Root: The Marauder Review - Some Good, Some Bad, Some Badgers & Some Rats

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BoardGameCo Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/boardgameco Exclusive Patreon Videos Every Monday! Link to Buy Base Game (Affiliate) - https://amzn.to/3ORo0D3 Root: The Marauder Expansion introduces two new factions to the Woodland⁠—the Lord of the Hundreds and Keepers in Iron—alongside four hirelings and a new setup draft suitable for both casual and competitive play. Play as the: - Lord of the Hundreds – Oppress the Woodland and burn it to the ground if need be. You suffer no dissent. - Keepers in Iron – Lead your exiled order of devout knights into battle to recover ancient relics. For glory! Discover unique strategies and make the Woodland wilder by adding hirelings! These small factions can be used at any player count and introduce surprising new power combinations as well as a chess-like tension to lower player count games of Root. - Forest Patrol & Feline Physicians – Secure your realm and heal deadly injuries with Marquise elites. - Last Dynasty & Bluebird Nobles – Crush your foes and prove your legitimacy with the last Eyrie regiment. - Spring Uprising & Rabbit Scouts – Revolt against despots and fight for freedom with Alliance sympathizers. - The Exile & The Bandit – Stalk the forests and steal what you need with these Vagabond mercenaries. BGG Link - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/330149/root-marauder-expansion TimeStamps: 0:00:00 - Overview 0:01:05 - The New Factions 0:05:53 - Reviewing The Factions 0:11:35 - The Hirelings 0:15:05 - Reviewing The Hirelings 0:17:38 - The Landmarks 0:18:49 - Final Thoughts 0:20:43 - Do You Need This Expansion? 5.0 - My absolutely favorite games. You can pry them out of my cold dead hands. 4.5 - Love this game! At the same time missing something that would make it a 5. Could be hard to table, lacking variability, a little light, etc. 4.0 - Really great game, almost always keeping, although has meaningful complaints as to what takes away from the experience. 3.5 - Really enjoyed, don't love it, may lose out to better games but the idea of never playing again is a bit sad. 3.0 - A good game, would play and suggest with the right people, if I never played it again wouldn't lose any sleep. 2.5 - A game I'd play again , but will never suggest it myself 2.0 - A game I don't want to play again 1.5 - A game I can't find any reason to recommend 1.0 - A game that is just bad. My Review Board - https://bit.ly/2Y9PFJF Explanation of Review Board - https://youtu.be/jA-Zb2StGjk Upgrade Your Game At Top Shelf Gamer (Referral Link) https://bit.ly/3siD0PL My Game Table (Non Referral) https://bit.ly/3aYUdpp For media inquiries, please email me at alex@boardgameco.com