Root: The Clockwork Expansion was released in 2020.
The expansion adds two new factions, the Underground Duchy and the Corvid Conspiracy, as well as two additional maps. Root: The Underworld Expansion was released in 2020. A digital adaptation of the expansion was released in April 2021. The expansion adds two new factions (the Riverfolk Company and the Lizard Cult), the ability to play with a second Vagabond, and the ability to play with a bot version of the Marquise de Cat. Root: The Riverfolk Expansion was released in 2018. It was also nominated for the 2020 As d’Or Expert award. Root also received numerous awards, including the 2018 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year award, the 2019 Origins Awards for Game of the Year, Best Board Game and Fan Favourite Board Game, and the American Tabletop Awards Complex Game award and the Spiel Portugal Jogo do Ano. In 2022, The New York Times named it one of the four best strategy board games alongside Brass: Birmingham, Ark Nova and Lost Ruins of Arnak, praising its "unique ecosystem of conflicting and contrasting goals, powers, and win conditions" but noting that it was "an intimidating game for newbies". Dicebreaker also listed Root as one of the best board games, describing the "absolutely adorable" artwork and balanced powers of the factions. In a 2017 preview of the game, Destructoid commented favourably on the game's artwork especially the contrast between cartoon animals and the mature themes of the game. Similarly, Tom Mendelsohn commended the strategy, strategy depth, and "whimsical exterior". Jonathan Bolding from GamesRadar stated that it was "one of the best board games", praising the components, the accessible combat system, and "compelling" asymmetry, but commented negatively on the difficulty for new players. Theel concluded that the game offered "astounding depth" due to its "deep asymmetry" and "extended exploration". He described the Eyrie's design of adding decrees as a "fascinating and one of the most rewarding factions" that was "beset with challenges", the Marquise de Cat as "the most straightforward" but "deceptive", and considered the Woodland Alliance to be "a true guerilla force", with its power of destroying enemies to be "explosive and extremely gratifying". Reviewing for Ars Technica, Charlie Theel praised the game's visuals and highlighted its strategic depth and asymmetrical factions. Root received critical success upon its release. The Vagabond player can purchase items from other players and either befriend or attack them to earn victory points. Unlike the other factions, the Vagabond has no warrior units, instead controlling just one piece around the board. The Woodland Alliance starts with no units on the board, instead adding sympathy tokens, gaining supporter cards, and adding a small number of warriors to the board when given the opportunity. The Marquise de Cat requires its player to construct buildings across the board - gaining wood via sawmills to construct other types of buildings and add combat units to the board. Each round the player adds new cards to the decree, until they are unable to take a prescribed action, which causes them to lose victory points and reset their decree to the minimum. Players who select the Eyrie take their turns by planning their actions in a specific order as part of the decree, requiring them to take specific actions in specific areas of the board. While there is a common set of rules for movement, hands of cards, and battling each other, every faction adds an additional layer of rules complexity. In the base game, 4 factions are present: the Eyrie, Marquise de Cat, Woodland Alliance, and the Vagabond. Each player controls a different faction, each of which has different gameplay elements, tactics, and point scoring options. In Root, 2-4 players compete in an asymmetric wargame to control a forest. A digital version, developed by Dire Wolf Digital, was released in 2020. Upon its release, Root received positive reviews, and was followed by four expansions. In Root, players compete for the most victory points through moving and battling using varying functions with unique abilities. Root: A Game of Woodland Might and Right is a 2018 asymmetric board game designed by Cole Wehrle, illustrated by Kyle Ferrin, and published by Leder Games.
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