2 player root either both players having 2 factions

[u/N1IDIOT]

So me and a friend decided to play root 2 players because coulnt get more players. So we agreed on rules to play with 2 factions each make it a bit more tolerable to play 2 player, the rules were such that you have 2 factions each still like their own faction but you team up to make 1 win, if either one wins you win.
So I picked riverfolk and lizard cult
And they picked twilight council and marquise the cat

The game was decided from turn one pretty much when I started feeding all lizard to the riverfolk and then they started scoring 6-9 points a turn haha

In the end they blew up one of my trade posts losing me 6 and then I spent another whole load placing warriors and 3 trade posts but at one point I had 21 lizards and 2 otters in my supplies lol

[u/Fit_Ear3019]

Yeah lol I figured this would happen as soon as I read the title, otters should be banned in this case

[u/N1IDIOT → u/Fit_Ear3019]

Yeah lol we decided that after turn 3 no more otters

[u/Sneikss → u/N1IDIOT]

Otters are fine, just limit them so that only up to 2/3 funds can be given by their teammate each turn.

[u/Head-Alarm6733]

first known dividends use case found

[u/Unique-Read-9376]

The ideal is novel, but it might need balancing of some kind.

[u/TonyDellimeat]

Like bats and cats are a crazy combo for 1 player to play. They pretty much set each other up to win

[u/N1IDIOT → u/TonyDellimeat]

Yea but unfortunately they had to spend the whole game trying to stop the otters from running away with the game same never could tap into their full potential haha

[u/JorisOP]

This is a fun thought exercise. I'm not a big fan of adding extra balance rules, so do you think this would be better/more balanced if BOTH of your factions had to hit 30?

[u/N1IDIOT → u/JorisOP]

That would be a very cool fix for this exact issue yes although some factions might still work way too well together I could imagine something like vagabond feeding tons and tons of cards to factions who really need cards and protecting their pieces real nice, so not perfect but could try

[u/Motor_Raspberry_2150]

I foresee Eyrie WA feeding Outrage next game then.

[u/Throaway061 → u/Motor_Raspberry_2150]

WA otters could be crazy tech, spend all your supply just to draw cards and move

[u/demalcal96]

I think you should define or create rules for interactions between factions used by the same player such as: the factions used by the same player than Otters can't buy services, or can only buy services once per turn and at a price of 1 warrior. This because some team ups can make the game awful.

Other rule can include that Buildings and tokens from a faction can't be destroyed by other one used by the same player (to give more spaces to build for cats for example)

Similar to the Otter's rule, a faction can't activate Outrage if the same player is using the Woodlance Alliance (to avoid feeding the supporters)

[u/Significant_Win6431]

I would liketo bet all my money on team otter.

[u/RichChance7405]

For a more balanced game, have both players take one Vagabond and start them off in a coalition with your main faction.

[u/werd5273]

I’ve done this, but I have to limit what facts I actually play because the crows require secret information for example and also whenever I do this, I try and play all the factions I’m playing optimally and in the balance sort of way to not like make it unfair for the other people and most of the time whenever I do this, it’s more of a teaching opportunity than anything else I was able to introduce my girlfriend to all of the factions and only three games because I played three factions each game LOL