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Hero Realms is a fantasy-themed deck-building game that is an adaptation of the award-winning Star Realms game. The game includes basic rules for two-player games, along with rules for multiplayer formats such as Free-For-All, Hunter, and Hydra.
Each player starts the game with a ten-card personal deck containing gold (for buying) and weapons (for combat). You start each turn with a new hand of five cards from your personal deck. When your deck runs out of cards, you shuffle your discard pile into your new deck. An 80-card Market deck is shared by all players, with five cards being revealed from that deck to create the Market Row. As you play, you use gold to buy champion cards and action cards from the Market. These champions and actions can generate large amounts of gold, combat, or other powerful effects. You use combat to attack your opponent and their champions. When you reduce your opponent's score (called health) to zero, you win!
Multiple expansions are available for Hero Realms that allow players to start as a particular character (Cleric, Fighter, Ranger, Thief, or Wizard) and fight cooperatively against a Boss, fight Boss decks against one another, or compete in a campaign mode that has you gain experience to work through different levels of missions.
Year Published
2016
Transcript Analysis
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Just the Rogue top_10_list at 17:47 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Flexible play modes (free-for-all, 1v1, co-op, solo)
- Snappy deck-building with evolving strategy
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- rivalry and character-driven deck-building
- fantasy deck-building arena
- analytical, system-focused
Comparison games
- Star Realms
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Combat — attack opponents using purchased cards
- Combat: Deck/Hand — attack opponents using purchased cards
- Deck building — buy cards from a market to improve your deck
- deck-building — buy cards from a market to improve your deck
- set collection — card synergies within factions provide value
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Mechanics first, theme second.
- The fastest way to lose new players is with a dull 3-hour game.
- This is a perfect entry-level co-op game.
- Open drafting lets you see what everyone is taking as they take it.
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Just the Rogue top_10_list at 0:55 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fast and flexible deck-building with multiple play modes (competitive, cooperative, solo via digital or campaigns)
- Vibrant artwork and accessible entry point
Cons
- Content bloat from large Kickstarter campaigns
- Physical copies can be space-hungry and costly; digital solo play can overshadow the physical version
Thematic elements
- heroic, combat-focused deck-building with faction synergies
- fantasy realm with heroes and factions
- episodic skirmish-style battles with campaign potential
Comparison games
- Clank!
- Mystic Veil
- Legendary Firefly
- Trains
- Slay the Spire
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cooperative actions — cards from the same faction grant bonuses when played together
- Deck building — players acquire cards from a shared market to improve their decks and solve encounters
- deck-building — players acquire cards from a shared market to improve their decks and solve encounters
- faction synergies — cards from the same faction grant bonuses when played together
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Quotes (from this video)
- I'm Rob from just the road.com and these are my top 10 debt building games.
- Let's redo the countdown with a wider definition and some new discoveries from the last 5 years.
- Fingers crossed for a 15th anniversary big box in 2027.
- In Trains, you take the classic deck building formula and drop it onto a map of Japan.
- Undaunted Stalingrad is a two-player storydriven campaign game that blends tactical combat with smart debt building.
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Cardboard Herald interview at 0:19 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- cooperative campaign with RPG-like progression
- wide race/class options with race/class balance
- persistent character advancement across sessions
- flexible solo and cooperative challenge content
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- cooperative deck-building with RPG-like progression and collaboration
- Fantasy quest world with continued story through campaigns
- campaign-driven, story continuation across sessions
Comparison games
- Star Realms
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Campaign progression — completed sessions carry over character improvements to future plays.
- Cooperative Game — players team up to defeat enemies and advance the campaign together.
- cooperative play — players team up to defeat enemies and advance the campaign together.
- Deck building — players build a deck of cards to develop power and acquire items from the market.
- deck-building — players build a deck of cards to develop power and acquire items from the market.
- experience and character progression — gaining experience to permanently upgrade skills and abilities.
- pvp card duality — cards can be used in campaign mode or flipped for PvP play.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the thing that really differentiates Hero Realms is that cooperative play mode with the campaign
- you get together with your friends each of you chooses a character you battle together against bad guys
- you gain experience which you can use to upgrade your skills and abilities and permanently improve your character
- you can take the characters that you built up in the ruin of sand are and you can go directly from there right into the Lost Village with all the magic items and the skills that you advanced
- sorcerer... it's going to be a ton of fun
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Our Family Plays Games Voices general_discussion at 38:09 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- strong digital implementation
- campaign mode
- smooth transition from Star Realms design lineage
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- hero-based combat
- fantasy deck-building
Comparison games
- Star Realms
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- campaign mode — story-driven progression in some versions
- deck-building — build a deck of heroes and spells to defeat opponents
- digital experience — AI and online play; strong digital implementation
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Our world needs more good humans.
- Be kind to one another.
- Imagine that everyone I'm dealing with is having the worst day of their lives.
- This is July — Bipoc mental health awareness month.
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