Will New Expansion (Riverfolk) Allow for More than 4 Players?

[vilhiem]

Will New Expansion (Riverfolk) Allow for More than 4 Players?

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[I_am_a_great_magician]

No

[Pliskin]

Huh, that seems weird. Do we have an explanation as to why and whether it's planned for a later update?

[Raiseo]

I assume yes, that's like the whole point of the expansion

[VeeJay]

Dire Wolf has mentioned on Twitter (multiple times?) that there are no plans to support more than 4 players.

Never say never though.

[Gi-15]

yeah, pretty sure they say " not at this point" so maybe later

[Raiseo]

Well, that's disappointing

[Pilgrim Jake]

personally, i'd love to see a larger player count. The game runs much faster than the tabletop and some large player counts would be fun.

[Vartz]

I guess they will add the option a bit later as a free update like the winter map. Well, I hope so !

[Ratttz]

Genuinely frustrated to learn this only after having bought the expansion. One of the best upsides of playing Root in paper is that it has an extremely flexible player count. Honestly, I felt like the factions in this particular expansion are at their best at 5+ player games, because they either muck up the board or have more opportunities to sell things, soooooooo

[SylveonLover]

Does the physical game support more than 4 players?

[Sapper]

Originally posted by SylveonLover:

Does the physical game support more than 4 players?

The physical expansion, does in fact, support 6 players. Which is what the 2 factions that come with it are more designed for, especially the riverfolk company

[Barraka Frite]

I never played tabletop Root, but I was wondering if a game with Riverfolk involving 6 players would become too unbalanced due to the faction playing immediately after the Riverfolk company having easier access to the best cards the Riverfolk has to offer (this is potentially an issue for any number of players, but become increasingly problematic as the number of players grows).

[Zizhou]

Originally posted by CPC Drift Punk:

I never played tabletop Root, but I was wondering if a game with Riverfolk involving 6 players would become too unbalanced due to the faction playing immediately after the Riverfolk company having easier access to the best cards the Riverfolk has to offer (this is potentially an issue for any number of players, but become increasingly problematic as the number of players grows).

It's kind of a problem, especially if the faction further down the line is like the Eyrie or (currently paper only) Moles who want very specific suits and can get easily locked out. It unfortunately just ends up being another system that requires the players to balance themselves. All that being said, the Riverfolk can still economically interact with the players further down the line by positioning troops for hire in places that they're expected to fight in, or always returning their units when burning funds over those of the players closer in the turn order.

[SylveonLover]

They said that they are working into putting more players but teh priority was releasing the expansion first.