Root: The Riverfolk Board Game Expansion

About this product

New factions arrive, and everyone wants something from the Woodland.

Expand Root with two distinctive factions, new Vagabond characters and the Mechanical Marquise for solo, cooperative and competitive bot play.

A major Root expansion that adds the Riverfolk Company, Lizard Cult, three new Vagabond characters and new ways to play with up to six players.

Product Description

The Woodland grows more unpredictable in Root: The Riverfolk Expansion, bringing new factions, new characters and completely different ways to experience the struggle for control.

The Riverfolk Company turns commerce into power. Offer cards, riverboat travel and mercenary services to other players, set your own prices and use their payments to expand your trading network. Build trade posts across the Woodland and turn a thriving economy into victory.

The Lizard Cult follows a very different path. Spread your creed by building gardens, recruit followers and watch the Lost Souls pile to determine which clearings become the focus of your conspiracies. Acolytes can convert enemy warriors, sanctify buildings and launch crusades where the Cult's influence is strongest.

The expansion also introduces three new Vagabond characters and the Mechanical Marquise, an automated opponent that opens new possibilities for solo, cooperative and competitive games.

With additional pieces supporting games of up to six players and dozens of new faction combinations to explore, The Riverfolk Expansion adds even more asymmetry, interaction and variety to Root.

Root base game required. This expansion cannot be played on its own.

Need the base game? Play this expansion with Root: A Game of Woodland Might and Right Board Game.

View the Root: The Riverfolk Expansion Learning to Play Guide (PDF)

Why You’ll Love It

• Adds two fully asymmetric factions: Riverfolk Company and Lizard Cult

• Riverfolk Company turns trading, services and negotiation into a path to victory

• Lizard Cult uses gardens, acolytes, Outcasts and conspiracies to spread its influence

• Includes three new Vagabond characters for more variety

• Mechanical Marquise introduces automated competitive, cooperative and solo play

• Adds components needed to expand Root games up to six players

• Creates dozens of new faction combinations and matchups

• Adds new strategic possibilities without replacing Root's core asymmetric gameplay

Quick Details

• Publisher: Leder Games

• Designer: Cole Wehrle

• Artist: Kyle Ferrin

• Product type: Board game expansion

• Players: 1–6 when combined with Root

• Recommended age: 14+

• Playing time: Approximately 90–120 minutes

• New factions: Riverfolk Company and Lizard Cult

• New Vagabond characters: 3

• Automated faction: Mechanical Marquise

• Base game required: Root

What’s in the Box

• 1 Learning to Play booklet

• 15 Buildings

• 9 Tokens

• 3 Victory Point Markers

• 1 Outcast Marker

• 9 Relationship Markers

• 11 Items

• 17 Spare Pieces with letter backs for future scenarios

• 40 Wooden Warriors

• 1 Vagabond Pawn

• 4 Spy Cards

• 2 Faction Overview Cards

• 3 Vagabond Character Cards

• 4 Faction Boards

Good to Know

• Root is required to use this expansion

• The Riverfolk Company can sell Hand Cards, Riverboats and Mercenaries to other players

• Riverfolk treat rivers as paths when moving

• The Lizard Cult uses the Lost Souls pile to determine the current Outcast suit

• Lizard Cult acolytes can perform Crusade, Convert and Sanctify conspiracies

• The Mechanical Marquise can replace a human Marquise player in a competitive game

• The Mechanical Marquise can also be used as an opponent in solo or cooperative play

• The Mechanical Marquise uses the Marquise de Cat pieces, so both cannot be included in the same game

• Cooperative games against the Mechanical Marquise can also be linked into a campaign