Tea & Pancakes, ep. 3: @45 games of ROOT

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Welcome back to Tea & Pancakes, the show where I reflect on my combined experiences with Root every time I play five more games of it and then rank all the different variables! It's been a LONG time since the last episode... but I'll make up for it by talking about ten new games I've played since then. This episode definitely ran long, but with those ten games to catch up on, the impending arrival of Marauder, and just a general resurgence of Root excitement in my life, I just leaned into it. :) Enjoy! 0:00 - Hello & intro! 1:54 - "The Big Stats" 2:53 - Ranking the maps 3:54 - Ranking the landmarks 4:29 - Ranking the hirelings 5:12 - Ranking the ROOTbots 18:47 - Ranking the player factions 28:04 - Post-show talk MY PLACES... LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/givepausehobby Website: givepausehobby.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/GIVEPAUSEhobby Instagram (this is new!): https://www.instagram.com/givepausehobby/ OTHER ROOT STUFF: \ ROOTbotics BASICS \ If you're not fully comfortable with the basics of the ROOTbots, here's a video all about that! This was the first video in my reboot of the whole clockwork series, entitled ROOTbot Academy. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/3dP4pSm22u8 \ BETTER BOT PROJECT \ If you're interested in this or any of the other free-to-print BBP factions, head on over to Board Game Geek to get the most up-to-date files as well as read any discussions that might be taking place: https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/2068034 \ MY FLOWCHART \ And if you catch a glimpse of the inside of my Root box cover, my homemade Root faction flowchart (with major props to Tom Teaches for the better icons) is available to print and have with you at all times, in case you or other players need some help with faction choice. Also, this will be getting a total overhaul with the new factions sometime this spring once I've had more time to play around with them: https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/196837/root-faction-flowchart \ MY POEM ABOUT THE FLOWCHART \ This was my entry to the 60-Second Root competition to help celebrate the Marauder Expansion, wherein I confess my undying love for the game in the form of prose, referencing the aforementioned flowchart and what it means for a game to inspire _this_ much creativity in its fans: https://youtu.be/6LsG60eNuxQ \ MY TRUMPET EXERCISES \ Speaking of undying love and creativity, here are the eight exercises I wrote for trumpet inspired by the eight factions currently in print (the rats and badgers will have to be added soon!): https://youtu.be/6LsG60eNuxQ \ ROOT THE MUSICAL!? \ Okay, now I'm just being ridiculous. This was ANOTHER creative project that sort of lit my brain on fire for one weekend... I made a spoof on a different song from a different Broadway musical for each of the currently published factions... I know... usually this is when someone says "get a hobby" but clearly I already have one... https://youtu.be/8M9mha1xuL0 MY THANK YOUs: MUSIC! "Onion Capers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ LEDER GAMES! For the incredible work that every member of the Leder team puts into titles like Root in order to transport us to the ruthless, wondrous woodlands, from the bottom of my heart I thank you. I also additionally thank Kyle Ferrin and the Leder team for making some of his ridiculously good Root artwork available for the 60-second Root competition so I could make this new venture look that much prettier (all rights reserved to Leder Games and Kyle Ferrin as applicable). VIEWERS! Thanks for being here!Thanks for being here! #Root #LederGames #boardgames