Root: The Riverfolk Expansion (2021) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Root: The Riverfolk Expansion

Two new factions and Vagabond variants bring new challenges to Root! Riverfolk Company The Riverfolk Company is open for business – the woodland may be at war, but there's no reason you can't make a profit!…

28 April 2021

What Root: The Riverfolk Expansion is

Root: The Riverfolk Expansion is a card & board game game developed by Dire Wolf Digital and released in 2021. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Two new factions and Vagabond variants bring new challenges to Root! Riverfolk Company The Riverfolk Company is open for business – the woodland may be at war, but there's no reason you can't make a profit! Establish trade posts and earn your victory! Lizard Cult Spread the scaly gospel of the Lizard Cult! Tend your gardens to radicalize new acolytes, and reveal the true extent of your proselytizing power! New Vagabond Variants! Three new Vagabonds skulk into the woodland to help you swindle your way to victory! The Scoundrel torches the woodland rather than see others rule it The Vagrant starts fights that others have to finish The Arbiter offers their services...for a price, of course!

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Root: The Riverfolk Expansion launched on 28 April 2021, within three weeks of Resident Evil Village, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Returnal and Mass Effect Legendary Edition. It arrived 4 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil Village, Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, Returnal, Mass Effect Legendary Edition.

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