Learn to Play Root in 24 Minutes (with updated rules)

How to play the Root base game with all factions and updated rules in 24 minutes (there's some silliness in the front and back ends)

Corrections:
6:48 - When placing Dominance cards to the side, I say that any OTHER player can acquire them, but you can too on a later round. (Thanks to Paulo Renato for spotting this one)
8:18 - I accidentally left a clearing empty that should've gotten a cat. Do what I said, not what I did. (Thanks to TutorialsForMom for this one)
16:40 - A new update to the Law of Root (published after this video) describes what's called Full Removal: Whenever an enemy player uses an effect that says it removes all enemy pieces from a clearing (such as Alliance revolts, Favor of the Mice cards, Conspiracy bombs) with the Vagabond, the Vagabond damages three items. (Thanks to Rotten Jeeves for this one)
18:43 - Just to be clear, because birds are wild, you can give the Woodland Alliance a bird card to satisfy Outrage. (Thanks to Paulo Renato for this one)
20:51 - If a tea, bag, or coins get exhausted, move it to the satchel. These can be moved back as soon as they're refreshed. (Thanks to Grant Smith and laes25 for pointing this out)
23:37 - The placement of the caption implies that the birds couldn't leave their space. Sorry for the confusion. The cats were allied and thus were unable to leave due to the birds ruling the clearing.
23:53 - You become hostile to other factions by removing their warriors, not by removing any of their pieces (Thanks to Tyler Pacheco for spotting this one)
24:46 - If you perform "An Evening's Rest," repair and refresh all items instead of just repairing. (Thanks to David Kuling for noticing this)

Want to rewatch something?
Intro: 1:20
Set up: 2:12
Basics: 2:53
Battle: 3:51
Cards: 4:48
Ambush and Dominance: 6:00
Marquise de Cat: 7:43
Eyrie Dynasties: 11:10
Woodland Alliance: 15:06
Vagabond: 19:13

Had to remove the song at the end because copyright law is more confusing than I thought. Sorry folks.

#tutorial #boardgames #RTFM #rtfmshow

[justsayjay]

Im a teacher. This is insanely well structured and very easy to follow. This seems to have a lot of planning and thought put into it. The links are so helpful. Very well done! A+

[LiiChinHo]

2:10 "So you've got your friends..." whoaa there looks like I'll need more than just this video to be able to play :/

[Wattorok]

I really like Woodland Alliance gameplay mechanics. They are one of the hardest to play right but really makes you feel like you're a guerrilla fighter while Birds and Cats are having a conventional war.

[DaveHaenze]

As always, really helpful video! Made my first time playing practically a breeze.

Also shout out to "Look what the us dragged in" during the Vagabond segment. I genuinely chuckled.

[tylerpacheco]

One note to add about the Vagabond becoming hostile at ~23:53. You only become hostile if you remove a warrior piece, not any piece (according to 9.2.9.III).

[no.]

Wow, your tutorials are unbelievably clear and thorough. You taught me and my friends Spirit Island and now this game. Thank you for doing this!

[dholeplays]

Thanks a ton for making this video! My friends and I have been getting into Root recently and were a bit confused by some parts of the rules, or had just interpreted them wrong. This is super clear and easy to watch!

[Zorayas]

People often say the app is a great way to learn the rules, I disagree. I found the app terribly confusing and felt many rules seemed to be missing. Your video was much more helpful. Thank you.

[synthetic]

I think this will really help. We got really overwhelmed trying to understand how each side plays. This game is still really complicated though, because cards do so many different things and you don't always do what's on the card!

[georgehunt]

The game arrived today and I couldn't help myself and this helped me instantly set up and learn how to play.

[_pie]

just ordered the base game + the 3 expansions, I was most excited to play the otters, but the alliance looks so interesting as well!

[GameWeekendChalbie]

This is perfect. I literally bought this game last night. Love the sketch at the beginning too.

[geraldgerund]

the rules explanation is great, but it's the little bits of humor sprinkled in that really make this so enjoyable as well as informative! (the "bird I grew up with" thing cracked me up)
thank you!

[evannadeau]

See the Brothers in the intro was a funny surprise! It's great that you guys collaborate. Thanks for this video!

[TheZaaz]

Good tutorial. I learned the basics of the game with 0 prior knowledge.

Also, when the third animal picture is shown with the faction name, I SWEAR that noise comes from Chrono Cross. The Isle of the Dead song.

[danajacobs]

I absolutely love the intro! I showed it to the people that I was teaching to show them the backstory of the conflicts to give a bit of flavor.

[travisr]

It suddenly clicked and I finally understand this game. I’ve been interested in it for a while. (P.S. I just supported your Patreon. I’ve been enjoying your tutorials. Great work all around)

[RottenJeeves]

Missed rule at 16:40. Full Removal. Whenever an enemy player uses
an effect that says it removes all enemy pieces
from a clearing (such as Alliance revolts, Favor of
the Mice cards, Conspiracy bombs) with the Vagabond, the Vagabond damages three items

[bladioYT]

Excellent rules summary! Thanks for putting in the time and effort to create this

[Reilanish]

Amazing video as always. I just got the game and can't wait to try it out. You guys do amazing work with your rules videos and I can't wait to see your terraforming mars video.