In Arcs, 3-4 players guide their factions through a fast-playing space opera that unfolds over a trio of 60-90 minute sessions. The game opens in the final days of a decaying empire. Players take the role of the last regents of a once proud state that stretched to the farthest worlds of the Reach. Faced with an encroaching blight that threatens the outer planets, players must balance the integrity of their homelands with their own ambitions.

Arcs uses an innovative card-driven action system that is easy-to-learn and highly interactive. Players are given hands of action cards each turn and must balance their desire to control the game's tempo against their other interests. Should you use the initiative to seize control of a critical new technology or reposition your fleets for a coming engagement? When players do trade blows, the battles are resolved in a snap using a simple dice system. However, combat's interaction with the larger action system offers players a wide range of tactical options, from multi-turn sieges to daring raids and dramatic escapes.

Players begin the game in roughly symmetrical positions, which helps new players learn the core systems quickly. However, their choices will soon cause their paths to diverge. Unearthing an ancient technology might make the restoration of the empire possible. A chance discovery on a blighted world might lead a player to abandon their wealth and begin a voyage across the Reach to right an ancient wrong. Every choice will advance the game's story and form part of an emergent, player-driven campaign.

Many of these choices are resolved in a special "intermission" between games. During this phase, new rules modules are activated, and players are introduced to new capabilities and objectives. Despite their similar starting points, by the end of a campaign, players might control factions as varied as any in Root or Vast. Players will also use the intermission to spend their hard-earned power to maintain their fleets and wealth, as well as invest in new improvements that may aid them in the coming game.

The campaign system of Arcs provides players with a huge number of possible game situations and hundreds of possible campaigns. In addition, Arcs also includes an abridged, two-session campaign and a single session mode.

Player count: 3-4
Duration: 60-90 min
Age: 10+

Upgrade your fleet with plastic miniatures. All 84 pieces are ink-washed to bring out the fine details!

Pack for the base game Arcs which adds a bunch of new and interesting cards to tje core game.

By adding the Blighted Reach Campaign Expansion, you can also play Arcs in an innovative micro-campaign, where each game is one episode in an epic trilogy that stretches across an even larger galaxy.

Everyone begins as petty regents in a dying empire, but your fates quickly diverge. The campaign contains twenty-four fate seeds, each with tons of branches, twists, and turns. Uncover lost knowledge, guide your people to a new home, or forge a galactic confederation!

As you complete objectives and make critical decisions, the campaign grows and changes. If you destroy a world, its refugees might flood the galaxy in your next game. If you find your society driven to a state of collapse, you can even abandon your homeworld and play the next game operating out of a lone flagship.

Each game in the campaign takes less than two hours to play. You can sit down for a single skirmish and then pack up for another day, or settle in for an epic three-act saga! Just make sure to stretch and drink some water between games.

Fort is a 2-4 player card game about building forts and following friends.

In Fort, you're a kid! And like many kids, you want to grow your circle of friends, collect pizza and toys, and build the coolest fort.

By doing this cool stuff, you'll score victory points, and at the end of the game, the player with the most victory points wins! Your cards not only let you take actions on your own turn, but also let you follow the other players' actions on their turns. Will you devote yourself to your own posse, or copy what the other kids are doing?

But be careful as your carefully constructed deck might start losing cards if you don't actually use them. After all, if you don't play with your friends, why should they hang out with you anymore?

2-4 Players
20-40 Min
Age: 10+

Find adventure in this marvelous asymmetric game.

Root is a game of adventure and war where 2 to 4 players battle for control of a vast wilderness.

The nefarious Marquise de Cat has seized the great woodland, intent on harvesting its riches.

Under her rule, the many creatures of the forest have banded together. This Alliance will seek to strengthen its resources and subvert the rule of Cats. In this effort, the Alliance may enlist the help of the wandering Vagabonds who are able to move through the more dangerous woodland paths. Though some may sympathize with the Alliance’s hopes and dreams, these wanderers are old enough to remember the great birds of prey who once controlled the woods.

Meanwhile, at the edge of the region, the proud, squabbling Eyrie have found a new commander who they hope will lead their faction to resume their ancient birthright.

The stage is set for a contest that will decide the fate of the great woodland. It is up to the players to decide which group will ultimately take root.

Root represents the next step in our development of asymmetric design. Like Vast: the Crystal Caverns, each player in Root has unique capabilities and a different victory condition. Now, with the aid of gorgeous, multi-use cards, a truly asymmetric design has never been more accessible.

The Cats play a game of engine building and logistics while attempting to police the vast wilderness. By collecting Wood they are able to produce workshops, lumber mills, and barracks. They win by building new buildings and crafts.

The Eyrie musters their hawks to take back the Woods. They must capture as much territory as possible and build roosts before they collapse back into squabbling.

The Alliance hides in the shadows, recruiting forces and hatching conspiracies. They begin slowly and build towards a dramatic late game presence—but only if they can manage to keep the other players in check.

Meanwhile, the Vagabond plays all sides of the conflict for their own gain, while hiding a mysterious quest. Explore the board, fight other factions, and work towards achieving your hidden goal.

In Root, players drive the narrative, and the differences between each role create an unparalleled level of interaction and replayability. Leder Games invites you and your family to explore the fantastic world of Root!

Root provides limitless replay value as you and your friends explore the unique factions all wanting to rule a fantastic forest kingdom.

Each faction has its own play style and paths to victory, providing an immersive game experience you will want to play again and again.

Root is designed by Cole Wehrle (Pax Pamir, Infamous Traffic, and John Company) and brought to life by master illustrator Kyle Ferrin (The Vast series, Stitches).

2–4 Players
60–90 Min
Age: 10+

Need allies? Just dig out a gold coin! Discover unique strategies and make the Woodland wilder by adding hirelings. Best with fewer players, great with more!

Hirelings can be added to games at any player count. With fewer players, the hirelings add new pieces to the map, ramping up the tension and giving you more tactical options. With more players, some hireling cards will flip over to reveal new special abilities to gain, letting you explore unique and powerful strategies.

This is an expansion. The Root board game is required to play.

Need allies? Here they are, fiery and fierce. Discover unique strategies and make the Woodland wilder by adding hirelings. Best with fewer players, great with more!

Hirelings can be added to games at any player count. With fewer players, the hirelings add new pieces to the map, ramping up the tension and giving you more tactical options. With more players, some hireling cards will flip over to reveal new special abilities to gain, letting you explore unique and powerful strategies.

The Hireling box can be used to store your hirelings.

This is an expansion. The Root board game is required to play.

A deluxe double-sided playmat of the fall and winter game boards from the base game of Root.

A deluxe double-sided playmat of the mountain and lake game boards from Root: The Underground Expansion.

The Riverfolk Expansion adds two new factions, new vagabonds, and exciting new game modes.

Play as the:
* Lizard Cult – Attempt to indoctrinate the dispossessed creatures of the woods and spread your creed far and wide.
* Riverfolk Company – Capitalize on crisis. Offer services and expand your trade operations to secure your status as a merchant king.
* Second Vagabond – Compete with a rival Vagabond to gain fame and fortune while the other factions attempt to secure their rule.

Cooperate:
* Mechanical Marquise – Wage war against the Mechanical Marquise in competitive or cooperative modes!

Each Game Includes:
* More screen printed warriors and the pieces you need to play with up to six players.
* Three new Vagabond Variants.
* Cooperative and Competive Bot Play.
* Dozens of new player configurations!

This expansion now allows Root to be played with 1-6 players.

Need allies? Come row downstream! Discover unique strategies and make the Woodland wilder by adding hirelings. Best with fewer players, great with more!

This product contains six new hirelings:
-Riverfolk Flotilla and Otter Divers
-Warm Sun Prophets and Lizard Envoys
-Highway Bandits and Bandit Gangs

Hirelings can be added to games at any player count. With fewer players, the hirelings add new pieces to the map, ramping up the tension and giving you more tactical options. With more players, some hireling cards will flip over to reveal new special abilities to gain, letting you explore unique and powerful strategies.

Delve deeper into the world of Root with the Underworld Expansion, which adds two new factions and a new board.

Play as the Underground Duchy: Sway your ministers to lead a righteous expedition to the Woodland, bringing order to the unending war and chaos above.

Corvid Conspiracy: Use cunning and trickery to hold the Woodland hostage, instigating plots to seize control through terror.

Play on the Mountain Map: Trek across outcroppings, clear blocked routes, and hold the mountain pass to show you are an effective leader.

Lake Map: Whisk yourself across the map by travelling on the ferry, meeting new friends and allies along the way.

Upgrade your Root game with seven custom Vagabond meeples.

Includes three new Vagabonds Harrier, Ronin and Adventurer.

An expansion. Base game of Root required.

Expand your game in new and exciting directions with additional Side quests, Treasures, Events, Secrets, and a Monster. Plus all-new Schemes for the Goblins, Scales for the Dragon, and Upgrades for the Thief!

Vex your opponents with the Shadow Paladin, a damned monster shackled by misfortune, who works to contort the rooms of the Manor into a labyrinth of his own design. Follow the adventures of the Armored Knight as she ventures once again to fight new foes.

A copy of Vast: The Mysterious Manor is required to play.