I misspoke on Relentless! Yes it “can” give two actions (it usually does because you are mostly at 2 prowess with LotH) but it gives an extra action for every prowess you do!
@@LordoftheBoard I forced people into a WL-double VB game during playtesting, and I described the experience as: "The worst faction combo that's legally selectable in advanced setup"
I just played my first game as LotH with a single Vagabond and I spent most of the game feeling robbed. Can't imagine what hell playing two of them would be
Interestingly, I played as LotH with a vagabond and it was the vagabond moaned most of the game, until they jumped to 29 VPs and the entire table rallied against them. I happened to go right before them so I could steal any crafted items which is probably what got me the win in the end.
I've binged this entire series as a new player trying to figure out all the races in the expansions, and it's been fantastically helpful. I've been doing way better in games since watching these videos. Are you planning on making a strategy guide for the Keepers In Iron any time soon? That would be amazing.
This is a fantastic guide! You covered all the little pitfalls that newer players find themselves in and really hit the nail on the head about how you have to see your role at the table from a point pace and policing standpoint. I was going to make my own guide but now I'll need to find some more things to talk about because you basically hit every important point! I still haven't checked out your round 3 game as Lord of the hundreds but it's in my queue. See you around the woodland.!
Nitro! thanks so much. Yes I hope it helps people feel a bit more comfortable playing as and stopping the LOTH! Haha oh boy im sure you will find things to talk about. there is some major nuance and tabletalk i left out. But i see what you mean. I cant figure out how to approach a Keepers guide because you already did such an excellent job. Ill be sure to shout out that video once i do end up dropping the Keepers video. Sounds good :)
YASS here for the return of the strategy guides!! lord of the hundreds look so fun to play man! super cool to see how they like to monopolize clearings-definitely making me want to get back into root asap and find my lost copy of marauders! 😂
I just played this fraction the first time today. A couple questions: 1. Advance the Warlord action: Could you choose to not move at all and just battle up to your prowess? 2. Mob tokens: there's no way to remove/move placed mob tokens unless another faction destroys them? 3. Can you not do any part of Raze if you have no mob tokens on the board?
@@NaBaronLes there’s a mood that destroys your own mob tokens in exchange for warriors, but it’s mostly useful for saving your token supply. As for the move thing, why wouldn’t you want to use those actions? If you wanted to, move back and forth or use them for building strongholds/battling in a clearing you already are in before using up your prowess
Really solid guide. Thanks Sam you're doing a great job. Two points I disagree with: first the adjacent mob idea. If you want to surprise you're opponents, than why put down a mob in turn advance when they see what might come to them. It's not only not luck depended but it actually achieves the same board state when you incite in the clearing you want in the turn you squad there. With the difference that you don't have the other mob on the board which imo is a liability in most cases because it is a point for an opponent. Second the fox crafts. Sword and crossbow are prowess items and therefore pretty good but as you said wrathful and stubborn are some of the best moods. I actually think bunny crafts are some of the most important, because boots only shut down jubilant and coins are 3 points. Charm offensive is actually a really really good warlord craft and swap meat just has a lot of utility. And one little addition for the opening: try to fill 2 adjacent 2 slot clearings ASAP with strongholds. This just let's you craft a lot and you have 2 clearings that you can easily opress with your command actions. Then the warlord runs around for more cleanings to opress and when he dies, you still have a huge army at home that the newly anointed Warlord can use immediately.
Yes totally! I wish I could have explained that points better. Cause rewatching I think I didnt explain it well. Yeah it is technically the same reaction time. But it’s more the psychology of it. You inciting directly on something immediately sparks - they want it. They aren’t usually thinking they want what’s around it. That’s when it starts paying out to get the future mob tokens out with raze. As opposed to it getting removed you want a single mob token to generate the rest as much as possible. So inciting in a clearing that can spread to multiple valuable clearings is important! Definitely agree on Bunny crafting being important too! I was mostly simplifying to show that both items and card effects of all fox craft cards are good for LOTH. Totally agree with you though. Also yeah i mentioned charm offensive because its so good and swap meet can help! Good point on the opening! and thank you for watching
The editing in this video is great! I'm pretty new to Root and have only played W.A and the Rats, but so far the rats are definitely my favorite! Thanks for making a strategy video :) any advice against Lizards players as this faction? There's a Lizard FIEND in my group and it seems like a really difficult matchup. Thanks!
The lizards are one of the big 3 problem factions with Lord of the Hundreds - other two being corvids and vagabond. The first advice I would give is to make a deal with them. Their gardens hold the fate of the game for them. If they mess with you can bite back hard on their gardens. Second one is to try and maintain clearings with multiple building slots. The more strongholds in 1 clearing will make it harder for them to maintain gardens in those clearings.
Hey Sam awesome content ❤️ as always. Just a few questions/remarks: - Why is spreading a mob more surprising to our enemies than inciting the mob directly on the target clearing? They have one turn to react in both cases.. - Relentless doesn't give you 2 more actions, it gives you 1 more action per Prowess. - True that warlord won't opress so much at higher player counts, but he's really good at scoring from destroying buildings and tokens in battles, and at higher player counts there's a higher abundance of such targets.. And other players also have a slower scoring at higher player counts. Don't you think it might balance out?
Yeah it is technically the same reaction time. But it’s more the psychology of it. You inciting directly on something immediately sparks - they want it. They aren’t usually thinking they want what’s around it. That’s when it starts paying out to get the future mob tokens out with raze. As opposed to it getting removed you want a single mob token to generate the rest as much as possible. - true I misspoke on relentless! But yes you get a choice to do 1 more after each. - as per the winter tournament they seemed to fair a lot worse at higher player counts. 4 they perform good though. It’s just they get really good the lower you go. But even in the video I mention this should be explored. It’ll take time to truly know! Thanks for watching 🔥
Had real trouble with the Warlord against Alliance (constant removal of important cards by mobs attacking sympathy), and the Corvids (spamming recruits in my clearings to stop oppression). Anyone got recvomendations?
Againts WA, just don't have card to steal. Also you can try walking into their bases with an army that's to large to kill and incite. This will kill of their base and sympathy wichi is free points and gets past gurila warfare. Corvids are just a problem in general and there isn't much you can do. Maybe you can try putting riot tokens on your important clearings but other than that you can't do much to stop them from poping up everywhere.
When did Wes Anderson start directing your videos? Jokes aside, love the editing, and it really is the perfect vibe for Root. Thanks for the helpful tips and explanations!
Played my first Rat game on five player (yes we call it rat). I somehow won, but if you snowball everyone just stomps you and it’s hard to comeback. When your warlord dies that’s when lavish is good because you can immediately come back strong
@@LordoftheBoard - could you give me your opinon what is the next best fan made map for Root, after your amazing Gorge Map? Looking to get a playmat printed with the Gorge Map and one other, but don't know which! :)
I'm a little confused where it says you can start with any mood I thought you can only start with a corresponding item which at the start of game you don't have any
Power level they are between the middle and the top. I think they are very powerful. But definitely see a hit on performance at higher counts. Personal ranking for them is smack dab in the middle. But they are slowly growing on me
Question here; Would u still recommend underground expansion over maurader to a 3 player group, as the hirelings could be viewed as a priority in the evaluation?
I think this expansion is great because it comes with those advanced setup cards. The hirelings and 2 red factions! I am leaning Marauders but you can’t go wrong here
really appreciate this guide. i think i had some misunderstanding about this warlord 😂😂 also may i have a question: can we choose to battle without moving when step of advance the warlord? or we must move then may battle?
Badgers vs Cats is fun at 2p! Rats are really strong.. but not over powered! so honestly as long as you both pick a militant (red) faction you are good! cats / duchy / eyrie / rats / and badgers !
@@AP-nz8qv yep!! We have been enjoying it. There will be games where one wins from like 22 to 30 points or so. This is normal. In 2 player games players can build up engines a lot easier so it’s a bit more chess like. One too many mistakes will add up
That is Almoravid. Just got my copy. It’s the second in the Wargame series levy and campaign. Intense asymmetric 2 player Wargames set in the Medieval period. It focuses more on suppling and hiring aspect of an army. It’s really good.
I misspoke on Relentless! Yes it “can” give two actions (it usually does because you are mostly at 2 prowess with LotH) but it gives an extra action for every prowess you do!
Can confirm: You can trust him on that one.
Haha it still hurts - notice I chose the two vagabonds that did me dirty
@@LordoftheBoard I forced people into a WL-double VB game during playtesting, and I described the experience as: "The worst faction combo that's legally selectable in advanced setup"
I just played my first game as LotH with a single Vagabond and I spent most of the game feeling robbed. Can't imagine what hell playing two of them would be
Interestingly, I played as LotH with a vagabond and it was the vagabond moaned most of the game, until they jumped to 29 VPs and the entire table rallied against them. I happened to go right before them so I could steal any crafted items which is probably what got me the win in the end.
I've binged this entire series as a new player trying to figure out all the races in the expansions, and it's been fantastically helpful. I've been doing way better in games since watching these videos.
Are you planning on making a strategy guide for the Keepers In Iron any time soon? That would be amazing.
It is releasing next Monday! :)
Yes!! New root content 🔥🔥🔥
Btw, the editing on these newer uploads are very nice
Thank you. I have improved my craft so much from the original series. Those were my first videos I ever did. So it makes sense! Appreciate it
This is a fantastic guide! You covered all the little pitfalls that newer players find themselves in and really hit the nail on the head about how you have to see your role at the table from a point pace and policing standpoint. I was going to make my own guide but now I'll need to find some more things to talk about because you basically hit every important point! I still haven't checked out your round 3 game as Lord of the hundreds but it's in my queue. See you around the woodland.!
Nitro! thanks so much. Yes I hope it helps people feel a bit more comfortable playing as and stopping the LOTH! Haha oh boy im sure you will find things to talk about. there is some major nuance and tabletalk i left out. But i see what you mean. I cant figure out how to approach a Keepers guide because you already did such an excellent job. Ill be sure to shout out that video once i do end up dropping the Keepers video. Sounds good :)
YASS here for the return of the strategy guides!! lord of the hundreds look so fun to play man! super cool to see how they like to monopolize clearings-definitely making me want to get back into root asap and find my lost copy of marauders! 😂
I appreciate you bro :D
Won my first Root game today as the Lord of the Hundreds! I think I found a new favourite.
These Root videos are awesome, please do a badgers strategy guide!! Also Root is my favorite game thanks for making great content!
Badgers are coming! :)
I just played this fraction the first time today. A couple questions:
1. Advance the Warlord action: Could you choose to not move at all and just battle up to your prowess?
2. Mob tokens: there's no way to remove/move placed mob tokens unless another faction destroys them?
3. Can you not do any part of Raze if you have no mob tokens on the board?
i got the same questions 😂😂😂
hope Sam may share some opinions
I also want to know the answer to these questions :D
@@NaBaronLes there’s a mood that destroys your own mob tokens in exchange for warriors, but it’s mostly useful for saving your token supply. As for the move thing, why wouldn’t you want to use those actions? If you wanted to, move back and forth or use them for building strongholds/battling in a clearing you already are in before using up your prowess
Can't wait for the Keepers guide! Keep up the great content!
Its coming!
Really solid guide. Thanks Sam you're doing a great job.
Two points I disagree with: first the adjacent mob idea. If you want to surprise you're opponents, than why put down a mob in turn advance when they see what might come to them. It's not only not luck depended but it actually achieves the same board state when you incite in the clearing you want in the turn you squad there. With the difference that you don't have the other mob on the board which imo is a liability in most cases because it is a point for an opponent.
Second the fox crafts. Sword and crossbow are prowess items and therefore pretty good but as you said wrathful and stubborn are some of the best moods. I actually think bunny crafts are some of the most important, because boots only shut down jubilant and coins are 3 points. Charm offensive is actually a really really good warlord craft and swap meat just has a lot of utility.
And one little addition for the opening: try to fill 2 adjacent 2 slot clearings ASAP with strongholds. This just let's you craft a lot and you have 2 clearings that you can easily opress with your command actions. Then the warlord runs around for more cleanings to opress and when he dies, you still have a huge army at home that the newly anointed Warlord can use immediately.
Yes totally! I wish I could have explained that points better. Cause rewatching I think I didnt explain it well. Yeah it is technically the same reaction time. But it’s more the psychology of it. You inciting directly on something immediately sparks - they want it. They aren’t usually thinking they want what’s around it. That’s when it starts paying out to get the future mob tokens out with raze. As opposed to it getting removed you want a single mob token to generate the rest as much as possible. So inciting in a clearing that can spread to multiple valuable clearings is important!
Definitely agree on Bunny crafting being important too! I was mostly simplifying to show that both items and card effects of all fox craft cards are good for LOTH. Totally agree with you though. Also yeah i mentioned charm offensive because its so good and swap meet can help!
Good point on the opening! and thank you for watching
The editing in this video is great! I'm pretty new to Root and have only played W.A and the Rats, but so far the rats are definitely my favorite! Thanks for making a strategy video :) any advice against Lizards players as this faction? There's a Lizard FIEND in my group and it seems like a really difficult matchup. Thanks!
What a moment to get into root. I envy you
The lizards are one of the big 3 problem factions with Lord of the Hundreds - other two being corvids and vagabond.
The first advice I would give is to make a deal with them. Their gardens hold the fate of the game for them. If they mess with you can bite back hard on their gardens.
Second one is to try and maintain clearings with multiple building slots. The more strongholds in 1 clearing will make it harder for them to maintain gardens in those clearings.
7:28 I saw that pain in your eyes 😂
And man, apart from content that is really well edited video!
It was a hurtful tournament game I pretend to have never happened! LOL. Thank you so much friend!
@@LordoftheBoard ouch... Where do you play Root tournaments? 🤔
played this last week...man I liked this game!
YES! I’m so glad you enjoyed ! 🙌🏽 you will have to tell me details in the discord!
@@LordoftheBoard Yes I did! We actually made a whole playthrough on it 😀 Yes I will mate!
And then they all lose... because you won. That line got me! 😂
😂 haha idk what I’m doing half the time talking to this camera. Glad it’s being some enjoyment!
@@LordoftheBoard it is! I'm looking forward to a badger video next.
Dude your content is amazing! Thanks for this video
Awh thank you!
As an avid skaven enjoyer I can already tell I’m gonna love this faction
Great video Sam! Looking forward to this faction so much!
Hope you enjoy it! :D
Great video! Looking forward to the one about Keepers in Iron!
You and me both!
Fantastic editing as always! Great tips
Thanks so much!
Hey Sam awesome content ❤️ as always. Just a few questions/remarks:
- Why is spreading a mob more surprising to our enemies than inciting the mob directly on the target clearing? They have one turn to react in both cases..
- Relentless doesn't give you 2 more actions, it gives you 1 more action per Prowess.
- True that warlord won't opress so much at higher player counts, but he's really good at scoring from destroying buildings and tokens in battles, and at higher player counts there's a higher abundance of such targets.. And other players also have a slower scoring at higher player counts. Don't you think it might balance out?
Yeah it is technically the same reaction time. But it’s more the psychology of it. You inciting directly on something immediately sparks - they want it. They aren’t usually thinking they want what’s around it. That’s when it starts paying out to get the future mob tokens out with raze. As opposed to it getting removed you want a single mob token to generate the rest as much as possible.
- true I misspoke on relentless! But yes you get a choice to do 1 more after each.
- as per the winter tournament they seemed to fair a lot worse at higher player counts. 4 they perform good though. It’s just they get really good the lower you go. But even in the video I mention this should be explored. It’ll take time to truly know!
Thanks for watching 🔥
@@LordoftheBoard Aha, got it 👍 Thanks for answering and keep up the great videos on Root (my fav game as well).
Had real trouble with the Warlord against Alliance (constant removal of important cards by mobs attacking sympathy), and the Corvids (spamming recruits in my clearings to stop oppression).
Anyone got recvomendations?
Againts WA, just don't have card to steal. Also you can try walking into their bases with an army that's to large to kill and incite. This will kill of their base and sympathy wichi is free points and gets past gurila warfare.
Corvids are just a problem in general and there isn't much you can do. Maybe you can try putting riot tokens on your important clearings but other than that you can't do much to stop them from poping up everywhere.
great video. much love lord
When did Wes Anderson start directing your videos?
Jokes aside, love the editing, and it really is the perfect vibe for Root. Thanks for the helpful tips and explanations!
Great video man!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Great video Sam! Do you think you could do an updated faction ranking?
I will definitely work on one :)
Played my first Rat game on five player (yes we call it rat). I somehow won, but if you snowball everyone just stomps you and it’s hard to comeback. When your warlord dies that’s when lavish is good because you can immediately come back strong
That’s awesome!! And good thoughts. I need to play the rats soon. I’ve been missing them
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Thank you for watching :)
So sad I haven't gotten my KS (and Marquis plush) yet! Will just have to live vicariously through strategy guides
I hope you get it soon :(
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Love your guide ^_^ Thank you
So glad I could help out :)
@LordoftheBoard When are you doing the Keepers in Iron strategy guide?
We’re getting there! :)
@@LordoftheBoard Awesome :) Love your content!
@@LordoftheBoard - could you give me your opinon what is the next best fan made map for Root, after your amazing Gorge Map? Looking to get a playmat printed with the Gorge Map and one other, but don't know which! :)
I'm a little confused where it says you can start with any mood I thought you can only start with a corresponding item which at the start of game you don't have any
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Thank you for being here!
You’re supposed to draw starting cards before setting up your faction?
How would you rank this faction out of the current 10?
Power level they are between the middle and the top. I think they are very powerful. But definitely see a hit on performance at higher counts.
Personal ranking for them is smack dab in the middle. But they are slowly growing on me
Question here;
Would u still recommend underground expansion over maurader to a 3 player group, as the hirelings could be viewed as a priority in the evaluation?
I think this expansion is great because it comes with those advanced setup cards. The hirelings and 2 red factions! I am leaning Marauders but you can’t go wrong here
Wait, how many warriors do the rats and the badgers get? I want to try them out first before buying them.
Unrelated, but will you be covering Crescent Moon anytime soon?
Indeed! Should be coming up this week!
@@LordoftheBoard thanks man! You really are one of the best and most likeable youtubers.
really appreciate this guide.
i think i had some misunderstanding about this warlord 😂😂
also may i have a question: can we choose to battle without moving when step of advance the warlord?
or we must move then may battle?
What would be a good starter for 2p? Both for factions and hirelings (got the KS pack). Also would advanced setup be used?
Badgers vs Cats is fun at 2p! Rats are really strong.. but not over powered! so honestly as long as you both pick a militant (red) faction you are good! cats / duchy / eyrie / rats / and badgers !
Yes you can still use advanced setup! just draft 3 cards and follow the Setup card prompts!
Awesome thanks! And any 3 hirelings at random (obviously not the ones matching our chosen factions)?
@@AP-nz8qv yep!! We have been enjoying it. There will be games where one wins from like 22 to 30 points or so. This is normal. In 2 player games players can build up engines a lot easier so it’s a bit more chess like. One too many mistakes will add up
What’s those games on your shelf in the top left and top right?
Almoravid is top left and Pax Viking is top right :)
@@LordoftheBoard thank you!
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I KNEW the rats on the street were up to something!
Right? They have been lingering too long 😂
Hey! Great video, what's the game on the top left?
That is Almoravid. Just got my copy. It’s the second in the Wargame series levy and campaign. Intense asymmetric 2 player Wargames set in the Medieval period. It focuses more on suppling and hiring aspect of an army. It’s really good.
Can you do an Oath stategy guide per winning condition?
This is a good idea. But i am really bad at Oath haha... however I may be able to hand some wisdom out!
@@LordoftheBoard I would love to see you do it! Perhaps the woodland warriors can help you out!
how do you play with 6 people?
The game goes up to 6 players!
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please hireling guide
What kind of guide? :)
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da giant rat what makes all of the rules
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i wait keepper of iron
Soon!
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Thanks for watching!