Decision Space

Root: the Greatest Game of All Time?


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Episode 219 - Root Deep Dive (part 1)

Buckle in for a long one!  Pete and Brendan go DEEP on Cole Wehrle's Root.  Did Brendan enjoy exploring Pete's favorite game?  Is the Vagabond OP?  Do the Cats suck?  Is this game too hard to learn?  

 

Timestamps

3:20- reviews

12:50- game background

18:14- basic rules overview

22:00- faction overview

34:30- the cards

36:00- battles

38:30- back to the cards

42:00- core decision space

54:00- marquise de cat

1:02:00- eyrie dynasties

1:12:10- woodland alliance

1:21:05- vagabond

1:31:25- table politics

1:36:00- final thoughts

1:43:20- plans for the future

 

Preplanners

Send up questions for an AMA episode through email or by joining our discord!

 

Music and Sound Credits

Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s

You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/

Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA


Rules Overview Music: 
Way Home by Tokyo Music Walker https://soundcloud.com/user-356546060​ Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/tokyo-music-walker-way...​ Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/pJThZlOuDtI

Intermission Music:
music elevator ext part 1/3 by Jay_You -- https://freesound.org/s/467243/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Bell with Crows by MKzing -- https://freesound.org/s/474266/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

hammer v2.wav by blukotek -- https://freesound.org/s/337815/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

 

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