I played the worst faction in the game so you don't have to. [Playthrough]

Look to your left. Now, to your right. Then, to the garbage cans you put outside just five minutes ago. One of these places is already under the sway of the CORVID CONSPIRACY.
"No!" you cry, "*I* was going to eat that precious garbage!" But it is already too late.

In this thrilling game of Root: A woodland game of might and right by Leder games, a board game company that makes wargaming content and occasionally crows, I play by far the worst faction in the game.

The garbage may have been lost to the wind and your neighbour's yards, but the taste of victory... is eternal.

#gaming #rootgame #nevakanezah

[tamwin]

I actually had a lot of success with Crows in a local game by playing them as toothless. Never placing plots anywhere where they could effect other players, and leaving them facedown without any warriors who could trigger them. This allowed me to go mostly ignored, and I could freely craft a few good cards. Then towards the end of the game, I was able to flip several plots, and combined with two existing face up plots scored a bunch and crafted on the last turn to win. I'm not sure it would have worked in a higher skill game, but it was the first time crows have won in our little group (well besides the first time when we didn't realize they needed a warrior to activate plots).

[colesrootchannel]

“It’s Time to Lie” is the unofficial subtitle of Root

[llamarama]

Your strat with crows reminds me of a bit in the movie paul where they are being chased by cops. "Wait pull over here!" "Why?!" "Cuz only a complete idiot would pull over here right now!"

[nitrorev]

Meanwhile I'm still sifting through piles of double VB games trying to get my crows gameplay recorded😂

[waterman]

I screamed the second time they skipped the Raid.

[picklezlunch]

Impressive. Watching mole town get deleted was extremely satisfying.

[giorgoskanellopoulos]

Well played! I love the Corvid; The one thing I do to get surprise points is hold on to False Orders. Corvid can craft and use it during the same Birdsong, which can lead to amazing cardboard slaying final turns!

[A_Beech_Boi]

I cannot imagine how many double VG games you had to go through in order to get a good playthrough!
Edit: I can relate to the Lizard player not using the Sacrifice action, when i first started playing Lizards, the name and wording of the action made it sound like you had to discard the card to do the action; maybe the player just wanted to hold onto them for crafting when the RNG gods wanted to be kind to the outcasts

[Gbus_]

Nice to see the crow gameplay! Can’t wait till you get to their guide

[anachronity]

This game is so interesting to me, and I enjoy the idea of it. But whenever I play I just get rolled over by some mistake on the second turn that I didn't even realize I made and it's very disheartening.

[CurlyHairedRogue]

In defense of the Lizard player on that first note… having taught the faction to others, it’s always a bit of an obstacle to wrap your head around the fact that the ritual literally labeled “sacrifice” doesn’t _actually_ have you sacrifice anything. So… confusion with naming conventions is a possibility.

[gkrotkov]

Love having more Nevakanezah content! :D

[pongwong]

I actually got the first Corvid win of our group a while ago (first win in about 50 games 💀) and I must say I cannot believe they got released in the state they’re in. Our group made a change (it’s barely a buff, but it’s a whole lot of fun) where if the bomb gets hit by an attacking player it will go off as if it were flipped (except no victory points are scored for the corvids player). This makes it so that exposure is actually used and people don’t just smack plots Willy nilly. Try it out some time, I’d highly recommend it.

[monsoon]

It sucks that root digital doesn’t allow you to used buffed crows (extra set of plots). Would be nice if they made that possible

[AurelDuLac]

Gg, very nice game, I loved the storytelling !

[Arma]

Just got a load of Root expansions for Christmas, including the Underground. Haven't played as the crowd yet, but they seem really fun!

[republikadugave]

That lizzard player should play some euro game...my gawd talk about being passive...

[pjdarkr]

I definitely thought this was gonna be a Gittin Gud video. Was indeed disappointed. This was great tho.

[senivri]

Do you play Oath? I'd love to see an Oath 'Gittin Gud' series

[Mayoniito]

Commenting for that fat algorithm bullshit!