Root: The Roleplaying Game returns with a new supplement—Ruins & Expeditions—and new faction inclusion dice from Fanroll!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
New Stretch Goals Unlocked: Sweetwater Inlet & Dice Tray!
about 2 years ago
– Mon, Sep 30, 2024 at 10:13:36 AM
Blacklisted bluejays, vagabonds! What a weekend! We hit the $300k mark and are excited to share what’s coming next! Let’s dive in!
Unlocked Stretch Goal: Clearing: Sweetwater Inlet
At $280,000, we unlocked a new fully fleshed out ready-to-use clearing set-up, complete with NPCs, problems, secrets, and rewards! In this case: Sweetwater Inlet, a clearing that delves into the injustice of refugees and the delicate moves that are made in the calm before the storm! This clearing will be available as a PDF for everyone who backs at the $15 level or higher.
Unlocked Stretch Goal: Dice Tray
At $300,000, we’re creating a new dice tray featuring Kyle Ferrin's iconic artwork, a beautiful and useful accessory for Root: The Roleplaying Game. The dice tray is made of a full-color flexible rubber sheet with a fabric cover and buttons; it easily assembles into a beautiful dice rolling tray at your table. Everyone who backs at a level that includes ALL STRETCH GOALS will receive this new dice tray for free!
New Stretch Goal: Clearing Booklet 3
At $325,000, we'll create ANOTHER new physical book: Clearing Booklet #3! Clearing Booklet #3 collects all four of the new stretch goal clearings we unlocked so far—Blackwine Vineyard, Rosewater Basin, Ingram's Ford, & Sweetwater Inlet—into a perfect bound book with new art from Kyle Ferrin! Each clearing contains interesting conflicts, important residents (with stats), unique locations, and special rules! Everyone who backs at a level that includes ALL STRETCH GOALS will receive a copy of Clearing Booklet #3 for free and is available as an add-on!
New Stretch Goal: Ahh, More Monsters!
At $350,000, we'll expand Ruins & Expeditions to include MORE monsters and a NEW clearing—Ricklebell Falls—that focuses on the fearsome beasts of the Woodland. Both the new monsters and the new clearing will be added to the digital and print versions of the book. Along with the unlocked playbooks, this final stretch goal brings the new expansion up to almost 200 pages!
Gratitude from the Woodland
What an update! We’re so excited to be in the home stretch with you, vagabonds! Let’s hit these last two stretch goals and knock it out of the park!
New Playbook: The Gourmand
about 2 years ago
– Mon, Sep 23, 2024 at 01:26:17 PM
Rocketeering raccoons, vagabonds! We’re excited to show you another of the new playbooks! Let’s dive in!
The Gourmand
Ruins & Expeditions welcomes six new playbooks to the Woodland: The Dealer, the Gourmand, the Scourge, the Hunter…and our two unlocked stretch goal playbooks (the Nomad and the Orphan). We’re excited to release the Gourmand playbook to you!
You’ve tasted what the world has to offer… and you want more! In fact, you can’t wait to share your own creations with the entire Woodland, one meal at a time!
The Gourmand is no mere chef—they are an artist! In fact, they are consumed by their drive to see new things, experience new flavors, and cook meals that will live on in legend. And unlike a lot of the other vagabonds, they don’t know much about hacking their way through the forest or breaking into the homes of the wealthiest denizens of the Woodland.
That said, the Gourmand is a welcome member of virtually any vagabond band. In addition to providing food and comfort to their fellow vagabonds, they can also make meals that will impress the rich and powerful, serving them dishes that will sway even the most haughty hawk or cantankerous cat. Of course… they will need the finest spices and ingredients—the kind found in strange ruins or underground markets—to bring such a dish to life!
We’d love any feedback you have on the Gourmand, especially playtesting feedback. Please email your feedback to [email protected] and put Root Gourmand Feedback as the subject line! We can’t wait to hear what you think of the first new playbook!
That’s all for today, vagabonds! We can’t wait as we close in on the next stretch goal! We’ll be back shortly with an update on the final stretch goals for the campaign!
Stretch Goals Unlocked: War-torn and Spring Maps
about 2 years ago
– Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 07:52:55 PM
Bodacious bunnies, vagabonds! You’ve done it! Two more stretch goals in the bag! Let’s see what’s been unlocked and what’s to come!
Unlocked Stretch Goal: New Map: War-torn
At $240,000, we unlocked a new clearing map! This time, the map will provide a dramatic war-torn version of the Woodlands for you to flesh out for your campaign! The map will be the same form factor as the other maps, a laminated 8.5” x 11” sheet, and will automatically be added to the pledge levels with physical stretch goals included!
Unlocked Stretch Goal: New Map: Spring
At $260,000, we unlocked our final clearing map—a refreshing spring version of the Woodlands for you to flesh out for your campaign! The map will be the same form factor as the other maps, a laminated 8.5” x 11” sheet, and will automatically be added to the pledge levels with physical stretch goals included! This new clearing map also unlocks Map Pack #2! A new physical pack of clearing maps that collects all four Root: The Roleplaying Game's Ruins & Roll Kickstarter stretch goal clearings we unlocked so far—Lake, Mountain, War-torn, & Spring—and is available as an add-on!
New Stretch Goal: Clearing: Sweetwater Inlet
At $280,000, we'll unlock a new fully fleshed out ready-to-use clearing set-up, complete with NPCs, problems, secrets, and rewards! In this case: Sweetwater Inlet, a clearing that delves into the injustice of refugees and the delicate moves that are made in the calm before the storm! This clearing will be available as a PDF for everyone who backs at the $15 level or higher.
New Stretch Goal: Dice Tray
At $300,000, we'll create a new dice tray featuring Kyle Ferrin's iconic artwork, a beautiful and useful accessory for Root: The Roleplaying Game. The dice tray is made of a full-color flexible rubber sheet with a fabric cover and buttons; it easily assembles into a beautiful dice rolling tray at your table. Everyone who backs at a level that includes ALL STRETCH GOALS will receive this new dice tray for free!
Gratitude from the Woodland
Wow, team vagabonds! We really can’t believe how far we’ve come! Thank you for all your amazing support and feedback! We can’t wait to see what’s on the horizon as we keep exploring the Woodland together!
New Pledge Tier & Livestream Recording
about 2 years ago
– Thu, Sep 19, 2024 at 10:44:25 AM
Egotistical eagles, vagabonds! We have some exciting news about a new reward tier and where you can check out the livestream from last night!
New Pledge Tier: Deluxe Ruins + Dice Megapack + All Stretch Goals
Thanks to everyone who’s added the new dice pack to their pledge! We are so excited that you love them as much as we do! To make it easier for folks to find the Megapack, we’ve added a new reward tier: the Deluxe Ruins + Dice Megapack + All Stretch Goals tier!
In this tier, you will get:
The deluxe Ruins & Expeditions book (with slipcase)
The FanRoll Megapack dice set (20 inclusion dice)
All of the unlocked stretch goals (physical and digital)
If you’ve already added on the Megapack to your Deluxe Ruins + All Stretch Goals pledge, there’s no need to change your pledge! This tier is the exact same price; it just makes it easier for folks to find the Megapack from this point forward in the campaign.
Yesterday’s Livestream
Yesterday the lead designers of Root: the RPG, Brendan Conway and Mark Diaz Truman, joined fans for a livestream to dive into their questions! We chatted for about 90 minutes and covered things like how dungeon delving works, the various new factions, new playbooks, and much more!
Thank you so much for making this campaign awesome, vagabonds! We’re excited for the new reward tier and can’t wait for us to hit the next big stretch goal at $260,000! Spread the word! Let’s go!
New Playbook: The Scourge & Livestream
about 2 years ago
– Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 01:20:29 PM
Cataclysmic cats, vagabonds! We’re here to offer one of our new playbooks, the Scourge, and remind you about the livestream tonight! Let’s go!
New Playbook: The Scourge
Ruins & Expeditions welcomes six new playbooks to the Woodland: The Dealer, the Gourmand, the Scourge, the Hunter…and our two unlocked stretch goal playbooks (the Nomad and the Orphan). We’re excited to release the Scourge playbook to you!
You have been wronged by someone powerful, left for dead by your nemesis after they took everything from you. Now you pursue justice for yourself and others, no matter the cost.
The Scourge is a vagabond in search of revenge, desperate to find the person who wronged them and enact justice. Along the way, however, they will be forced to ask what cost they are willing to pay for their vengeance… and if there’s anything worth living for in the Woodland that might convince them to give up their quest.
We’d love any feedback you have on the Scourge, especially playtesting feedback. Please email your feedback to [email protected] and put Root Scourge Feedback as the subject line! We can’t wait to hear what you think of the first new playbook!
Join Root: The RPG designers Brendan Conway and Mark Diaz Truman tonight to talk about the campaign, the new expansion, and celebrate everything to do with the game!
Last call for questions! Post them in the comments below!
