Root's political complexity is not explained well enough in the rulebook. First play always has a confused Woodland Alliance.

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Beer brewing predates bread-making in the archaeological record and may have been a significant driver of grain cultivation. The Natufian hunter-gatherers at Raqefet Cave in Israel apparently brewed beer 13,000 years ago.