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A photograph of the board game Root as it's being played with a map of a forest full of blue green and oramge meeples along with dice and a lone raccoon as well as cards and charts explaining the factions

The World’s Cutest Power Politics Simulator

By Alexander B. Joy • March 13th, 2025

Root’s cute and cuddly aesthetic belies a cutthroat power politics simulator with a sophisticated understanding of asymmetric conflict.