Defenders of the Wild + The Defenders Almanac
This pre-played copy has custom workshop notes detailing box, board, and component condition.
Designed by Henry Audubon (PARKS) and T.L. Simons (Bloc by Bloc), Defenders of the Wild is a brilliant, urgent cooperative game that channels the woodland charm of Root straight into a desperate guerrilla struggle against creeping industrial machines.
Playing as four distinct animal factions (the Council, the Order, the Sect, and the Coven), you'll coordinate simultaneous card plays to push back encroaching pollution, demolish walls, take down roaming mechs, and establish resistance camps before the machine core encloses the Commonwood for good.
What makes it sing on the table is the tight action economy and shared reliance: stopping at an allied faction's camp lets you harvest their specialty resources, turning what could be chaotic survival into genuinely rewarding teamwork.
Included with this set is The Defenders Almanac, a gorgeous 160-page illustrated hardcover that doubles as an extensive setting guide and a standalone, rules-light tabletop RPG system. It's a gorgeous, tactile package with superb table presence, perfect for anyone who loves high-stakes co-op puzzle-solving with teeth.