A competitive community focused podcast about the deckbuilding game Hero Realms. Each episode covers multiple topics that can help improve your gameplay and get you involved with community events.
When not bottom-decking Fire Bomb and Domination as an avid Hero Realms player, Jigmelingpa is a weapon of mass instruction otherwise known as Matthew Rooks. A university educator based in Japan, he spends his time enjoying linguistics, games, nature, basketball, movies, music, and eats. He also sometimes plays Hero Realms a little.
Tim McKenzie (IGN agentc13) is a Hero Realms Legend (2021 Origins Game Fair) and an avid player of board/card games. He enjoys streaming, game analysis, and spreadsheets. Be sure to check out the many articles he has written for Realms Rising and sign up for one of the online tournaments he organizes.
Rounding out the podcast team are Sam "scrapforce" Parsons, who does a lot of the development for the Hero Helper app, Chris "DblDubz" Walberg, the premier Hero Realms digital streamer and top online player, and Cooper "filtrophobe" Fitzgerald, S&R's data-analysis expert and also highly skilled player.
Join us each episode as Matt, Tim, Sam, Chris, and Cooper discuss Hero Realms, a fantasy-themed expandable deckbuilding game from Wise Wizard Games.
Learn from these top competitors ways to improve your gameplay as they share the strategies and tactics they use to compete at the highest levels. Hear their thoughts on various builds, cards, strategy articles, and other game related topics. The Sparks & Rec crew will keep you up to date on community news, tournaments, and special events.
Catch Sparks & Recreation on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Website: https://www.realmsrising.com/sparks-and-recreation/
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A competitive community focused podcast about the deckbuilding game Hero Realms. Each episode covers multiple topics that can help improve your gameplay and get you involved with community events.
When not bottom-decking Fire Bomb and Domination as an avid Hero Realms player, Jigmelingpa is a weapon of mass instruction otherwise known as Matthew Rooks. A university educator based in Japan, he spends his time enjoying linguistics, games, nature, basketball, movies, music, and eats. He also sometimes plays Hero Realms a little.
Tim McKenzie (IGN agentc13) is a Hero Realms Legend (2021 Origins Game Fair) and an avid player of board/card games. He enjoys streaming, game analysis, and spreadsheets. Be sure to check out the many articles he has written for Realms Rising and sign up for one of the online tournaments he organizes.
Rounding out the podcast team are Sam "scrapforce" Parsons, who does a lot of the development for the Hero Helper app, Chris "DblDubz" Walberg, the premier Hero Realms digital streamer and top online player, and Cooper "filtrophobe" Fitzgerald, S&R's data-analysis expert and also highly skilled player.
Join us each episode as Matt, Tim, Sam, Chris, and Cooper discuss Hero Realms, a fantasy-themed expandable deckbuilding game from Wise Wizard Games.
Learn from these top competitors ways to improve your gameplay as they share the strategies and tactics they use to compete at the highest levels. Hear their thoughts on various builds, cards, strategy articles, and other game related topics. The Sparks & Rec crew will keep you up to date on community news, tournaments, and special events.
Catch Sparks & Recreation on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Website: https://www.realmsrising.com/sparks-and-recreation/
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Join DblDubz, Filtrophobe, and Tuff on a two-hour-tour of what’s expected to arrive to the Hero Realms digital app in 2026! Starting with what we thought was EVERYONE’S favorite segment (spoilers, it’s not), the crew keeps the game-state analysis flowing with another entry in the Looking For Lethal series.
From there the main segment hits and covers a wide range of topics – what balance changes may be coming down the pipeline, new ancestries for the beta, and new classes for the regular version of the game. There’s no shortage of talk on the impact and analysis these changes will have on the game.
There’s a brief highlight on a class performance spreadsheet from StefP and Scorium plus Jseph’s article regarding Tavern Brawl match-making. More to come on discussing this and future Tavern Brawls in the New Year! All that’s left from here is to round up the Community Events and sign-off. Thanks for listening!
An Apology to the Community: 6:27
WWYD: 11:05
LFL: 24:13
Future of HR Digital: 32:31
Content Releases: 1:40:33
Community Round-up: 1:48:26
Taps, Scraps, and Good-byes: 2:00:43
Hero Realms is a fantasy-themed expandable deckbuilding game from Wise Wizard Games.
Hosts: Chris "DblDubz" Walberg, Cooper "Filtrophobe" Fitzpatrick, and John "Tuff" Labella
Producer: Chris Walberg
Hero Helper: https://hero-helper.com/
Realms Rising: https://www.realmsrising.com
You can find the WWYD screenshots for this episode here: https://www.realmsrising.com/podcast/sparks-and-rec-92-what-lies-ahead-in-the-new-year
Jseph’s article: https://www.realmsrising.com/community-events/tavern-brawls/exploring-weekly-matchmaking-formats-for-tavern-brawl/
StefP and Scorium’s Spreadsheet:
Patreon: https://patreon.com/sparksandrec
HyperGeometric Calculator: https://aetherhub.com/Apps/HyperGeometric
Community Tournaments & Events Primer (+ signup links): https://www.realmsrising.com/community-events/
Realms Rising Discord: https://discord.gg/8pTxKqzFDc
Contact S&R: contact@sparks-and-recreation.com
Support Sparks & Rec: https://hero-helper.com/support-us
Sparks & Recreation Website: https://www.realmsrising.com/sparks-and-recreation/
Thank you so much to Level 12 Hero Sarah T., Warden Slayer, as well as Level 7 Hero Nudeltulpe!
Specific songs used in this episode were:
Intro/Outro Music: "Uplifting Orchestra Pack" by GoodBunny. (Under the Music Standard License)
Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License
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