Learning the Mechanical Marquise 2.0 (ROOTbot Academy #1)

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Alright, so in week two of the ROOTboy Academy rollout, I've completed the two halves of the first ROOTbot video from all those months ago. Last week I introduced the umbrella rules necessary to pilot the ROOTbots in general, but this week I introduce the robo-faction I would recommend most for breaking into the robotic side of the woodland: The Mechanical Marquise 2.0!
Hopefully the pacing, the scripting (following the layout and order of the Law of ROOTbotics to enable easy following along), the editing, and the extensive timestamping to find exactly what you need clarification on has been beneficial to everyone. It's been super fun getting a second shot at introducing these robo-cats, but a massive part of that is the 1.5 extra years of experience messing around with the ROOTbots, so I'm happy to interject learned lessons whenever they come up.
As always, I hope you enjoy the content and the games with the incredible Clockwork factions!
----------TIMESTAMPS…
0:00 - Greetings & Intro
1:55 - Quick reminder about edits
2:30 - House style for reference images and headings
----------THE RULES…
3:21 - 4. - The name
4:19 - 4.1 - Overview
4:48 - 4.2 - Faction Rules & Abilities
6:12 - 4.3 - Setup
----------THE BOARD…
8:52 - 4.4 - BIRDSONG
9:47 - 4.5 - DAYLIGHT
9:59 - 4.5.1 - Battle
11:05 - 4.5.2 - Recruit
12:53 - 4.5.3 - Build
13:30 - 4.5.4 - Move
14:22 - 4.5.5 - Expand
15:48 - 4.6 - EVENING
16:56 - 4.7.1 - ESCALATED DAYLIGHT - Battle
17:34 - 4.7.2 - Recruit
18:21 - 4.7.3 - Build
19:09 - 4.7.4 - Move
----------EXAMPLE TURN…
21:24 - Mechanical Marquise 2.0 Example Turn
----------THE CARDS…
26:05 - Easy (difficulty)
27:00 - Challenging (difficulty)
27:20 - Nightmare (difficulty)
28:30 - Blitz (trait)
29:45 - Iron Will (trait)
30:35 - Fortify (trait)
32:03 - Hospitals (trait)
----------OTHER STUFF…
33:49 Debrief & Goodbye
MY PLACES...
LinkTree: linktr.ee/givepausehobby
Website: givepausehobby.com
Twitter: / givepausehobby
Instagram (this is new!): / givepausehobby
OTHER ROOT STUFF:
\ ROOTbotics BASICS \
If you're not fully comfortable with the basics of the ROOTbots, here's a video all about that! This was the first video in my reboot of the whole clockwork series, entitled ROOTbot Academy. Enjoy!
• Learning The Law of RO...
\ BETTER BOT PROJECT \
If you're interested in this or any of the other free-to-print BBP factions, head on over to Board Game Geek to get the most up-to-date files as well as read any discussions that might be taking place:
boardgamegeek.com/thread/2068034
\ MY FLOWCHART \
And if you catch a glimpse of the inside of my Root box cover, my homemade Root faction flowchart (with major props to Tom Teaches for the better icons) is available to print and have with you at all times, in case you or other players need some help with faction choice. Also, this will be getting a total overhaul with the new factions sometime this spring once I've had more time to play around with them:
boardgamegeek.com/filepage/19...
\ MY POEM ABOUT THE FLOWCHART \
This was my entry to the 60-Second Root competition to help celebrate the Marauder Expansion, wherein I confess my undying love for the game in the form of prose, referencing the aforementioned flowchart and what it means for a game to inspire this much creativity in its fans:
• The complete Asymmetri...
\ MY TRUMPET EXERCISES \
Speaking of undying love and creativity, here are the eight exercises I wrote for trumpet inspired by the eight factions currently in print (the rats and badgers will have to be added soon!):
• The complete Asymmetri...
\ ROOT THE MUSICAL!? \
Okay, now I'm just being ridiculous. This was ANOTHER creative project that sort of lit my brain on fire for one weekend... I made a spoof on a different song from a different Broadway musical for each of the currently published factions... I know... usually this is when someone says "get a hobby" but clearly I already have one...
• ROOT: the musical (com...
MY THANK YOUs:
MUSIC!
"Onion Capers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
creativecommons.org/licenses/b...
LEDER GAMES!
For the incredible work that every member of the Leder team puts into titles like Root in order to transport us to the ruthless, wondrous woodlands, from the bottom of my heart I thank you. I also additionally thank Kyle Ferrin and the Leder team for making some of his ridiculously good Root artwork available for the 60-second Root competition so I could make this new venture look that much prettier (all rights reserved to Leder Games and Kyle Ferrin as applicable).
VIEWERS!
Thanks for being here!
#Root #LederGames #boardgames #ROOTbots #soloboardgames #rules

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@kayceeleigh 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video, it was very helpful! I just recently started getting into Root but don't have a lot of people to play with so I bought the Clockwork expansion along with the base game. I'm excited for the rest of your videos in this series!

@GIVEPAUSEhobby 2 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad it’s helpful! And it sounds like you are in a very similar situation that I was at the beginning of my ownership of a copy of Root! I did a decent amount of editing work on the next video for the Electric Eyrie, which should be hitting the feed tomorrow!

@antiussentiment 2 жыл бұрын

Great how to. Inspired us to print out the directors' cut board and give it a go as a 4th faction in a 3 player game. Worked really well.

@GIVEPAUSEhobby 2 жыл бұрын

YES!!! I’m so happy this helped out! As much as I love the feel of published boards, some of the adjustments in the DC versions are really nice, glad to help out and glad it helped fill up your table!

@gorkygorky 7 ай бұрын

Thanks again!

@GIVEPAUSEhobby 7 ай бұрын

Of course! Good luck against the robo-kitties!

@callum5257 Жыл бұрын

Great video mate! Very well explained and produced.

@GIVEPAUSEhobby Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks! Glad to help out! I've been itching to get some more ROOTbot stuff on the docket, maybe this is the kick in the butt I needed! :)

@johnglidewell6276 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for these videos! Well done and it is of great resource!

@GIVEPAUSEhobby 2 жыл бұрын

Of course! So glad they’re helping out!! Enjoy!!

@heavyonthemustardplz Жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks!

@GIVEPAUSEhobby Жыл бұрын

Of course! Welcome to the channel, happy to help out!

@wonka2863 Жыл бұрын

thank you !

@GIVEPAUSEhobby Жыл бұрын

Happy to help!! :)

@gorkygorky 7 ай бұрын

You are a very good teacher!!!

@GIVEPAUSEhobby 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! ❤️ I love teaching things, both in person and from afar, so this means a lot.

@michelwynants4785 2 жыл бұрын

If I am not mistaken the cats do move into their own clearings if there is no valid target and so move to the clearing with highest priority. That is what I encounter on the app. I cross checked it on boardgamegeek. Best regards

@GIVEPAUSEhobby 2 жыл бұрын

You are totally correct! I didn’t complete my thought as to why there might not be movement earlier in the game… it wasn’t due to a lack of targets (even if no opponents’ warriors are in any surrounding clearings, they’ll just go to high priority… possibly even right back to the Keep (which happens a lot)), I meant to say there would be times when there aren’t 4+ cats in any clearings in order to move. So yes, they’ll always move when they have enough warriors to do so, which means in the early game, sometimes they won’t move at all. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, I’ll write up some Klingon subtitles for that!

@MechanicalFrog 2 жыл бұрын

I haven't played Root yet. But I want to!

@GIVEPAUSEhobby 2 жыл бұрын

I obviously highly recommend it! It’s so great!

@Caracaplancus Жыл бұрын

thanks fot the video! I still have a question regarding blitz: in our previous game there never was a human player adjacent to the keep space prio 1), or space 2. So the blitz caused the cats to move from space 1 to space 5. Each next turn the normal move brought them back to space 1, never going out that corner. Did we play correctly?

@GIVEPAUSEhobby Жыл бұрын

It sounds like it! Yeah, Blitz seems like it would be the most straight-ahead boon to the mechanical cats but I’ve had it boil down to an endless loop like this more times than not… if there’s never anyone close enough for them to target, priority takes the cake and you just get a giant cat ball… one houserule that just came to mind might be something to add just to Blitz like “for the sake of just this action, pretend the clearing with the Keep is the lowest possible priority,” which would force them to move outwards at least for that action.

@partymeeple5633 2 жыл бұрын

I really need to keep up with your content better Kyle.. Fabulous work..

@GIVEPAUSEhobby 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness, thank you so much!! Honestly, as scatterbrained as I am pretty much all the time, I’m really impressed with myself that I’ve been able to keep at this for two years and make the products my nonexistent recording spaces and shoestring equipment budget has allowed (hooray hyperfocus!). It means so much when the many hours of work resonate with folks out there in the world ❤️

@Crimzy2304 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video, however I really missed a deeper explanation of a rule me and my mates got stuck on - the "all but 3" rule in the movement and expand during the daylight. We just didn't understand the wording. Does moving all but 3 mean literally moving everything except groups of 3's?

@GIVEPAUSEhobby 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, up to three warriors stay in the destination clearing while any additional ones move out. They always leave behind a rear guard to (in many cases) protect the buildings. Sorry if I wasn’t clear!

@grisellereyes8692 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the videos, they are very helpful. I just found your channel trying to find the answer to a question. If all the pieces of the mechanical marquis are removed (warriors, buildings and tokens) and the game is not over because no one has reached 30, what is done with the marquis? How does it come back if it does? Greetings from Puerto Rico

@GIVEPAUSEhobby Жыл бұрын

Wow!! Greetings from the states! So happy the videos have been helpful! Honestly, that was a great question and I had to look carefully at the rules to see if I missed a comeback plan… unfortunately, I think the Mechanical Marquise can be totally shut down if you wipe them from the map (just like the player-controlled cats can as well). What a sad day that would be for the cat robots! 😿

@grisellereyes8692 Жыл бұрын

With so many rules for each faction I forget some things or don't understand well. That's why it's nice when people like you make these detailed videos. 🙏 Thank you very much for answering my question. Poor kitties but they get angry sometimes 🤣😂🤣 Thanks again ☺️ I will continue these days with the rest of the videos.

@GIVEPAUSEhobby Жыл бұрын

You have no idea how wonderful it feels to be helpful from such a tremendous distance. I hope that the other videos will be just as beneficial, and please, if you have any questions at all, don’t hesitate to ask! From my woodland to yours, enjoy your games! ❤️💛🧡💙

@jpbrowncoat 2 жыл бұрын

Do you keep repeating the Expand step over and over until the cats build or pull a bird order? Or do you only expand once per turn?

@GIVEPAUSEhobby 2 жыл бұрын

This is a good question. Technically the clockwork board is laid out so it’ll loop as many times as it takes before they build a building (or already have five on the map), but part of the rules adjustment for the director’s cut was moving Expand to the first step of Evening. With this change and the way it’s worded, it can only happen once each turn. So TL;DR I say it’s up to each person/group. If you want a dangerous beast when cornered, read the board literally. If you want something more restrained, limit it to one, or two, or even three, to match your preference.

@theodolmans5981 2 жыл бұрын

Hey it's nice that you do all these videos keep up the good work :) I have a question though that came into my mind from the last game I played : what happens if the clearing with the most cats warriors has no slot for a building when it has to build in step 3 ? Do you take the next clearing with the most cat (they don't specify that in the rule)? or do you just not build and go to the next daylight step ?

@GIVEPAUSEhobby 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad they’re helpful! As for your question, your first answer is correct. If you look in the law of ROOTbotics, paragraph 2.3 talks about target legality and walks you through how the bots handle the situation is just like this, where they are instructed to do something in the clearing with the most or least of something. If that’s not available or legal for some reason, you just shift to the second-most or -least of whatever it is the action is prioritizing.

@Zonk696 Жыл бұрын

hi Kyle, thx for the video, have you tried BBP directors cut version of MM? If so, which one do you prefer? In few days I'll introduce Root to some friends and we decided to fill 4th player spot with MM. I never played BBP before, just the official MM. Now I wonder which one to use in this scenario. Cheers! Thanks for the entire Rootbot Academy :D

@GIVEPAUSEhobby Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching!! You know, it's been a long time since I've played with the DC counterparts, so I wouldn't trust my memory... I do remember there being some aspects of all four of the ROOTbots that I liked the DC tweaks, but without me totally spouting off possibly-wrong information, let me point you to past-Kyle and his Director's Cut video! You know... maybe I need to update the ROOTbot Academy at some point to have this information as well! But until that point, cheers on using the MM2.0 to fill a spot and thanks for checking out the channel!! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZsV2q5h5t9Dbj6c.html

@Zonk696 Жыл бұрын

@@GIVEPAUSEhobby my pleasure :D I just saw the other video and yes - it looks like you like MM changes in DC :) thanks again!!

@GIVEPAUSEhobby Жыл бұрын

Of course! Happy to help!