Root (Board Game) [3] Trivia Quiz

Answer: Attackers deal one extra damage

When attacking a defenceless tokens and buildings, the attacker is guaranteed to score at least one hit (even when they roll a 0). If there are lots of buildings or tokens in the clearing (e.g. a Marquise de Cat's lumber camp), it may take multiple attacks to destroy all the tokens and buildings.

Answer: Control two clearings on opposite corners

Controlling two corners on the opposite sides of the board is difficult, especially for the four factions that come in the base game of "Root." Some factions that were introduced in expansions (e.g. the Riverfolk Company or the Lizard Cult) have an easier time placing warriors and buildings in specific clearings, making the bird dominance card easier for them to accomplish.

In the base game, the Marquise de Cats always start off controlling two opposite corner clearings (with one warrior each), but players need at least 10 points before they may play a dominance card.

Answer: Warriors and buildings

A requirement to build for the Eyrie Dynasties and the Marquise de Cat is that they rule the clearing they want to build in. They usually do this by having the most warriors there, but buildings also count. Two players can have buildings in the same clearing, if control switches between the build actions.

Tokens do not count towards control, so the Woodland Alliance's sympathy tokens, and the cats' stacks of lumber tokens don't help them here.

Answer: Marquise de Cat

The Marquise de Cat can perform three actions on their turn, but can add an additional action by discarding a bird card from their hand. The cats start the game in a strong position, which means they also start on the defensive and are expected to "police" the other factions from getting out of control. Controlling the board while pursuing their own scoring goals becomes untenable in the late game with only three actions.

Answer: Woodland Alliance

The Woodland Alliance are the partisan resistance group of the forest. They use their birdsong phase to use their supporters to spread sympathy and foment revolts, and then recruit more supporters during the daylight phase. Once the sun goes down, they recruit warriors, move them, and initiate battles.

Answer: Yes

The keep is a token designating the Marquise de Cat's home clearing. No other players may place pieces in that clearing (but they can move warriors into it). Like all other tokens, it is vulnerable to attack. Losing the keep usually means the cats are in a very tough position.

The keep is where the Marquise de Cat returns warriors to the board when using their Field Hospital ability. Without it, they can no longer revive fallen warriors.

Answer: They don't do anything

The components in the box are the limit of what may be played. If a player uses all of one type of token or building, they may not place any more. There are eight lumber tokens in "Root," and the only way to take them off the board is by the cats constructing buildings, or by other players attacking them.

Answer: They place a new roost and three warriors

This is the Eyrie Dynasties' "A New Roost" ability. It reads: "If you have no roosts on the map, place a roost and three warriors in a clearing with the fewest warriors where all those pieces can be placed." If they have to use this ability, they're usually having a pretty bad game.

Once a new roost is placed, it's still possible for the Eyrie player to complete their decree, meaning they won't necessarily enter turmoil.

Answer: They may only have five supporters

As the Woodland Alliance places more, higher-value, sympathy tokens, they cost more supporters. It is hard to do this when limited to only five supporter cards (discarding any more that would be acquired by the Outrage ability). The alliance will want to get at least one base on the board as soon as possible, and defend it.

The other players can slow down the Woodland Alliance by destroying all their sympathy tokens before their next turn starts, because a base may only be placed in a clearing with a sympathy token.

Answer: The Vagabond can make a coalition with another player

The Vagabond, just like other players, needs to have at least 10 points before it can play a dominance card. When it does, it forms a coalition with the player with the fewest points. Those two players will then win or lose the game together. Often the Vagabond is one of the strongest factions in the game, so allying themselves with the weakest is a rare occurrence.

The Vagabond may only play a dominance card if there are at least four players in the game.