Marauder rules

ExpansionRoot

Marauder is an expansion for Root. Lord of the Hundreds, Keepers in Iron, hirelings.

How Marauder changes play

Adds two factions and hirelings (4 in the box, 3 dealt per game).

Setup: deal 3 hireling cards.
Setup: Lord of the Hundreds: 20 warriors, the warlord and 6 strongholds in supply. In a free corner (opposite another start if possible), the warlord, 4 warriors and a stronghold. Put the 4 R items under the ruins if not done, and start with the Stubborn mood.
Setup: Keepers in Iron: shuffle the 12 relics face down and put 1 in each forest. 15 warriors in supply: 4 in a free corner, 4 in an adjacent map-edge clearing.
Setup: Keepers in Iron: spread the other relics among forests not next to your warriors, tuck a Faithful Retainer in each Retinue slot, and put the 3 waystations on your board.
New factions: the Lord of the Hundreds (reach 9) and the Keepers in Iron (reach 8).
Hirelings: the first player to reach 4, 8 and 12 points takes the matching marker, and with it a hireling.

Reach & Player Count Lord of the Hundreds has reach 9 and Keepers in Iron has reach 8.

Marauder Expansion The Marauder Expansion adds Lord of the Hundreds, Keepers in Iron and 4 hirelings. It is for 2 to 6 players with the base game.
Lord of the Hundreds The Hundreds have reach 9 and are led by the warlord, a warrior that cannot be removed outside battle.
Warlord, Looting and Oppress The warlord is a warrior that can only be removed in battle and only moves on your turn.
Hoard, Command & Prowess The Hoard has two tracks: Command (boots, sacks, coins) and Prowess (hammers, tea, swords, crossbows).
Hundreds Moods Each Birdsong you replace your Mood with a different one that does not show an item in your Hoard.
What Each Mood Does Bitter: in the warlord's battles, remove nearby mobs before rolling to add that many warriors.
Keepers in Iron The Keepers have reach 8 and use relics from the forests.
Relics, Delve & Recover Relics come in three types (figures, tablets, jewelry), valued 1 to 3 on the back.
Keepers Fine Points Each Keeper warrior that moves may carry one relic with it.
Hirelings At setup deal 3 hireling cards (flipping 1 to Demoted with 3 players, 2 with 4, all with 5 or more) and set markers on score spaces 4, 8…
Hirelings Are Not Your Faction You treat hireling pieces as your own only for rule, and you can rule a clearing with hireling pieces alone.
Hireling Setup and Limits Hirelings are set up counterclockwise from the last player, and a faction can't be played if its matching hireling is in play.