Root Down vs Land 6 Board Game
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Root Down
An original abstract strategy game for two players with unique movement rules. Figure out how to move your pieces to capture your opponent's and win. Offers AI play and pass-and-play modes with variable setups.
- Abstract strategy gameplay
- Unique piece movement rules
- AI opponent
- Pass-and-play mode
- Variable game setups
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Root Down is an original abstract strategy game designed by Martin Grider for 2-players. It's rules about which pieces you can move are a little quirky, but once you figure it out, it's very quick to play, and has some interesting gameplay mechanics. In Root Down, you have two types of pieces. There are "kicker" pieces that must be next to a "root" piece to move. (Root pieces cannot move.) Kickers can only move exactly as far as the number of kickers next to the root. After a kicker moves, it "kicks" all of the neighboring pieces, then settles down into a new "root" piece. If you kick one of your own root pieces, it becomes another "kicker"! Kicking an opponent's root does the same, and if you kick it again before it has a chance to move, you'll to capture it! The game features an AI player, as well as pass-and-play options. There are several variable setups to chose from. Each one plays slightly different. Please use the "send feedback" button to send me your input, or email me: rootdown@abstractpuzzle.com
Land 6 Board Game
Engage in a dice-based solitaire board game to conquer a city. Utilize dice to represent armies, perform special actions by decreasing their value, and strategically attack to achieve victory.
- Solitaire board game mechanics
- Dice used as armies
- Special actions based on die value
- Strategic city conquest
- Army deployment and movement
- Dice-based combat
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You are The Lord of the Dice, in eternal battle against The Lord of the Cubes, fighting for the world known as Land 6. To defeat him you must conquer his city with one of your armies, and you must do it... with just six dice! Land 6 is a solitaire board game where dice are not just rolled. You use dice to represent your armies in different regions around Land 6. Each of 4 regions allows you to perform special action by decreasing value of your die. These actions are for example deploy a new army, move an army, and attack the Lord of the Cubes. Your goal is to place one of your armies with a value of at least 3 in the home region of the Lord of the Cubes. Original board game design: Santiago Eximeno (http://www.eximeno.com) Game art: Ryan Schenk - game tiles (http://ryanschenk.com/), Scott Siedschlag - game logo, Game icons by Lorc (http://game-icons.net/), Material design icons (https://www.google.com/design/icons/) Music: "Crusade" Kevin MacLeod (changes: cropped) (http://incompetech.com/) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ App is created with permission from original game designer and graphic artist.
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Verdict
Root Down and Land 6 Board Game both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Root Down's written reviews are positive against 43% of Land 6 Board Game's. Land 6 Board Game's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 3) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.4). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Root Down against 4.0 for Land 6 Board Game. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 10 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Root Down's written reviews are positive against 43% of Land 6 Board Game's.
Root Down ships an update every 27 months, Land 6 Board Game every 53 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Root Down | Land 6 Board Game |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 4.0 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months — better | Every 53 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martin Grider | Marian Gablovsky |
Customer experience
Root Down
Land 6 Board Game
In-app purchases
Root Down
No in-app purchases
Land 6 Board Game
No in-app purchases
