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: https://linktr.ee/givepausehobby
Website: givepausehobby.com
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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 ROOTbotics (ROOTb...  

\ 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:
https://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:
https://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 Asymmetric Exercises (fo...  

\ 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 Asymmetric Exercises (fo...  

\ 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 (complete)  

MY THANK YOUs:

MUSIC!
"Onion Capers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://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!

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