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A Digital Board Game of Woodland Warfare
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About Root Board Game
Play the digital adaptation of the beloved tabletop board game. Root is a game of adventure and war where 2 to 4 players battle for control of a vast wilderness.
The nefarious Marquise de Cat has seized the great woodland, intent on harvesting its riches. Under her rule, the many creatures of the forest have banded together. This Alliance will seek to strengthen its resources and subvert the rule of Cats. In this effort, the Alliance may enlist the help of the wandering Vagabonds who are able to move through the more dangerous woodland paths. Though some may sympathize with the Alliance’s hopes and dreams, these wanderers are old enough to remember the great birds of prey who once controlled the woods.
Meanwhile, at the edge of the region, the proud, squabbling Eyrie have found a new commander who they hope will lead their faction to resume their ancient birthright.
The stage is set for a contest that will decide the fate of the great woodland. It is up to the players to decide which group will ultimately take root.
The nefarious Marquise de Cat has seized the great woodland, intent on harvesting its riches. Under her rule, the many creatures of the forest have banded together. This Alliance will seek to strengthen its resources and subvert the rule of Cats. In this effort, the Alliance may enlist the help of the wandering Vagabonds who are able to move through the more dangerous woodland paths. Though some may sympathize with the Alliance’s hopes and dreams, these wanderers are old enough to remember the great birds of prey who once controlled the woods.
Meanwhile, at the edge of the region, the proud, squabbling Eyrie have found a new commander who they hope will lead their faction to resume their ancient birthright.
The stage is set for a contest that will decide the fate of the great woodland. It is up to the players to decide which group will ultimately take root.
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How board game apps should be done.
Oct 17, 2020 Root is a fantastic game. It’s not an easy game to learn, nor is it for everyone. But for anyone out there interested in this strategic war game set in a woodland setting with cats, birds, mice, and even a lone badger thrown in, you couldn’t ask for better. Many apps translate a board game experience into a digital experience fairly easily, and with roots intrinsic complexity you wouldn’t fault a more basic experience for this one, but that’s not what you’re getting here. No, this is the premium deal with combat animation and catchy beats, each character on the map has heart; this is bar none the best digital adaption I’ve ever witnessed. Bravo to the developers. If your new to root or just to the app, the tutorials are brilliant. The controls are fairly straight forward, but give the tutorials a glance, because there’s a lot going on. That being said, the app condenses much of the fiddliness of the physical game and manages things with ease. A couple of points that I’d love the developer to consider in future updates: an option to invite friends to a game and a small notification when a message in in-game chat has been sent. Thanks.more -
Nov 22, 2020 Game is great. Might wanna look into balancing the tincker plus favor cards...the combo is super powerful, not sure if it's intended or not. I got on Google Play can on play on steam as well? Or do I have to buy again?more -
Great adaptation
Nov 6, 2020 Animations are a fun novelty but quickly turned them off and zoomed all he way out. I wish you were able to see the other players info without clicking on their player icon but it is a trade off with the screen. It would be fun to see a match history tally. So you know what faction you are best with. And of course, I hope to see other factions include soon. 10$ is a lot, especially when you’ve already bought the game and expansions once! But I downloaded this game this afternoon and have already played about a dozen games. Always room for improvement but all in all would recommendmore -
Nov 21, 2020 Root is a truly incredible board game and the digital version really carries. The game play is solid and the developers are listening to player feedback.more -
I never write reviews
Oct 15, 2020 But this is important. BUY ROOT. I need enough people to buy this game that they have reason to release the expansion factions! At the very least the winter map would be a nice change of pace. We need new content, and you need to experience the sleekest version of what very well might be the greatest board game of our generation. Oh, and devs - if you could speed up quick battles like 20% more (especially when the outcome is certain like removing an Alliance token) you’ll have earned your fifth star. Also also - the AI for the birds is nearly braindead (ive seen it place cards in recruit for suits it doesnt have a roost in at the time, and it doesnt value having a card in build especially a bird nearly enough) although at the same time the bird bot made a galaxy brain play and favor of the foxed on the last turn one time which was hilarious. And the vagabond has a pretty weird prioritization for which items get damaged - instead of letting other items get damaged then repairing them with hammers or ranger repair it just damages the hammers in the first place.more
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Oct 2, 2020 It has fatal bugs. If they fix them I will update this review, because the game itself is truly a masterpiece, the animation superb, the stylistic choices completely on point. You just can't finish a game. Of the 15 or so games I've started with friends thus far, maybe 9 or 10 have glitched out and refused to let us continue them. We will enter combat and two x's will appear on the dice (and some random number of characters will die on either side) and thats it, but the fighting never resolves.more -
Oct 27, 2020 I would like to leave a 5-star rating, but the most recent update has destroyed the game's functionality. I cannot get it to download all necessary content on opening the app. Very frustrating! It just hangs; then I get an error message stating that required files didn't download. Hoping you can find a fix!more
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How board game apps should be done.
Oct 17, 2020 Root is a fantastic game. It’s not an easy game to learn, nor is it for everyone. But for anyone out there interested in this strategic war game set in a woodland setting with cats, birds, mice, and even a lone badger thrown in, you couldn’t ask for better. Many apps translate a board game experience into a digital experience fairly easily, and with roots intrinsic complexity you wouldn’t fault a more basic experience for this one, but that’s not what you’re getting here. No, this is the premium deal with combat animation and catchy beats, each character on the map has heart; this is bar none the best digital adaption I’ve ever witnessed. Bravo to the developers. If your new to root or just to the app, the tutorials are brilliant. The controls are fairly straight forward, but give the tutorials a glance, because there’s a lot going on. That being said, the app condenses much of the fiddliness of the physical game and manages things with ease. A couple of points that I’d love the developer to consider in future updates: an option to invite friends to a game and a small notification when a message in in-game chat has been sent. Thanks.more -
Nov 22, 2020 Game is great. Might wanna look into balancing the tincker plus favor cards...the combo is super powerful, not sure if it's intended or not. I got on Google Play can on play on steam as well? Or do I have to buy again?more -
Great adaptation
Nov 6, 2020 Animations are a fun novelty but quickly turned them off and zoomed all he way out. I wish you were able to see the other players info without clicking on their player icon but it is a trade off with the screen. It would be fun to see a match history tally. So you know what faction you are best with. And of course, I hope to see other factions include soon. 10$ is a lot, especially when you’ve already bought the game and expansions once! But I downloaded this game this afternoon and have already played about a dozen games. Always room for improvement but all in all would recommendmore -
Nov 21, 2020 Root is a truly incredible board game and the digital version really carries. The game play is solid and the developers are listening to player feedback.more -
Nov 20, 2020 Yes! Excellent digital adaptation of a fantastic board game! Clockwork is great. Can't wait for the other expansionsmore
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I never write reviews
Oct 15, 2020 But this is important. BUY ROOT. I need enough people to buy this game that they have reason to release the expansion factions! At the very least the winter map would be a nice change of pace. We need new content, and you need to experience the sleekest version of what very well might be the greatest board game of our generation. Oh, and devs - if you could speed up quick battles like 20% more (especially when the outcome is certain like removing an Alliance token) you’ll have earned your fifth star. Also also - the AI for the birds is nearly braindead (ive seen it place cards in recruit for suits it doesnt have a roost in at the time, and it doesnt value having a card in build especially a bird nearly enough) although at the same time the bird bot made a galaxy brain play and favor of the foxed on the last turn one time which was hilarious. And the vagabond has a pretty weird prioritization for which items get damaged - instead of letting other items get damaged then repairing them with hammers or ranger repair it just damages the hammers in the first place.more -
Nov 21, 2020 Beautiful, well-done adaptation -- the only nit is that battle animations take way too long.more -
Oct 29, 2020 This is a solid adaptation of the board game. The tutorial could use a little tweaking however. Not a lot of things are explained well and after completing all the tutorials I still had several questions. I love the challenge mode. It is a fun alternative to the standard game with fun extras that make a game harder or even easier. I'm looking forward to the expansions being added into the game. Hopefully we get all the new factions, maps, and decks from the physical game!! Great work devs!!!more -
Love it! BUT...
Sep 26, 2020 So this is an amazing port of an awesome board game, but I did take a few issues with it that forced me to give it 4 stars. First, and most importantly, the AI. I played a game as the Eyrie with all 4 factions in play. The marquise had a huge lead over all factions (they had about 22 veeps while everyone else was at 7-10 veeps) and the woodland alliance AI was hellbent on taking me out lol. Now I own the real boardgame and play often, when someone has a lead that strong, they are going to win unless other factions shift their focus to them for at least a turn or two. So the woodland Alliance AI going after me at a time like that felt like they were throwing the game, enabling the marquise to take an easy victory. Felt like playing against someone who didn’t know how to play the game, a n00b if you will. Also, I have an iPhone X, it’s pretty powerful. Yet the game does experience some hefty lag here and there. I know it just came out and I’m sure it will be optimized more. The Raiders app runs very smoothly and I feel that one is just as beefy. Either way, I love your work dire wolf. Unlike other board game apps, I know when your logo is on something, that I can safely purchase knowing it will be a quality product. Keep it up!more -
Great game, but with some bugs
Oct 26, 2020 I absolutely love this game and hope expansions are released with more maps and more factions, BUT I would not invest in it until the bugs are fixed. The game “locks up” or “gets stuck” quite a lot. Usually, this seems to happen when AI initiates a battle. The “scuffle cloud” animation will pop up and just... never goes away. Sometimes I can Save & Quit, them resume the game and it will get past it. Sometimes it will keep getting stuck at the same spot and I just have to forfeit and start over. The other thing that happens (less frequently) is that it will be a human player’s turn and the game just won’t let them take any actions (including “end turn/next/etc”) I have had to quit and restart 3 games IN A ROW due to a combination of the above. All games have the following parameters: Player 1 human Marquise Player 2 human Vagabond Ranger Players 3&4 AI Eyrie and Alliance Battle animations OFF So far I have played through maybe a dozen challenges and I don’t recall this ever happening during those games. I have never played online yet. Most of my games are local pass and play in case this helps. Thanksmore
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Great board game, meh mobile game
Oct 16, 2020 A great board game that hasn’t translated too well to mobile. While the artwork and UI looks great, it does not bode itself well to how the game actually plays. In fact, if you haven’t played Root the board game, I wouldn’t recommend this mobile adaptation - not before watching gameplay of the actual game, at least. Even with the tutorial, new comers will find themselves stuck and confused with any race other than the Marquis as many of the game mechanics that are normally quite clear on the board game are poorly visualized here (the Vagabond especially). That’s not to say that it “looks” bad - in fact the game looks and sounds amazing - it’s just hard to tell what’s going on. Unfortunately, it seems too much info needs to be displayed to fit on a tiny screen, and while the developers have tried their best to condense that amount of info, much is lost. If you are a fan of the board game, then it’s not a bad purchase and will provide hours on fun, but I would wait for a few updates as a newcomer.more -
It’s nice, but huge
Oct 6, 2020 I’ve been wanting to buy the hardcopy of this game since playing around with it “illegally” on tabletop simulator for a while. The devs and artists have done a great job with the interface, and despite being screwed by boardgame apps iver and over again, I can’t stop myself from indulging the hobby ... I wouldn’t recommend this for a normal iphone as it’s half a GB in size. My google drive app doesn’t take up this much space. Probably better for an ipad or something. I will have to delete it when I’m done with it each time sadly. Very pretty though. Also, I don’t understand the logic of locking tutorials. I don’t want to go through the same tutorials again when I reinstall.more
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Oct 2, 2020 It has fatal bugs. If they fix them I will update this review, because the game itself is truly a masterpiece, the animation superb, the stylistic choices completely on point. You just can't finish a game. Of the 15 or so games I've started with friends thus far, maybe 9 or 10 have glitched out and refused to let us continue them. We will enter combat and two x's will appear on the dice (and some random number of characters will die on either side) and thats it, but the fighting never resolves.more
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Oct 27, 2020 I would like to leave a 5-star rating, but the most recent update has destroyed the game's functionality. I cannot get it to download all necessary content on opening the app. Very frustrating! It just hangs; then I get an error message stating that required files didn't download. Hoping you can find a fix!more
What’s Groovy
Love this game, after playing my first game I immediately purchased the physical version. Though I wish there was a way to redeem the steam version with the mobile version, or even a reduced price.
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What’s Subpar
Really? $6 for the clockwork expansion? In a game that already has AI? Perhaps you could work on asynchronous play, instead?
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How board game apps should be done.
Root is a fantastic game. It’s not an easy game to learn, nor is it for everyone. But for anyone out there interested in this strategic war game set in a woodland setting with cats, birds, mice, and even a lone badger thrown in, you couldn’t ask for better. Many apps translate a board game experience into a digital experience fairly easily, and with roots intrinsic complexity you wouldn’t fault a more basic experience for this one, but that’s not what you’re getting here. No, this is the premium deal with combat animation and catchy beats, each character on the map has heart; this is bar none the best digital adaption I’ve ever witnessed. Bravo to the developers. If your new to root or just to the app, the tutorials are brilliant. The controls are fairly straight forward, but give the tutorials a glance, because there’s a lot going on. That being said, the app condenses much of the fiddliness of the physical game and manages things with ease. A couple of points that I’d love the developer to consider in future updates: an option to invite friends to a game and a small notification when a message in in-game chat has been sent. Thanks. -
Game is great. Might wanna look into balancing the tincker plus favor cards...the combo is super powerful, not sure if it's intended or not. I got on Google Play can on play on steam as well? Or do I have to buy again?
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Great adaptation
Animations are a fun novelty but quickly turned them off and zoomed all he way out. I wish you were able to see the other players info without clicking on their player icon but it is a trade off with the screen. It would be fun to see a match history tally. So you know what faction you are best with. And of course, I hope to see other factions include soon. 10$ is a lot, especially when you’ve already bought the game and expansions once! But I downloaded this game this afternoon and have already played about a dozen games. Always room for improvement but all in all would recommend -
Root is a truly incredible board game and the digital version really carries. The game play is solid and the developers are listening to player feedback.
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I never write reviews
But this is important. BUY ROOT. I need enough people to buy this game that they have reason to release the expansion factions! At the very least the winter map would be a nice change of pace. We need new content, and you need to experience the sleekest version of what very well might be the greatest board game of our generation. Oh, and devs - if you could speed up quick battles like 20% more (especially when the outcome is certain like removing an Alliance token) you’ll have earned your fifth star. Also also - the AI for the birds is nearly braindead (ive seen it place cards in recruit for suits it doesnt have a roost in at the time, and it doesnt value having a card in build especially a bird nearly enough) although at the same time the bird bot made a galaxy brain play and favor of the foxed on the last turn one time which was hilarious. And the vagabond has a pretty weird prioritization for which items get damaged - instead of letting other items get damaged then repairing them with hammers or ranger repair it just damages the hammers in the first place. -
Beautiful, well-done adaptation -- the only nit is that battle animations take way too long.
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Great board game, meh mobile game
A great board game that hasn’t translated too well to mobile. While the artwork and UI looks great, it does not bode itself well to how the game actually plays. In fact, if you haven’t played Root the board game, I wouldn’t recommend this mobile adaptation - not before watching gameplay of the actual game, at least. Even with the tutorial, new comers will find themselves stuck and confused with any race other than the Marquis as many of the game mechanics that are normally quite clear on the board game are poorly visualized here (the Vagabond especially). That’s not to say that it “looks” bad - in fact the game looks and sounds amazing - it’s just hard to tell what’s going on. Unfortunately, it seems too much info needs to be displayed to fit on a tiny screen, and while the developers have tried their best to condense that amount of info, much is lost. If you are a fan of the board game, then it’s not a bad purchase and will provide hours on fun, but I would wait for a few updates as a newcomer. -
This is a solid adaptation of the board game. The tutorial could use a little tweaking however. Not a lot of things are explained well and after completing all the tutorials I still had several questions. I love the challenge mode. It is a fun alternative to the standard game with fun extras that make a game harder or even easier. I'm looking forward to the expansions being added into the game. Hopefully we get all the new factions, maps, and decks from the physical game!! Great work devs!!!
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Love it! BUT...
So this is an amazing port of an awesome board game, but I did take a few issues with it that forced me to give it 4 stars. First, and most importantly, the AI. I played a game as the Eyrie with all 4 factions in play. The marquise had a huge lead over all factions (they had about 22 veeps while everyone else was at 7-10 veeps) and the woodland alliance AI was hellbent on taking me out lol. Now I own the real boardgame and play often, when someone has a lead that strong, they are going to win unless other factions shift their focus to them for at least a turn or two. So the woodland Alliance AI going after me at a time like that felt like they were throwing the game, enabling the marquise to take an easy victory. Felt like playing against someone who didn’t know how to play the game, a n00b if you will. Also, I have an iPhone X, it’s pretty powerful. Yet the game does experience some hefty lag here and there. I know it just came out and I’m sure it will be optimized more. The Raiders app runs very smoothly and I feel that one is just as beefy. Either way, I love your work dire wolf. Unlike other board game apps, I know when your logo is on something, that I can safely purchase knowing it will be a quality product. Keep it up! -
Yes! Excellent digital adaptation of a fantastic board game! Clockwork is great. Can't wait for the other expansions
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It’s Root done right, so I love it. But...
The online gaming function has an unforgivable flaw. I was part of an online game, it was my turn, I chose to attack somebody, when I did that the game had to wait for the other player (his name was Pele13, I feel I should mention that cause he cheated me out of a win and I want him to receive some blame for that) to decide on whether he wanted to use an ambush card or some other crafted card against me. The game still registered me as the current player, even though I couldn’t do anything until he made his decision. So when the time limit ran out for response time, it was ME who got booted from the game instead of the guy who was actually holding it up. I was winning by quite a substantial margin, so I think he just used a loophole in the system to get me booted from the game so he could win. This is a tremendous flaw that I can’t believe made it past any sort of testing phase, it should have been obvious. They need to fix this, and until they do, online play is pointless. Again, his screen name was Pele13, don’t join any games with him, he’s a cheater. Edit: Same thing happened to me again, I literally needed just one single point to win the game and I would have been able to easily get it if I could have finished my turn, but I couldn’t do anything until the Vagabond chose items to damage. Instead he just chose to wait it out so I’d get booted from the game. I was robbed of another win due to this terrible system. His screen name is NorthAbbot, don’t join games with him, he cheats.
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How board game apps should be done.
Root is a fantastic game. It’s not an easy game to learn, nor is it for everyone. But for anyone out there interested in this strategic war game set in a woodland setting with cats, birds, mice, and even a lone badger thrown in, you couldn’t ask for better. Many apps translate a board game experience into a digital experience fairly easily, and with roots intrinsic complexity you wouldn’t fault a more basic experience for this one, but that’s not what you’re getting here. No, this is the premium deal with combat animation and catchy beats, each character on the map has heart; this is bar none the best digital adaption I’ve ever witnessed. Bravo to the developers. If your new to root or just to the app, the tutorials are brilliant. The controls are fairly straight forward, but give the tutorials a glance, because there’s a lot going on. That being said, the app condenses much of the fiddliness of the physical game and manages things with ease. A couple of points that I’d love the developer to consider in future updates: an option to invite friends to a game and a small notification when a message in in-game chat has been sent. Thanks. -
Game is great. Might wanna look into balancing the tincker plus favor cards...the combo is super powerful, not sure if it's intended or not. I got on Google Play can on play on steam as well? Or do I have to buy again?
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Great adaptation
Animations are a fun novelty but quickly turned them off and zoomed all he way out. I wish you were able to see the other players info without clicking on their player icon but it is a trade off with the screen. It would be fun to see a match history tally. So you know what faction you are best with. And of course, I hope to see other factions include soon. 10$ is a lot, especially when you’ve already bought the game and expansions once! But I downloaded this game this afternoon and have already played about a dozen games. Always room for improvement but all in all would recommend -
Root is a truly incredible board game and the digital version really carries. The game play is solid and the developers are listening to player feedback.
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Yes! Excellent digital adaptation of a fantastic board game! Clockwork is great. Can't wait for the other expansions
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Easily the best board game of 2018, now in a wonderful app form. Can't wait for all the expansions to be added
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🐈🦝🐁🦅 ROOT done RIGHT 🦅🐁🦝🐈
Translated from a physical, tabletop game top game to an exquisite digital experience! The Kyle Ferris inspired art from the game immerses you into a beautiful and alive woodland battlefield. Underneath the cute facade is a highly tactical war game that pushes you to analyze your opponents resources and positions and your approaching goal of a wining score. A more complex board game that rewards the learning curve with a cerebral experience that stays with you. Bravo to Direwolf on this watershed moment in board game-to-digital development. And do yourself a favor if you haven’t yet- pick up a copy of the physical game to enjoy with your friends. -
Love the boardgame. Love that I can play whenever I like! A.I. is ok, not great, but bettet than the bots with the real game. Rules seem to be spot on. Controls seem a little clunky but you get used to them. It's a board game so you need great control anyway. LOVE the music. Art is a good representation of the game.
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I absolutely love this game, you need to actually talk with your opponents to negotiate and mess with them. The cats are perfect for your military plans, birds for the 5 steps ahead thinker, the alliance for your mental mind games, and your vagabond for the solo swindler/backstabber. One thing I wish we had the option to do would be to customize the deck, removing favor cards by choice you could allow people the chance to make it more homebrew like the physical game.
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Amazing !!
The adaption of this app is amazing if you are new to the game the tutorial is very helpful and learning curve is really low if you already knew the game if you are player like me hard to find people to play Root with this is the perfect app for you. You can play with people online,AI or try the challenge mode. I’m really satisfied with this app and can’t wait for more to come.
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I never write reviews
But this is important. BUY ROOT. I need enough people to buy this game that they have reason to release the expansion factions! At the very least the winter map would be a nice change of pace. We need new content, and you need to experience the sleekest version of what very well might be the greatest board game of our generation. Oh, and devs - if you could speed up quick battles like 20% more (especially when the outcome is certain like removing an Alliance token) you’ll have earned your fifth star. Also also - the AI for the birds is nearly braindead (ive seen it place cards in recruit for suits it doesnt have a roost in at the time, and it doesnt value having a card in build especially a bird nearly enough) although at the same time the bird bot made a galaxy brain play and favor of the foxed on the last turn one time which was hilarious. And the vagabond has a pretty weird prioritization for which items get damaged - instead of letting other items get damaged then repairing them with hammers or ranger repair it just damages the hammers in the first place. -
Beautiful, well-done adaptation -- the only nit is that battle animations take way too long.
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This is a solid adaptation of the board game. The tutorial could use a little tweaking however. Not a lot of things are explained well and after completing all the tutorials I still had several questions. I love the challenge mode. It is a fun alternative to the standard game with fun extras that make a game harder or even easier. I'm looking forward to the expansions being added into the game. Hopefully we get all the new factions, maps, and decks from the physical game!! Great work devs!!!
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Love it! BUT...
So this is an amazing port of an awesome board game, but I did take a few issues with it that forced me to give it 4 stars. First, and most importantly, the AI. I played a game as the Eyrie with all 4 factions in play. The marquise had a huge lead over all factions (they had about 22 veeps while everyone else was at 7-10 veeps) and the woodland alliance AI was hellbent on taking me out lol. Now I own the real boardgame and play often, when someone has a lead that strong, they are going to win unless other factions shift their focus to them for at least a turn or two. So the woodland Alliance AI going after me at a time like that felt like they were throwing the game, enabling the marquise to take an easy victory. Felt like playing against someone who didn’t know how to play the game, a n00b if you will. Also, I have an iPhone X, it’s pretty powerful. Yet the game does experience some hefty lag here and there. I know it just came out and I’m sure it will be optimized more. The Raiders app runs very smoothly and I feel that one is just as beefy. Either way, I love your work dire wolf. Unlike other board game apps, I know when your logo is on something, that I can safely purchase knowing it will be a quality product. Keep it up! -
Great game, but with some bugs
I absolutely love this game and hope expansions are released with more maps and more factions, BUT I would not invest in it until the bugs are fixed. The game “locks up” or “gets stuck” quite a lot. Usually, this seems to happen when AI initiates a battle. The “scuffle cloud” animation will pop up and just... never goes away. Sometimes I can Save & Quit, them resume the game and it will get past it. Sometimes it will keep getting stuck at the same spot and I just have to forfeit and start over. The other thing that happens (less frequently) is that it will be a human player’s turn and the game just won’t let them take any actions (including “end turn/next/etc”) I have had to quit and restart 3 games IN A ROW due to a combination of the above. All games have the following parameters: Player 1 human Marquise Player 2 human Vagabond Ranger Players 3&4 AI Eyrie and Alliance Battle animations OFF So far I have played through maybe a dozen challenges and I don’t recall this ever happening during those games. I have never played online yet. Most of my games are local pass and play in case this helps. Thanks -
Fantastic implementation... with no Undo button!
This is an enjoyable and beautiful adaptation of a great tabletop game. In addition to normal play against varying degrees of AI difficulty, there are a ton of interesting Challenges which shake up the game. The AI makes some questionable decisions at times, but I would still highly recommend this game.... with one caveat... There is no undo button! This is an absolute prerequisite for digital board game apps, especially games with as many moving parts as Root. I have to imagine this is in the works, and I will gladly up my rating to 5 stars once the undo button is added, but frankly, no board game app should be published without one. -
The Art and basic game play is great. Playing games vs the AI in a single go works fine! The online experience needs work. Getting back into the game after a break often hangs or is way to slow. If you buy it for the single player or want to support the developer, go for it! If you expect a first class online gaming experience, you better hold off a while or skip this one. Edit: Still needs work, but the latest update did make tmit way more stable for me.
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Just 1 Issue
Great port of the boardgame. This is really well-done! My only issue is that I usually play in 2D (I love to see the entire board at once) and, while in 2D, the bottom-most left clearing is covered by the Vagabond's "mat," when I play that character. I can't see the pieces in that clearing. Also, the 2 other clearings on the left side are obscured by other "mats." Since we can't scroll the board in 2D, I have to switch back and forth (2D/3D) to see what's in the clearings. We should be able to scroll the board in 2D so no clearings are ever obscured. Put this fix in and the game is a solid 5 Stars. -
Complicated game, well made, not for young kids
This game gets five stars for how well it’s made, how great it looks. I never played the board game but the description of this looked so interesting to me I pre-ordered. The 9+ age rating is too low I believe. I don’t know any 9 year old that would make it through the tutorial without being bored or even understanding and remembering all of the rules. I would say 15+ is more appropriate. I made it through the third tutorial and just lost interest. And that took an hour! I don’t have the kind of time or attention span for this. I believe there may have been an opportunity to create a simpler version of this game for mobile. I’m not bummed I spent the money. It’s well deserved and I’m glad I didn’t invest in the board game lol. -
There are a few adjustments that could be made. The games interface reveals certain things about your hand, such as when you have an ambush card or when the cats have bird cards. Change of rules for the Keep really hurts the Marquise. The ingame chat system needs some form of notification Overall, it is a great adaption and I look forward to the eventual expansion support.
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Great board game, meh mobile game
A great board game that hasn’t translated too well to mobile. While the artwork and UI looks great, it does not bode itself well to how the game actually plays. In fact, if you haven’t played Root the board game, I wouldn’t recommend this mobile adaptation - not before watching gameplay of the actual game, at least. Even with the tutorial, new comers will find themselves stuck and confused with any race other than the Marquis as many of the game mechanics that are normally quite clear on the board game are poorly visualized here (the Vagabond especially). That’s not to say that it “looks” bad - in fact the game looks and sounds amazing - it’s just hard to tell what’s going on. Unfortunately, it seems too much info needs to be displayed to fit on a tiny screen, and while the developers have tried their best to condense that amount of info, much is lost. If you are a fan of the board game, then it’s not a bad purchase and will provide hours on fun, but I would wait for a few updates as a newcomer. -
It’s nice, but huge
I’ve been wanting to buy the hardcopy of this game since playing around with it “illegally” on tabletop simulator for a while. The devs and artists have done a great job with the interface, and despite being screwed by boardgame apps iver and over again, I can’t stop myself from indulging the hobby ... I wouldn’t recommend this for a normal iphone as it’s half a GB in size. My google drive app doesn’t take up this much space. Probably better for an ipad or something. I will have to delete it when I’m done with it each time sadly. Very pretty though. Also, I don’t understand the logic of locking tutorials. I don’t want to go through the same tutorials again when I reinstall.
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It has fatal bugs. If they fix them I will update this review, because the game itself is truly a masterpiece, the animation superb, the stylistic choices completely on point. You just can't finish a game. Of the 15 or so games I've started with friends thus far, maybe 9 or 10 have glitched out and refused to let us continue them. We will enter combat and two x's will appear on the dice (and some random number of characters will die on either side) and thats it, but the fighting never resolves.
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I would like to leave a 5-star rating, but the most recent update has destroyed the game's functionality. I cannot get it to download all necessary content on opening the app. Very frustrating! It just hangs; then I get an error message stating that required files didn't download. Hoping you can find a fix!
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It has fatal bugs. If they fix them I will update this review, because the game itself is truly a masterpiece, the animation superb, the stylistic choices completely on point. You just can't finish a game. Of the 15 or so games I've started with friends thus far, maybe 9 or 10 have glitched out and refused to let us continue them. We will enter combat and two x's will appear on the dice (and some random number of characters will die on either side) and thats it, but the fighting never resolves.
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I would like to leave a 5-star rating, but the most recent update has destroyed the game's functionality. I cannot get it to download all necessary content on opening the app. Very frustrating! It just hangs; then I get an error message stating that required files didn't download. Hoping you can find a fix!
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