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Wise Wizard Games Gen Con Event Guide
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Wise Wizard Games Gen Con Event Guide

Wise Wizard Games at Gen Con! 📍 Visit us at Booth #1423 We’re packing our bags and heading to Gen Con this week, and that means you’ll have one of the very first chances to get your hands on Caution Signs: More Fun Ahead before it hits retail this September! 🚨 If you won’t be…

Jul 28, 2026
Hero Realms Digital Update: New Features and Improvements has been released
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Hero Realms Digital Update: New Features and Improvements has been released

We’re excited to share the latest Hero Realms Digital update, bringing improvements to tournaments, gameplay options, and the overall player experience. This release includes tournament improvements for Legend players, a new game clock display option, and a fix for an issue affecting gem purchases. New Game Clock Options Players now have more control over the…

Jul 23, 2026
Hero Realms Four Journeys campaign now available on iOS, Android and Steam!
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Hero Realms Four Journeys campaign now available on iOS, Android and Steam!

We’re super excited to announce that Hero Realms Four Journeys is now available to download on iOS, Android and Steam for $3.99! There are four stories, each with three missions to complete. You can play the stories in any order. The campaign is designed for heroes of Level 12 or higher, so we’ve made it…

Oct 21, 2024
Introducing Reserve treasures
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Introducing Reserve treasures

As Hero Realms characters level-up and get more powerful, the game starts to be more and more about the characters’ starting decks and abilities, rather than the deck-building. To help lessen this effect, we are introducing the “Reserve” mechanic. The purpose of this mechanic is to ensure that deck-building remains an important part of the…

Mar 21, 2024
Introducing the new Hero Realms Digital Arena!
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Introducing the new Hero Realms Digital Arena!

We’re super excited to announce that we will be running a weekly Hero Realms Arena which is included in the next update! Release notes for the update Improvements: -Hero respec added for VS AI heroes-Basic Arena support added(Please note that we may make changes to the Arena, as we continue through our testing process.)…

Jun 19, 2023
Hero Realms Digital now in app stores!
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Hero Realms Digital now in app stores!

Become a hero. Perform mighty actions and recruit powerful champions to your cause. We’re excited to announce that Hero Realms Digital Hero Realms Digital is coming to app stores on Monday, June 6th! From the makers of the award-winning Star Realms Deckbuilding Game ®, Hero Realms combines the fun of deckbuilding games with the interactivity…

Jun 6, 2022
Hero Realms Update Coming Tuesday 8th March!
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Hero Realms Update Coming Tuesday 8th March!

Hello Hero Realms players! We have a new Hero Realms Digital Update coming on March 8th at 9am ET. It will be a breaking update, and will have some experimental features: New real-time timer, that works like the Star Realms timer Characters cannot heal above their starting health It no longer matters what order…

Mar 4, 2022
Hero Realms Digital Update Coming Thursday January 27th – Finish Your Games!
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Hero Realms Digital Update Coming Thursday January 27th – Finish Your Games!

Hello Everyone, There will be a breaking release with updates to the Hero Realms Digital Game this week, on the morning of Thursday, January 27. The most notable updates are balance changes to the characters. This means that your characters will be reset and you will need to select your upgrades again. Watch the replay…

Jan 26, 2022
Hero Realms Dungeons Card Spoilers!
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Hero Realms Dungeons Card Spoilers!

The Hero Realms Dungeons Kickstarter is coming in 2022! The Dungeons set includes an all-new 80-card market deck, new Character Packs, a beautiful new game board, and an all-new 12-encounter dungeon campaign for 1-5 players! Just like Star Realms, Colony Wars or Frontiers, you can play this market deck on its own or you can…

Oct 20, 2021
Origins Game Fair Hero Realms Legend Series 2021
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Origins Game Fair Hero Realms Legend Series 2021

Hero Realms Legend Series at Origins Game Fair 2021 Friday October 1st at 11am ET We’re super excited to announce that we will be running an in-person Hero Realms Legend Series at Origins Games Fair 2021! Winner will become a card in a future Hero Realms set and the Top 8 will win a super…

Sep 23, 2021
Press Release: Hero Realms Digital Deckbuilding Game Launched on Kickstarter
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Press Release: Hero Realms Digital Deckbuilding Game Launched on Kickstarter

Fantasy-Themed Digital Game on iOS, Android and Steam From the Creators of Star Realms July 20, 2021 – Framingham, MA – Wise Wizard Games LLC, the makers of the wildly popular Star Realms Digital deckbuilding game, announced that they have launched Hero Realms Digital, a new digital deckbuilding game, on Kickstarter today. Wise Wizard Games…

Jul 20, 2021
Hero Realms Valentines
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Hero Realms Valentines

Happy Valentines Day to all of our fans! Check out these Hero Realms Valentine cards:

Feb 14, 2019
Kickstarter Card and Lore Preview #2: Relics!
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Kickstarter Card and Lore Preview #2: Relics!

The Hero Realms: Journeys Kickstarter is in its final hours! It has tons of new content for Hero Realms, whether you’re playing it PVP or cooperatively. This is the next in a series of articles covering what is coming in Hero Realms! In our last preview article, we introduced the new Quest card type. Whenever you complete…

Dec 4, 2018
Announcing the Ancestry Pack! Become a Dwarf, Elf, Ogre, Orc, Smallfolk, or Half-Demon – On Kickstarter Soon
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Announcing the Ancestry Pack! Become a Dwarf, Elf, Ogre, Orc, Smallfolk, or Half-Demon – On Kickstarter Soon

Before you trained as a Cleric, a Fighter, a Wizard, a Thief, or a Ranger, you came from somewhere. You had a family – a lineage. Are you a proud Dwarf? A wise Elf? Maybe you’re a powerful Orc, a tough Ogre, or a wily Smallfolk? Or maybe you’re a cunning Half-Demon? You can be…

Nov 12, 2018
Kickstarter Card and Lore Preview #1: Quest Cards!
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Kickstarter Card and Lore Preview #1: Quest Cards!

The Hero Realms: Journeys Kickstarter launches in November. Hero Realms offers players both a fast-playing competitive deckbuilding game, as well as cooperative adventures which mix in the teamwork, storytelling, and character progression of an RPG. We talk all about it here. Today, we’re going to introduce a new type of card that will debut in…

Oct 31, 2018
Prepare your party for Hero Realms: Journeys, coming to Kickstarter in November!
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Prepare your party for Hero Realms: Journeys, coming to Kickstarter in November!

Every citizen knows it: The citystate of Thandar is the lynchpin holding the peace together. The metropolis’ rich culture and flourishing commerce encourages imperials, elves, orcs, and everyone in between to resolve disputes through trade and diplomacy – rather than through war, as it was in ages past. But now, a hidden evil threatens…

Oct 22, 2018
Faction Breakdown: Champions
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Faction Breakdown: Champions

The four factions of Hero Realms each have distinct gameplay styles. I feel that they are balanced against each other very well, giving players a variety of ways to defend their realm and win the game. This means your decisions about which deck to try to build can come down to personal preference rather…

Aug 23, 2018
Sisters of Thandar
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Sisters of Thandar

SISTERS OF THANDAR by Ian Taylor Deep in the lower Brightshard, there lay an abandoned mine whose entrance was hidden in the shadow of Mount Parmek. Inside the maelstrom of bizarre corridors and tunnels, a young lady screamed her frustration to the darkness. “No no no no no,” she explained to the empty cavern. Her…

Jan 18, 2018
A Tournament of Champions
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A Tournament of Champions

A TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS So you’ve decided to run a Hero Realms tournament! That’s a great decision, and we hope that it goes gloriously. We here at Wise Wizard Games have a good amount of experience running tournaments of all kinds, and while Hero Realms is still fairly new, we have quite a few…

Jan 18, 2018
To Defeat a Dragon
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To Defeat a Dragon

Andrea Nathan Davis is an award-winning designer and producer, and was the lead designer of the Dragon and Lich Boss Decks. Andrea is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Game Design and Development at the University of Limerick in Ireland. The Boss Decks are designed to be a major challenge for both the […] Andrea Nathan Davis is an award-winning designer and producer, and was the lead designer of the Dragon and Lich Boss Decks. Andrea is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Game Design and Development at the University of Limerick in Ireland.Andrea Nathan Davis is an award-winning designer and producer, and was the lead designer of the Dragon and Lich Boss Decks. Andrea is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Game Design and Development at the University of Limerick in Ireland.

Jan 13, 2018
Citizens of Thandar: Fighter
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Citizens of Thandar: Fighter

CITIZENS OF THANDAR: FIGHTER “Thandar has a robust mercenary industry. While most that sell their services are handy in battle, the Fighter is in a class all of their own. Do not expect more of them than this, because this is all they know.” – The Emperor’s Guide to Thandar. The Fighter Deck […] “Thandar has a robust mercenary industry. While most that sell their services are handy in battle, the Fighter is in a class all of their own. Do not expect more of them than this, because this is all they know.” – The Emperor’s Guide to Thandar.“Thandar has a robust mercenary industry. While most that sell their services are handy in battle, the Fighter is in a class all of their own. Do not expect more of them than this, because this is all they know.” – The Emperor’s Guide to Thandar.

Sep 18, 2017
Citizens of Thandar: Wizard
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Citizens of Thandar: Wizard

CITIZENS OF THANDAR: WIZARD “The Port City has many a wonder, but there are none more wondrous than a Wielder of Magicks. There is much to study on the Confluence, and the Wizards of Thandar are up to the task.” – The Emperor’s Guide to Thandar. The Wizard is a curious character. The […] “The Port City has many a wonder, but there are none more wondrous than a Wielder of Magicks. There is much to study on the Confluence, and the Wizards of Thandar are up to the task.” – The Emperor’s Guide to Thandar.“The Port City has many a wonder, but there are none more wondrous than a Wielder of Magicks. There is much to study on the Confluence, and the Wizards of Thandar are up to the task.” – The Emperor’s Guide to Thandar.

Sep 7, 2017
Citizens of Thandar: Ranger
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Citizens of Thandar: Ranger

CITIZENS OF THANDAR: RANGER “While one may expect an outdoor type like the Ranger high up in a tree, or tracking some foe across a dusty plain, it is equally common to find them frequenting their local Public House (or wherever ale is served). For it is there that they pick up the work,…

Aug 7, 2017
Citizens of Thandar: Thief
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Citizens of Thandar: Thief

THE CITIZENS OF THANDAR: THIEF “Even the wiliest of travelers can fall prey to the wolves of Thandar. Thieves exists in any developed society, but the rogues of the port city have evolved their craft into something close to a religion. They see your goods as needing to be liberated, and they are the…

Jul 31, 2017
Citizens of Thandar: Cleric
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Citizens of Thandar: Cleric

THE CITIZENS OF THANDAR: CLERIC “The Holy Clerics of Thandar should not be underestimated. The city changes everybody, and even the kindest and most devout person tends to show a degree of grizzled bitterness after a time. Expect compassion and comfort as always, but don’t be surprised if you encounter a coiled,…

Jul 24, 2017
April Fool’s Realms News!
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April Fool’s Realms News!

This was our April Fool’s Day prank for 2017. We hope you enjoyed our impressive display of mad Photoshop MS Paint skills! We are pleased to announce that we have reached a deal with some top companies to have their products featured in Hero Realms artwork and products! We know you love these popular products,…

Apr 1, 2017
A Brief History of Thandar: TotalCon Battles
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A Brief History of Thandar: TotalCon Battles

HERO REALMS TotalCon report It’s the Monday morning after TotalCon. We’re tired, but excited. We met a lot of really cool people, got to talk to many fans, and (since we feed on excitement) we talked about every single one of our games. TotalCon will go down in history as the very first Hero Realms…

Feb 27, 2017
What Time is It? Question Time!
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What Time is It? Question Time!

Since its inception many years ago, Thandar has been a hub of activity. Thousands of people do their business every day within its walls, and all up and down the three rivers. Obviously with this many people, information must flow. Questions must be answered. The people will not be ignored. Regarding the Thief Character Pack,…

Feb 16, 2017
Need a Mercenary? Introducing Captain Koska.
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Need a Mercenary? Introducing Captain Koska.

INTRODUCING CAPTAIN KOSKA We understand that the Realms of Heroes can grow large enough that it cannot hope to be contained. Many of you have been asking for a bigger box for your collection. With that in mind, Legion Supplies has your answer here. But what if the box is too big now? Well…we have…

Jan 16, 2017