Skip to main content

Browse GamesGame JamsUpload GameDeveloper LogsCommunity
Indie game storeFree gamesFun gamesHorror games
Game developmentAssetsComics
SalesBundles
Jobs
TagsGame Engines
RuneLords189 days ago

I can only agree ! So I just played a game with the Tusked Riders and I have a few questions and remarks , if you don't mind helping me clarify things a bit :D 

1 - Naval War
-Can you reroll one of the battle dice as defender ?

2 - Transfer
- What do you mean by item track ? Is it the lord of the hundred's hoard ?
-Can the vagabond aid a player to take a monopoly item from their crafted item box ??

3 - Enhance
-What  do you ean by "spending a crafted card" ? Is it spending a crafted improvement that you crafted on a previous turn ? That's how we played in in our game.
-From where do you remove the non-monopoly item ? Is it from your crafted item box or from the supply ?

4 - Chastise
-As it's written right now, you can choose to remove any piece you want in the clearing in question. So for example you could remove the cat's keep, so maybe it's a bit to harsh ? What about removing warriors first like with the vagabond's crossbow ?

5-Exhausting items
-The horn is EXTREMELY powerful and it is all I've been doing all game. I spent the game in only two clearings, just recruiting with hammers and flipping anchors, to then remove 4 warriors to draw 6 cards to place more anchors and reveal a lot of pairs. It was a very passive game were I never moved or attacked, I just stayed there revealing 8 cards a turn to score 4 points. 
-Stealing cards every turn with the harpoon is a bit harsh I feel, especially when you are already stealing cards during evening.
-Do you need to exhaust any two items to refresh a monoploy item as well as revaling a card ?

6-Retrieve
-What is a removed non-monopoly item ? One you removed during the bestow action ?

Thanks ! 

Reply
Sigma_skibidi_rizz189 days ago

1. Yes, of course? There is no limit on whether you have to be an attacker or a defender to be able to reroll a die. Best of all, if there is a battle in a clearing with Knarr, you can do this too!

2.

- Yes, it mentions lord of the Hundred's hoard and others like it.

- No, the keyword does not match. Vagabonds cannot take monopoly items! But they can still aid a player and improve their relationship.

3. I don't understand what you mean, but this is my explanation: https://cards.ledergames.com/search?q=game:%22root%22&d=images&s=id&b=asc&p=3 . The card named Saboteurs mentions exactly what a "crafted card" means! Or the 4.1.3 in the law of Root. http://root.livingrules.io/#_idTextAnchor000 .

- You remove non-monopoly items from Crafted items and put monopoly items here because regular items always go to Crafted items, and no description changes this either.

4. =))), I thought that Root's 4.3.3 also applied to removal out of battle. By the way, you choose the clearing with the most of their pieces to remove, but they must choose to remove all their warriors there before they choose to remove any of their buildings or tokens there in any order.

5. I don't know how possible it could happen. Reveal in the MATCHING clearing and always along the river, play without getting into any damage from the battle, and have to build your buildings to refresh yours. There are too many obstacles here that will prevent you from always being able to play passively in a specific position. During testing, there were always a lot of factors that affected it unfavorably under the condition that the factors were balanced between the players. However, I may reconsider.

6. No, it is one you removed during the enhance action.

Especially number 5, I will review carefully. I look forward to your continued support in the next tests. Thank you!

Reply
Sigma_skibidi_rizz189 days ago (1 edit)

There are many debuffs, I think you ignored when you tested it:

1. Like other actions like "Raze", "Resolve the decree", or "Adjust the Outcast", you always take "Chastise" and lose a point because of it per turn.

2. Generating monopoly items becomes slower if you score too many points early in the game, as you won't have any cards to craft, which is vital.

3. More Knarr does not mean you have more times to reroll.

As for the horns, you can try "Remove any 3 of your warriors and/or tokens to draw 2 cards" - an original that was tested for a long time before being replaced for being too weak.

Reply
RuneLords189 days ago(+1)

Thanks for the clarification ! Helps me understand the faction better. To reply more specificly  to your answers : 

1- Okay ! Just wanted to make sure because to me it felt more intutive that it worked when you were the attacker, sort of a twist on the extra-hit-in-battle-as-attacker effect we  have seen with other factions. But this offers a lot of interesting choices as well.

3- Okay so we played it right, good to know. However it seems that there is a LOT a hoops to jump through just to add a monopoly item to your armory. As I understand it, you need to : craft an item, craft another card to spend, remove the item to place two monoploy items to your crafted box, craft yet another card to spend, hope your opponents do not switch their own items with your monoply items, and finaly you can add a monoply item to your armory.

5-I dont remember the specifics but it went like this : starting hand a bird,a fox,a bunny, I place 6 warriors in a river bunny clearing during setup. 

Turn 1 I exhaust the horn and remove 2 warriors to draw 3 cards. I refresh the horn by exhausting to other items and revealing the fox card. I exhaust once again the horn. I now have 8 cards in hand :3 birds, 2 bunny, 2 mouse, a fox . I exhaust a winged boot to move one warrior to an empty adjacent mouse clearing. 

During reveal actions I place three anchors in the bunny clearing and flip 2 of them ( 3 warriors placed in total )and build forges in the mouse clearing

Evening I refresh all my items, and so on everyturn where I draw 6 cards, find a least 2 bunny or bird card to place and flip an anchor...

Thank you for taking the time to answer my previous comment, really helps ! 

Reply
Sigma_skibidi_rizz188 days ago

Haha, I can only admit that my design thinking has thrived in an environment where everyone is ambitious and "brutal" 🐧, they can do anything to destroy a player, even if it means coming together to attack that one who is just one point ahead of the rest.

But I think you're right, I need to adjust mine. Guess what, it's done! You can see the edit table in the link I attached above.

Reply
AboutFAQBlogContact us
Copyright © 2025 itch corp · Directory · Terms · Privacy · Cookies