Root

News

Root creator Cole Wehrle, indigenous RPG Coyote & Crow among finalists for 2023 Diana Jones Award

The pyramid-shaped award for “excellence in gaming” also includes a journalist for the first time.

June 21, 2023 Chase Carter

News

Root Digital’s Underworld Expansion adds corvid and mole factions

Dig for victory.

March 17, 2023 Alex Meehan

News

Root and Pax Pamir creator plans to remake historical board game about Chinese opium trade

Jamming traffic for a second time.

Feb. 2, 2023 Chase Carter

News

A Root open-world board game is coming after “years” in development

Which Path will you take?

Dec. 7, 2022 Alex Meehan

News

Root and Oath creator’s new board game, Arcs, splits its campaign mode into an expansion

Now crowdfunding on Kickstarter, Arcs will sell both pieces of the original design separately

May 24, 2022 Chase Carter

News

Root digital is getting a fresh set of playable Vagabond characters

As well as an alternative deck of cards.

April 22, 2022 Alex Meehan

News

Board game publishers don’t expect shipping woes to end soon, prepare for higher fees and longer delays

Leder Games’ Patrick Leder and Marshall Britt discuss the rippling effects on smaller publishers.

July 26, 2021 Chase Carter

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.

April 28, 2021 Alex Meehan

News

The Crew: Quest for Planet Nine among big winners at the 2021 American Tabletop Awards

Deep-space decorations.

April 7, 2021 Chase Carter

Deals

Snag Tabletop Simulator and all of its DLC games for half price on PC this weekend

Discount also applies to 4-pack bundle

March 26, 2021 Chase Carter

Opinion

Root’s show-don’t-tell storytelling makes its world feel alive

Eyrie-lly want to go back there.

Feb. 11, 2021 Alex Meehan

News

Root’s Warlord expansion launches Kickstarter this month, adds two-player rules and minor factions

Details laid bear.

Feb. 3, 2021 Chase Carter

Video

We cast the D&D movie, remix Scrabble and pour one out for Catan beer in the (almost) last Dicebreaker Podcast of 2020!

Having our Christmas cake and eating it.

Dec. 18, 2020 Matt Jarvis

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.

Dec. 11, 2020 Chase Carter

Video

The Dicebreaker Podcast returns to talk Detective, Alien RPG, Blood Rage 2 and the hottest board game of 1970

Hot releases, hot takes and hot gammon - we’ve got it all.

Sept. 4, 2020 Matt Jarvis

Video

We go digital with Root, dig up hidden board game gems and dive into D&D’s Cauldron of Everything on this week’s Dicebreaker Podcast

Happy Birthday, Dicebreaker!

Aug. 28, 2020 Matt Jarvis

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.

July 22, 2020 Matt Jarvis

News

Oath, the new board game from the creator of Root and Pax Pamir, is live on Kickstarter

How soon is vow?

Jan. 14, 2020 Sara Elsam