Each player gets two starting abilities ( Star Realms players would call these “Gambits”) unique to their character, and a unique starting deck as well.įortunately, the character decks are quite fun, and were one of the early distinguishing features of Hero Realms - so much so that Star Realms players clamored for their own version! I actually prefer the concept of the Hero Realms character packs, because they are not tied to particular colors coming out of the market deck, unlike the Star Realms commanders. The campaign decks require a character pack for each player to play, because a key component of the campaign is upgrading your character skills. Much like the core set, the character packs come next out of necessity. I’m ambivalent about the theme or the power and strategy discrepancies I do like the character packs, but mostly I just want to bash face all day, and that’s the only real focus of Star Realms. But I know a lot of gamers that I like to play board and card games cooperatively, and Hero Realms is the way to go in that case.īottom Line: Necessary to get into Hero Realms, which has a lot more cooperative play support than Star Realms. The reason is simple: I don’t like cooperative games all that much. The truth is that I like both games, but I like Star Realms more. Star Realms has some challenge cards for cooperative play, but nothing anywhere near the level of co-op support that Hero Realms has. Hero Realms has two campaign products for cooperative play, with more to come.The Character packs are thoroughly integrated into the other products and are generally considered a “main part” of Hero Realms while the Commander decks for Star Realms are more of a novelty.Hero Realms is generally a faster game with bigger and more powerful cards, but it’s missing one key strategic angle from Star Realms (scrapping away cards in the market row).
It doesn’t bother me, but it may bother some readers. Sidenote: Hero Realms has far more depiction of actual people and monsters (rather than planets and spaceships), and more mature content (suggestive outfits, occult imagery, explicit violence). The real question, then, is whether you should consider buying this over a Star Realms product. So… you kind of have to buy this to play. Whether you’re a fan of Star Realms, deckbuilding in general, or medieval fantasy, here’s the proper order for slowly submerging yourself in a sea of Hero Realms!Īs of right now (summer 2020), there is only one Hero Realms core set. Hero Realms shares ninety percent of its DNA with Star Realms, but includes some significant changes, including a lot more opportunities for cooperative play. Some people like dragons and wizards! And for those people, White Wizard Games created Hero Realms. You may have heard that I like Star Realms.
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