Root
A fantasy strategy game in which different factions in a beautiful wilderness vie for power.
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How To
How to play Root: board game's rules, setup and scoring explained
Send little cute animals to fight for the dominance of the Woodlands.
Feature
What are you playing this weekend? Here’s what we’ve been playing!
Magic, moles and Mancunians.
News
Root game expansion adds four new AI factions for co-op and solo play
Mechanical moles and clockwork corvids.
News
Root digital is getting a fresh set of playable Vagabond characters
As well as an alternative deck of cards.
Video
Maddie, our new video producer, answers your questions on the Dicebreaker Podcast
Jelly beans, D&D and Root are discussed.
News
Root creator on future expansions -“I don’t think we’re at the end of it”
“We can probably do a few more factions.”
Deals
Digital editions of Root, Sagrada and Yellow & Yangtze discounted in summer sale
Alongside Raiders of the North Sea.
Best Games
The best board game box art you could hang on your wall
This gallery of beautiful box artwork has everything from adorable woodland critters to a noir crime scene.
News
The Riverfolk Expansion is sailing onto the digital version of Root this month
Cultists and commercialists.
Deals
Tabletop Simulator, Wingspan, Root and Pandemic are all discounted in the Steam Sale
Alongside Spirit Island, Sagrada and Cluedo.
Opinion
Root’s show-don’t-tell storytelling makes its world feel alive
Eyrie-lly want to go back there.
News
Root will introduce a rat warlord, badgers and modular rules in fourth - and possibly final - expansion
Leder Games developers also discuss upcoming Oath and designing around feature bloat.
Video
Emma Partlow joins us to talk Magic: The Gathering, D&D and the best Trivial Pursuit replacements on this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast
Plus Uri Geller’s 20-year Pokémon beef, overlooked board game themes and how to kill Hitler.
Opinion
So many games, so little time: How FOMO and the cult of the new changed board games
Play it again, Sam?
Interview
“We're not trying to make fun games. We're trying to make good games”: Root, Pax Pamir and Oath designer Cole Wehrle argues on (and off) the tabletop
And talks joining forces with his brother Drew for Wehrlegig Games.
Best Games
10 best Easter board games to play over the bank holiday weekend
With springtime themes and cute animals, it’s time to crack into the best Easter board games.
News
Root, Res Arcana and Gloomhaven lead 2020 nominations for the As d’Or, France’s board game of the year awards
‘Golden Ace’ prizes split into expert, accessible and children’s board games.
News
Oath, the new board game from the creator of Root and Pax Pamir, is live on Kickstarter
How soon is vow?