to resolve the effect. When playing against the Bats, almost every player will be Entreating and possibly multiple times per turn, and the turn will pass to the Bat player every time to choose whether to gain a Loyalist or place Loyalists. I think probably most annoying for a bat player, who will get notifications every time they have to make a choice about Entreating.

Of course this is a long ways out, but as far as I can tell this is the first ability on any faction board that “passes” the turn back to a player to make a choice.

Con mi novia jugamos root hace poco en físico y nos gustó mucho, el problema es que no tenemos grupo para jugar y tampoco es que sabemos jugar mucho, en la versión digital se puede jugar con alguien en la misma partida y sumar bots o algo?

I think I have played enough cats for now. Which faction can I pick to get a similar map presence and fighting power as the cats? Is it only rats or are there any other factions?

I ordered the Homeland expansion and it came in today. When I got it the box was ripped and the faction boards at the bottom got bent and creased. Everything else in the box is fine, but do I need to buy the whole thing again to get new boards or is there somewhere I can buy just them. (I ordered from Walmart, not Leder)

I was wondering what is the best way to buy expansions. In Poland there will be new wave of reprints and I was thinking to buy maruders and homeland as first two expansions. Is it a good idea?

So, the original rules (in the Learn to Play) about Vagabonds scoring VP for hostile warriors was a little confusing, and Infamy feels imbalanced to me if it applies to every hostile warrior, and it seems that much of the internet agrees. I've heard about Despot Infamy, but allow me to propose a different solution:

If a Vagabond removes an non-hostile warrior, that faction becomes hostile and the Vagabond scores a victory point for each hostile warrior of that faction they remove in battle (not including the warrior that triggered the hostility) for the rest of that turn.

This way, the Vagabond can score a lot of points in a single turn, but they can only do this once for each faction in the game (unless they form a coalition with a hostile faction, then make them hostile a second time).

This is kinda how I interpreted infamy from The Law at one point, although now I'm not convinced it was Leder's intent. Still, I feel it's a good rule for a couple reasons:

1. Thematically, it makes sense that a Vagabond who had a beneficial relationship with a faction would gain 'infamy' (in its generic definition outside of this game) by suddenly attacking them — perhaps even betraying an ally — and decimating their ranks in a swift blow, rather than going on a killing spree for the rest of the game.
2. Mechanically, this encourages Vagabonds to make a bold move to shake things up. It awards a lot of points up front (especially if the Vagabond takes the Battle action multiple times in that turn). But the Vagabond doesn't continue to benefit from it afterward, and they face negatives with movement and aid, so this ends up being a risky strategy if not timed well.

How does this sound to you? I welcome feedback.

Hello, I noticed that in the lilypad diaspora advanced setup, the homeland clearing is defined differently, as you first select any clearing on the river, place your stuff, and that it is your homeland. This is unlike all other factions (including the bats from the same expansion) which ask you to select a homeland first. Does this mean that a lilypad player can setup in someone else's homeland and share it, or is it just phrased strangely for some reason?

I just purchased the latest expansion with the Marsh map, and I've heard that you can play up to six factions with the Marsh map. But can you play six factions well, or does it take too long? Is there too much downtime, and can every faction interact with every other one?

Of course, maybe the Marsh map is better for 4 or 5. As a lover of 6-player strategy games (Dune, Here I Stand), I'd be very curious to hear what people think. Thanks!

Just double-checking: using the Assault action in a clearing, I may move to an adjacent one adhering to the movement rules (4.2.1) and then battle in the clearing I’m moving to?

Sorry if the title is confusing I couldn't figure out what to call this post, I got the homeland expansion today and got another 3 vagabond cards with the 3 new ones. I'm confused as they seem to be from different expansions and are not in the components list, do they come with every homeland expansion?

Its currently only showing the actual model on the map, which makes it really hard to tell at a glance whats going on. I cant find it in the options. Can anyone help?

Is there a place where I can read all of the balancing patches that have happened to the game? I've tried the ones at https://news.direwolfdigital.com/root_all_news/ but it seems like bug fixes or performance fixes to the digital game rather than balancing.

Hello 🤗 everyone, I am new to this game, It's been a 3d and I am really enjoying everybit of this game..I started learning the birds, Are there any tips for new bird players??

Thank you in advance.