Just found your channel and your editing, production and talking points are on top! Keep it up and your channel will flourish

@Neon_Gorilla

Ай бұрын

really appreciate the kind words, they are what keep me going!

i don't get to watch all your videos when they come out, but MAN if your edits aren't on point! you create such a vibe and aesthetic that is sweet man! Root is such a great game but i do get that two player experience, my buddy and i who introduced it to me and we just play as the eyrie and marquise! anyways keep on making them man !

@Neon_Gorilla

2 ай бұрын

really appreciate the kind words!

Definitely interested in 2-player root content since it's the main way we play this game here. High quality video. Articulate and organized. Keep them coming.

@Neon_Gorilla

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Horse appreciate that. Like I said I am really interested in all the different combinations. Have you experimented much there. Any matchups you enjoy?

@HorseIRL

2 ай бұрын

@@Neon_Gorilla can't see I can comment on that. I'm mew to root and I only have the base game at the moment. waiting for expansions to be delivered. So we've been mostly playing Marquise VS Eyrie. Tried other factions once but I don't think they work well in 2p.

@Neon_Gorilla

2 ай бұрын

Yeah that is the problem.

It's amazing to found this video. I also think that hirelings it's better than bots. Bots are nice, kind of tough to beat but hirelings chaos is better for the two player problem. My wife and I haven't played with this two factions, but I think that worth to try! I'm wishing to see more of this Marauder's / hireling chaos! :D

@Neon_Gorilla

Ай бұрын

If you play at 2 players mauraders is a must! I just ordered landmarks to see how those can spice things up as well.

@miguelviamonte8041

Ай бұрын

@@Neon_Gorilla Those are also a great addition. Super fun and extra actions are always welcome!

I absolutely adore root. I have everything and at the stage where I'm slowly getting fan content printed. I've never tried two players, the guys I play with always makes it three players. There can be some really good compositions for two players. Moles are a pretty solid Militant faction, and also the last one. Some people said that Crows and Woodland Alliance is a fun one. I don't play the hirelings as much, but they are always fun when we play. With 3-4 players, negotiating who to pass the hirelings to becomes a fun table talk. Landmarks are phenomenal. The Lost City landmark changes the entire game. I know there is Root video guide on how that bends the entire game.

@Neon_Gorilla

2 ай бұрын

I was wondering about the hireling pass dynamic. I thought it was curious that you could choose. I wonder how often it is used to bury someone with two players working together. Do you ever play online?

@willboy334

2 ай бұрын

@@Neon_Gorilla I do not. Never was to fond of the style, opposed to the lovely meeples. Yeah the passing hirelings makes another layer of game play. People would avoid giving it to the leader, so it balances. Until someone else takes the lead, then the previous leader gets hirelings. It's funny. Or two partners make an alliance and just pass a hireling back and forth, until they realize one is so powerful, they can't give the hireling.

@Neon_Gorilla

2 ай бұрын

@@willboy334 ah yeah I suppose they will self correct.

You must be a good player if the matchup ends up with the map divided in half. Whenever I play against my son and he chooses the Lord of the Hundreds, he just wipes the floor with my Keepers.

@Neon_Gorilla

2 ай бұрын

The keepers operated mostly in one half. Lord had no incentive to push past 6 learning to maximize thier points. It was never a perfect half and half like visual representation. It’s was simply to illustrate that in order to maximize each of their faction specific scoring opportunities they only need half of the board.

@Corroyeur

2 ай бұрын

@@Neon_Gorilla Your son is nicer than mine. The only incentive he needs is to do non optimal moves is to see the despair in my eyes while I lose all hope :D

@Neon_Gorilla

2 ай бұрын

That is fair. Now if I were playing with my wife I would be scared. Just started playing dead reckoning with her and all she wants to do is build her cards up for battle and sink me which now has me thinking I should reintroduce her to root.

I have maurauders preordered for more than 2 years now. The publisher in Germany who used to publish root went under. New publisher now but they have super small print runs. Sigh!

@Neon_Gorilla

2 ай бұрын

Ooooh that is awful and actually surprising! German of all languages seems like one that would have support.

@stormburns

2 ай бұрын

@@Neon_Gorilla yeah, not quite sure what went wrong there. The original publisher just wasn't good enough at running a business I guess! The new publisher now has to play catch up with all the content :-)

@Neon_Gorilla

2 ай бұрын

Bummer

The Cats are a very boring faction. That’s the biggest problem.

@Neon_Gorilla

13 күн бұрын

Replace them with the lord of the hundred. Problem solved :)

@Bob_Co

8 күн бұрын

I am curious. What do you find boring about them? Have you tried being more aggressive?