Root is a 2 to 4 player game with an adorable veneer that hides a ruthless game of war and counterinsurgency.
Root is a game I put off getting for a long time, and for two reasons. The first is that it’s a game, where the more players you have, the merrier it is. I don’t like to rely on the whims of that many other busy humans to play my games. I did pick up the Clockwork automas, but I’m not exactly in love with them yet.
Earthborne Rangers is a 1 to 4 player open-world co-op card-based adventure game about exploring, connecting with, and protecting the land and its people. You do this via a deck of cards that represents your abilities, gear, and expertise as a ranger.
I guess I should start with this. Is Gloomhaven 2e an improvement over the original? Yes, oh my yes. It’s such an improvement that it makes the original Gloomhaven look like complete trash by comparison. Cephlaofair took the improvements from Frosthaven, as well as everything they learned about designing it, and then rebuilt Gloomhaven with it.
Lord of Loot is a Co-op Adventure game for 1 to 5 players about gathering up loot and using that loot to complete quests and slay monsters. Lord of Loot aims to take the concept of a grand fantasy adventure game and compress it into something shorter and faster to set up. In that regard, it wholeheartedly succeeds. Lord of Loot is very fast to set up and extremely easy to learn.