Root
Root redefines strategy gaming by placing players in a vibrant woodland where each faction plays by its own rules. With asymmetrical gameplay, every side—from the cunning woodland creatures to the imperial forces—has unique abilities and victory conditions. This diversity in play styles creates an engaging and unpredictable battle for control of the forest. Rich in thematic elements and supported by charming artwork, Root challenges players to think creatively and adapt to shifting alliances and tactics. Whether you’re a veteran strategist or a newcomer, Root offers a deeply immersive experience that rewards tactical ingenuity and bold decision-making.
Root
Original price was: £35.99.£28.80Current price is: £28.80. ex. VATDescription:
Root is a game of woodland might and right. Stalk the woods as one of the Vagabonds, seize the initiative with the Eyrie birds of prey, rule over your subjects as the Marquise de Cat, or command the Woodland Alliance to create a new order. With creatures and cunning, you’ll rule a fantastic forest kingdom in the ultimate asymmetric game of adventure and war.
Features:
• The stage is set for a contest that will decide the fate of the great woodland. It is up to the players to decide which group will ultimately take root.
• In Root, players drive the narrative, and the differences between each role create an unparalleled level of interaction and replayability.
• This is a great strategy game is for 2-4 players, and takes approx. 90-120 minutes to play.
Contents:
• 1 x Board with Fall and Winter maps
• 1 x Walkthrough Booklet
• 1 x Learn to Play Booklet
• 1 x This Law Booklet
• 4 x Faction Boards
• 2 x Dice
Cards:
• 54 x Cards for shared Deck
• 3 x Vagabond Characters
• 16 x Faction Overviews
• 4 x Eyrie Leaders
• 4 x Walkthroughs
• 2 x Loyal Viziers
• 15 x Quests
Cardboard Pieces:
• 4 x Victory Point Markers
• 3 x Relationship Markers
• 12 x Clearing Markers
• 28 x Buildings
• 19 x Tokens
• 23 x Items
• 4 x Ruins
Wooden Pieces:
• 1 x Vagabond Pawn
• 55 x Warriors
Root: Landmark Pack
Original price was: £6.49.£5.80Current price is: £5.80. ex. VATDescription:
Bring the Woodland to life with landmarks! Each landmark offers players new strategic challenges and tactical possibilities. Best of all, they work with each of Root’s four maps!
Features:
• The Landmark pack contains a Black Market, a Lost City, a Legendary Forge and an Elder Treetop.
• Each landmark offers players new strategic challenges and tactical possibilities.
• This is an expansion. A copy of Root the board game is required to play.
Contents:
Cards:
• 1 x Setup/Rules Card
• 6 x Landmarks
Wooden Pieces:
• 4 x Landmarks
Root: Marauder Hirelings Pack & Hireling Box
Original price was: £18.49.£14.80Current price is: £14.80. ex. VATDescription:
Need allies? Here they are, fiery and fierce. Discover unique strategies and make the Woodland wilder by adding hirelings. Best with fewer players, great with more!
Hirelings can be added to games at any player count. With fewer players, the hirelings add new pieces to the map, ramping up the tension and giving you more tactical options. With more players, some hireling cards will flip over to reveal new special abilities to gain, letting you explore unique and powerful strategies.
The Hirelings Box is an easy way to store and organize all your hirelings, and the Marauder Hirelings Pack includes three sets of hirelings.
Features:
• The Hirelings Box is an easy way to store and organize all your hirelings, and the Marauder Hirelings Pack includes three sets of hirelings.
• Need allies? Here they are, fiery and fierce. Discover unique strategies and make the Woodland wilder by adding hirelings.
• This is an expansion. A copy of Root the board game is required to play.
Contents:
• 1 x Learning to Play Hirelings Booklet
• 1 x Hireling Dice
Cards:
• 3 x Hirelings
Cardboard Pieces:
• 12 x Control Markers
• 3 x Hireling Markers
• 6 x Vault Buildings
Wooden Pieces:
• 6 x Keeper Warriors
• 6 x Bearer Warriors
• 5 x Bandit Warriors
Root: Riverfolk Hirelings Pack
£10.80 ex. VATDescription:
Need allies? Come row downstream! Discover unique strategies and make the Woodland wilder by adding hirelings. Best with fewer players, great with more!
Hirelings can be added to games at any player count. With fewer players, the hirelings add new pieces to the map, ramping up the tension and giving you more tactical options. With more players, some hireling cards will flip over to reveal new special abilities to gain, letting you explore unique and powerful strategies.
Features:
• With fewer players, the hirelings add new pieces to the map, ramping up the tension and giving you more tactical options.
• Need allies? Come row downstream! Discover unique strategies and make the Woodland wilder by adding hirelings.
• This is an expansion. A copy of Root the board game is required to play.
Contents:
• 1 x Learning to Play Hirelings Booklet
• 1 x Hireling Dice
Cards:
• 3 x Hirelings
Cardboard Pieces:
• 12 x Control Markers
• 3 x Hireling Markers
Wooden Pieces:
• 4 x Prophet Warriors
• 4 x Bandit Warriors
• 1 x Flotilla Pawn
Root: The Clockwork Expansion
Original price was: £24.99.£19.80Current price is: £19.80. ex. VATDescription:
The Clockwork Expansion allows players to square off against four fiendishly automated factions that can be used in solo, competitive or co-operative games.
The Clockwork Expansion contains automated versions of all four factions from the base game of Root: the Mechanical Marquise 2.0, Electrical Eyrie, Automated Alliance, and Vagabot. This expansion is fully compatible with our other expansions, so if you want to play the Riverfolk or the Corvids against the Clockwork factions, you can!
You can play with the Clockwork factions any way you like. Solo? Great! Add a couple to fill out your multiplayer game? Easy. Cooperate as a team against the Clockwork factions? Yes, even that!
Each Clockwork faction has three difficulty levels. If you want even more variety, you can also add one to four unique traits, giving the faction new powers and features.
Features:
• The Clockwork Expansion allows players to square off against four fiendishly automated factions that can be used in solo, competitive or co-operative games.
• Automated versions of all four factions from the base game of Root: the Mechanical Marquise 2.0, Electrical Eyrie, Automated Alliance, and Vagabot.
• This is an expansion. A copy of Root the board game is required to play.
Contents:
• 1 x Law of Rootbotics Booklet
• 12 x Difficulties Cards
• 12 x Priority Markers
• 4 x Faction Boards
• 16 x Traits Cards
• 3 x Vagabots
Root: The Exiles and Partisans Deck
£5.80 ex. VATDescription:
Add a twist to Root by swapping in the Exiles and Partisans deck. Whether you’ve played tons of Root and want to freshen up your experience, or you’re new to Root and want to jump into a wilder experience right away, this deck is for you.
Features:
• An alternate 54-card deck with new persistent powers inspired by the many factions of Root.
• This is an expansion. A copy of Root the board game is required to play.
• The Exiles and Partisans deck contains twenty totally new abilities.
Contents:
• 54 x Extra Cards
Root: The Marauder Expansion
Original price was: £49.99.£31.80Current price is: £31.80. ex. VATDescription:
The Marauder Expansion introduces two new factions to the Woodland—the Lord of the Hundreds and Keepers in Iron—alongside four hirelings and a new setup draft suitable for both casual and competitive play.
Play as the Lord of the Hundreds, oppressing the Woodland and burning it to the ground if need be! You suffer no dissent. Or you could choose the Keepers in Iron, leading your exiled order of devout knights into battle to recover ancient relics, for glory!
This set also includes hirelings, which will help you to discover unique strategies and make the Woodland wilder! Forest Patrol & Feline Physicians help to secure your realm and heal deadly injuries with Marquise elites. Last Dynasty & Bluebird Nobles will crush your foes and prove your legitimacy. Spring Uprising & Rabbit Scouts revolt against despots and fight for freedom with Alliance sympathisers. The Exile & the Bandit stalk the forests and steal what you need with these Vagabond mercenaries.
Features:
• The Marauder Expansion introduces two new factions to the Woodland—the Lord of the Hundreds and Keepers in Iron.
• There are also four hirelings and a new setup draft suitable for both casual and competitive play.
• This is an expansion. A copy of Root the board game is required to play.
Contents:
• TBC
Root: Riverfolk Expansion
Original price was: £24.99.£19.80Current price is: £19.80. ex. VATDescription:
The Riverfolk Expansion adds two new factions (The Riverfolk and The Lizard Cultists), new vagabonds, and exciting new game modes.
This box includes more screen printed warriors and the pieces you need to play with up to six players, plus new vagabond variants, coop and competitive bot play, and dozens of new player configs!
Features:
• The Riverfolk Expansion introduces two new factions to the Woodland—the Riverfolk and The Lizard Cultists.
• There are also new Vagabonds and a new setup draft suitable for both coop and competitive play.
• This is an expansion. A copy of Root the board game is required to play.
Contents:
• 1 x Learn to Play Booklet
• 4 x Faction Boards
Cards:
• 3 x Vagabond Characters
• 2 x Overviews
• 4 x Spies
Cardboard Pieces:
• 17 x Spare Pieces with letter backs
• 3 x Victory Point Markers
• 9 x Relationship Markers
• 1 x Outcast Marker
• 15 x Buildings
• 9 x Tokens
• 11 x Items
Wooden Pieces:
• 1 x Vagabond Pawn
• 40 x Warriors
Root – The Vagabond Pack
£5.80 ex. VATDescription:
Upgrade your Root board game with seven custom Vagabond meeples. Includes three new Vagabond character cards: Dash and slash with the Ronin, Quest more with the Adventurer, and Fly free with the Harrier.
Features:
• Includes three new Vagabond character cards: Dash and slash with the Ronin, Quest more with the Adventurer, and Fly free with the Harrier.
• Upgrade your Root board game with seven custom Vagabond meeples.
• A copy of Root the board game is required to play.
Contents:
Cards:
• 3 x Character Cards
• 3 x Tokens
Wooden Pieces:
• 7 x Meeples
Root: The Underworld Expansion
Original price was: £49.99.£31.80Current price is: £31.80. ex. VATDescription:
Delve deeper into the world of root with the Underworld Expansion, which adds two new factions and a new board.
Play as the Underground Duchy, swaying your ministers to lead a righteous expedition to the Woodland, bringing order to the unending war an chaos above. Or you could choose the Corvid Conspiracy, using cunning and trickery to hold the Woodland hostage, instigating plots to seize control through terror!
Set also includes two new maps: The Mountain Map lets you trek across outcroppings, clear blocked routes, and hold the mountain pass toshow you are an effective leader. The Lake Map help you whisk yourself across the map by travelling on the ferry, meeting new friends and allies along the way.
Features:
• Delve deeper into the world of root with the Underworld Expansion, which adds two new factions and a new board.
• Play as two new exciting factions on a brand-new board with new terrain to explore.
• This is an expansion. A copy of Root the board game is required to play.
Contents:
• 1 x Board with Lake and Mountain maps
• 1 x Learn to Play Booklet
• 1 x This Law Booklet
• 2 x Faction Boards
• 2 x Dice
Cards:
• 2 x Overviews
• 9 x Ministers
Cardboard Pieces:
• 2 x Victory Point Markers
• 4 x Relationship Markers
• 6 x Closed Path Markers
• 6 x Buildings
• 19 x Tokens
• 1 x Burrow
Wooden Pieces:
• 35 x Warriors
• 1 x Tower
• 1 x Ferry
Root: Underworld Hirelings Pack
£10.80 ex. VATDescription:
Need allies? Just dig out a gold coin! Discover unique strategies and make the Woodland wilder by adding hirelings. Best with fewer players, great with more!
Hirelings can be added to games at any player count. With fewer players, the hirelings add new pieces to the map, ramping up the tension and giving you more tactical options. With more players, some hireling cards will flip over to reveal new special abilities to gain, letting you explore unique and powerful strategies.
Features:
• With fewer players, the hirelings add new pieces to the map, ramping up the tension and giving you more tactical options.
• Need allies? Just dig out a gold coin! Discover unique strategies and make the Woodland wilder by adding hirelings.
• This is an expansion. A copy of Root the board game is required to play.
Contents:
• 1 x Learning to Play Hirelings Booklet
• 1 x Hireling Dice
Cards:
• 3 x Hirelings
Cardboard Pieces:
• 12 x Control Markers
• 3 x Hireling Markers
• 3 x Foothold Tokens
Wooden Pieces:
• 8 x Expedition Warriors
• 1 x Protector Pawn
• 6 x Spy Warriors
