| Hero Realms | |
| Image Link: | Hero_Realms_Card_Game.jpg |
| Image Caption: | Box cover art |
| Designer: | Rob Dougherty and Darwin Kastle |
| Publisher: | Wise Wizard Games |
| Players: | 2 to 4[1] |
| Ages: | 12 and up |
| Playing Time: | 20-30 minutes |
| Random Chance: | card draw |
Hero Realms is a card-based deck building fantasy tabletop game, designed by Rob Dougherty and Darwin Kastle and published in 2016 by Wise Wizard Games. The game started out as a Kickstarter campaign in 2016. The goal of Hero Realms is to destroy your opponent or opponents by purchasing cards using "Gold" and using these cards to attack your opponent's "health" and their champions using your "combat" points or other powerful effects.
Hero Realms is similar to other deck building games, like Star Realms, Ascension, and Dominion. The game is marketed as portable and expandable, as it comes in a small box and contains only cards and no dice or markers.
A player wins when they reduce their opponent's score (called health) to zero.
Wise Wizard Games have released five Character Packs that act as custom starting hands:
Hero Realms won the 2018 Origins Award for Fan Favorite Card Game.[2]
The game has mainly received neutral or positive reviews. Sprites + Dice have mentioned that the game "succeeds in refining Its predecessor",[5] and BGL have described it as "perfect if you need a quick, fun card game as a filler between heavier games"[6]