Expanding Root (Deep Dive Part 2)

Listen to this episode from Decision Space on Spotify. Decision Space is the podcast about decisions in board games. Join our active and welcoming Discord community, Join the crew today! (Decision Space Patreon), or Leave us a review wherever you find this podcast! Episode 230 - Expanding Root Pete and Brendan bring you the jumbo sized sequel to episode 219.  We dig into the decision spaces of all six Root expansion factions!  We also talk about the new boards and cards.  This is our sort of farewell love letter to this amazing game.  We ran pretty long because I think we didn't want it to end!!!   Timestamps 3:45- updated impressions 10:15- expansion overview 22:30- adset 28:00- riverfolk company 36:30- lizard cult 43:30- corvid conspiracy 53:45- underground duchy 1:02:00- lord of the hundreds 1:12:00- keepers in iron 1:23:00- more vagabonds 1:30:00- expansion maps and deck 1:38:00- final thoughts     Preplanners A few deep dives are in the works, so get in some plays of Castles of Mad King Ludwig and Dominion! Also our series on components continues soon with an exploration of dice!   Music and Sound Credits Thank you to Hembree for our intro and outro music from their song Reach Out. You can listen to the full song on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQuuRPfOyMw&list=TLGGFNH7VEDPgwgyNTA4MjAyMQ&t=3s You can find more information about Hembree at https://www.hembreemusic.com/.  Thank you to Flash Floods for use of their song Palm of Your Hand as a sting from their album Halfway to Anywhere: https://open.spotify.com/album/2fE6LrqzNDKPYWyS5evh3K?si=CCjdAGmeSnOOEui6aV3_nA Intermission Music: music elevator ext part 1/3 by Jay_You -- https://freesound.org/s/467243/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Bell with Crows by MKzing -- https://freesound.org/s/474266/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 hammer v2.wav by blukotek -- https://freesound.org/s/337815/ -- License: Creative Commons 0   Contact Follow and reach us on social media on Bluesky @decisionspace.bsky.social. If you prefer email, then hit us up at [email protected]. This information is all available along with episodes at our new website decisionspacepodcast.com. Byeee!