Root Reviews

Addicting, once you are past the steep learning curve. Recommend playing board game first.

An amazing digital version of a rich and complex board game. It's fantastic solo and with friends over multiplayer. The value for money is excellent and the quality of the tutorials is outstanding.

The lizard folk are so fucking ass its crazy why is every action the highest investment in the game can we get new rules for them already

I love this game. It is a delight to play online in real time. However, the client side animations for battles are dreadful. It wastes immense amounts of time per turn on militant factions with lots of battles(rats, noble->bridget on moles) while your opponents watch a still screen. Its just silly that you cannot opt-out of client side battle animations. I have ran out of time on several game winning turns, where i have calculated the winning line, because i am stuck in animations and unable to complete my turn in time. But besides the battle animations its a brilliant game.

Fun game, I would recommend the board game but this is still a fun way to play without the mess of actually setting it up. the base game Is kind of lacking, so I would recommend getting the DLCs. Except for the Clockwork there's no point! Without DLCs: 8/10 With DLCs: 10/10 The board game: 11/10

If you're a big board game fan, online Root is high quality war game. Be warned, the expansions are almost necessary.

Very good mechanics. fun to learn each different role and also create diverse strategy to win.

The first time I played Root I absolutely despised the game. I was playing Eyrie and had no idea what I was doing. In fact, I hated it so much, I swore I'd never play the game again. 5 years later, and here I am. It's now my favorite board game. The game runs great, and plays amazingly. If you can get over the steep (and I mean STEEP) learning curve, buy this.

The game is very fun, though finding a game for online play can be difficult. I recently increased my winrate from 0 to 10% so I'm very happy about that

I've played Root in person and online and I must say the online version has so many QOL improvements as to be a nearly superior product. Root as a game is difficult to get into and confusing on its face. With 4 base factions with decent complexity and 6 additional and often complex factions Root is a very difficult game to get into with all content added. This is worsened by how easy it is to set up the game. Unlike in person games, where all pieces must be meticulously and carefully assembled according to the ironclad rules, the game will automatically set up the pieces for you. While some may have a benevolent host, others often set up at time of game: meaning they get more familiar with the pieces as the setup continues. This does not occur in the online version. What is a convenience for experienced players becomes a hinderance for new players. The online versions accessibility leads to a disadvantage further in how fast all actions are resolved. Discarded cards are quickly shuffled across the screen and actions resolve within the second. The easiest thing to understand is the battles, which have numbers and icons indicating bonuses. Root understands these issues and has introduced tutorials for all factions. For someone in a rush, these are useless in the moment. After the game, the tutorials slowly and carefully introduce you to important mechanics and game rules. Afterwards, the challenge tab gives you a reason to play against AI: adding unique twists which challenge and develop your skills. The issue with understanding what occured is solved with an action log, albeit slightly hidden. You can check and have a short record of prior actions, not to mention proper order. Because the game remembers what happened in prior turns, you are able to undo non-rng/unknown based actions. This is genuinely the best feature of the game and makes playing so enjoyable online. Being able to reverse allows for experimentation with movement and leniency in turns. You could go all the way back to the start of your turn and re-adjust allocations with a few button presses. You can replace all the wood spent on a prior upgrade in an instant and recover cards spent for upgrades without looking through the deck. It is such an awesome ability that playing in-person is superior due to atmosphere. Root's gameplay I won't really touch on too much. I'm not familiar enough with all the factions to fully speak on the matter yet. I do enjoy the game!