Setup & Reference Utility

Choose your collection, factions, map and modules — Standard Setup, Advanced Setup or the Walkthrough game — for exact setup steps for every faction, a rules reference from the Law of Root, a teaching script, and a searchable index of the rulebooks. The Woodland is at war. Who will rule it?

Your Game

Select what you own and what's on the table tonight. Every step, ruling and script below adapts to your choices.

Your Root collection
Setup
Factions at the table (players plus any bots; the Law's reach table covers 2–6)
Factions in play
Suggested faction mixes from your rulebooks
Map
Shared deck
Modules & variants — optional
Faction, bot & module options

Setup

Follow the steps in order. Each cites its source; where the Law of Root and a Learning to Play guide differ, the Law is followed.

Rules Reference

Tap a heading to open it. Contents adapt to your factions, map and modules.

Search the Rulebooks

Answers from this page come first, then every matching page of the Law of Root and the Learning to Play guides for your collection.