The Council Faction (ROOT jam 2024)

Create a Democratic alternative for the conflict in the Woods  by managing your own Senate with envoys from all factions, show everyone that fighting isn't the right way to go.

How to play:

Each turn, the Council will request everyone to send up to 2 Envoys. These get placed in the Senate space (similar how Otters collect warriors as Funds). These Envoys can then be released, which will score points to whoever owns them, as well as the Council. Having more Envoys than the Council will also prevent them from attacking you!
However, as the Senate get fuller, the Council will get to perform more actions on their turn. Lookouts enable the Council to fill the senate on their own whenever someone fights, and the Council can release their own Envoys, which means only they will score. Combined with how they can obstruct movement of other factions, the Council can be a formidable foe. However, everything is a balancing act between peace and war.

Created for the Root Jam 2024. The theme of the Jam was Sacrifice. The Council lets everyone to make some tough trades with their warriors, and their main scoring engine relies on sacrificing their own envoys.


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Background art pieces made by Leder Games.

Complimentary Owlbear and Crow art made by Kyle Ferring from Leder Games. You can check his work here:
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