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Star Realms is 2014 card game created by Darwin Kastle and Robert Dougherty. This series includes the Core Set and all of its expansions.

Star Realms standalone sets

Board Game: Star Realms

Star Realms 2014 “Base Set”
2 playersComponents:
  • 80 card Trade deck made up of 20 cards in each of 4 different factions (Blobs, Machine Cult, Star Empire, and Trade Federation.
  • 10 Explorer cards
  • 2 player starter decks of 10 cards each (8 Scouts and 2 Vipers)
  • 18 score cards to track authority for the players (2nd Edition has 4 score cards)
Board Game: Star Realms: Colony Wars

Star Realms: Colony Wars 2015
2 playersComponents:
  • 80 card Trade deck made up of 20 cards in each of 4 different factions (Blobs, Machine Cult, Star Empire, and Trade Federation. All cards in the Colony Wars trade deck are different than the Base Set.
  • 10 Explorer cards
  • 2 player starter decks of 10 cards each (8 Scouts and 2 Vipers)
  • 18 score cards to track authority for the players
Board Game: Star Realms: Frontiers

Star Realms: Frontiers 2018
Up to 4 playersComponents:
  • 80 card Trade deck made up of 20 cards in each of 4 different factions (Blobs, Machine Cult, Star Empire, and Trade Federation. All cards in the Frontiers trade deck are different than the Base Set and Colony Wars.
  • 16 Explorer cards
  • 4 player starter decks of 10 cards each (8 Scouts and 2 Vipers)
  • 8 score cards to track authority for the players
Board Game: Star Realms: Deluxe Nova Collection

Star Realms: Deluxe Nova Collection 2020
Up to 6 playersComponents (Foil printing on all cards):
  • 80 card trade deck from the Base Set
  • Explorer cards
  • 6 player starter decks
  • Promo Pack 1
  • Gambit Set
  • Cosmic Gambit Set
  • Crisis: Bases and Battleships
  • Crisis: Fleets and Fortresses
  • Crisis: Heroes
  • Crisis: Events
  • 6 Score dials
  • 1 Game board
Kickstarter Exclusive
Board Game: Star Realms

Star Realms 2021
Up to 4 playersComponents:
  • 80 card trade deck from the Base Set
  • Explorer cards
  • 4 player starter decks
  • Gambit Set
  • Nemesis Beast and Pirates of the Dark Star Challenge Cards
  • 8 Score cards
  • 1 Game board

Star Realms Gambit expansions

Board Game: Star Realms: Gambit Set

Star Realms: Gambit Set 2014
Components:
  • 10 Gambit cards
  • 2 Merc Cruisers
  • 4 Challenge cards
Board Game: Star Realms: Cosmic Gambit Set

Star Realms: Cosmic Gambit Set 2015
Components:
  • 13 Gambit cards
  • 1 Secret Outpost card
  • 1 Rules card

Star Realms Crisis expansions

Board Game: Star Realms: Crisis – Bases & Battleships

Star Realms: Crisis – Bases & Battleships 2014
Components:
  • 12 Bases and Ships cards (3 cards for each faction) to add to the Trade Deck.
  • 1 Rules card
Board Game: Star Realms: Crisis – Events

Star Realms: Crisis – Events 2014
Components:
  • 12 Event cards to add to the Trade Deck. When an event card is turned up for the trade row, the event is triggered immediately and then scrapped.
  • 1 Rules card
Board Game: Star Realms: Crisis – Fleets & Fortresses

Star Realms: Crisis – Fleets & Fortresses 2014
Components:
  • 12 Bases and Ships cards (3 cards for each faction) to add to the Trade Deck.
  • 1 Rules card
Board Game: Star Realms: Crisis – Heroes

Star Realms: Crisis – Heroes 2014
Components:
  • 12 Hero cards to add to the Trade Deck. When a hero card is purchased from the trade row, it goes into play immediately. Each Hero card has a scrap ability.
  • 1 Rules card

Star Realms United expansions

Board Game: Star Realms: United – Assault

Star Realms: United – Assault 2016
Components:
  • 12 Bases and Ships cards (each has 2 factions) to add to the Trade Deck.
  • 1 Rules card
Board Game: Star Realms: United – Command

Star Realms: United – Command 2016
Components:
  • 12 Bases and Ships cards (each has 2 factions) to add to the Trade Deck.
  • 1 Rules card
Board Game: Star Realms: United – Heroes

Star Realms: United – Heroes 2016
Components:
  • 12 Hero cards to add to the Trade Deck. When a hero card is purchased from the trade row, it goes into play immediately. Each Hero card has a scrap ability.
  • 1 Rules card
Board Game: Star Realms: United – Missions

Star Realms: United – Missions 2016
Components:
  • 12 Mission cards. Players are dealt 3 mission cards. When they complete the objective on the mission card, they reveal it. When all 3 mission cards are revealed, the player wins.
  • 1 Rules card

Star Realms Command Deck expansions

Board Game: Star Realms: Command Deck – The Alignment

Star Realms: Command Deck – The Alignment 2018 (Machine Cult and Star Empire)
Components:
  • 1 Divine Admiral Le commander card
  • 1 Ship card (Mech Battleship) to be shuffled into the Trade deck.
  • 12 card commander starter deck
  • 2 Gambit cards (Le's Foray and Alignment Ingenuity)
  • 2 Score cards
Board Game: Star Realms: Command Deck – The Alliance

Star Realms: Command Deck – The Alliance 2018 (Star Empire and Trade Federation)
Components:
  • 1 Fleet Director Nandi commander card
  • 1 Ship card (Super Freighter) to be shuffled into the Trade deck.
  • 12 card commander starter deck
  • 2 Gambit cards (Nandi's Onslaught and Alliance Procurement)
  • 2 Score cards
Board Game: Star Realms: Command Deck – The Coalition

Star Realms: Command Deck – The Coalition 2018 (Machine Cult and Trade Federation)
Components:
  • 1 High Director Valken commander card
  • 1 Ship card (Mech Command Ship) to be shuffled into the Trade deck.
  • 12 card commander starter deck
  • 2 Gambit cards (Coalition Efficiency and Valken's Enterprise/Coalition Stronghold)
  • 2 Score cards
Board Game: Star Realms: Command Deck – The Pact

Star Realms: Command Deck – The Pact 2018 (Blob and Trade Federation)
Components:
  • 1 Overlord Newburg commander card
  • 1 Ship card (Super Carrier) to be shuffled into the Trade deck.
  • 12 card commander starter deck
  • 2 Gambit cards (Newburg's Game and Pact Dominion)
  • 2 Score cards
Board Game: Star Realms: Command Deck – The Union

Star Realms: Command Deck – The Union 2018 (Blob and Star Empire)
Components:
  • 1 Hive Admiral McCready commander card
  • 1 Ship card (Meganaut) to be shuffled into the Trade deck.
  • 12 card commander starter deck
  • 2 Gambit cards (McCready's Maneuver and Union Blitz)
  • 2 Score cards
Board Game: Star Realms: Command Deck – The Unity

Star Realms: Command Deck – The Unity 2018 (Blob and Machine Cult)
Components:
  • 1 Biolord Walsh commander card
  • 1 Ship card (Mech Wurm) to be shuffled into the Trade deck.
  • 12 card commander starter deck
  • 2 Gambit cards (Walsh's Strategem and Unity Warcraft)
  • 2 Score cards
Board Game: Star Realms: Command Deck – Lost Fleet

Star Realms: Command Deck – Lost Fleet 2018 (Unaligned)
Components:
  • 1 High Admiral Jochum commander card
  • 1 Ship card (Lost Dreadnaught) to be shuffled into the Trade deck.
  • 12 card commander starter deck
  • 2 Gambit cards (Splinter Tech and Jochum's Grand Design)
  • 2 Score cards

Kickstarter Exclusive


Star Realms High Alert expansions

Board Game: Star Realms: High Alert – First Strike

Star Realms: High Alert – First Strike 2020
Components:
  • 12 Ship and Base Cards

Kickstarter Exclusive

Board Game: Star Realms: High Alert – Heroes

Star Realms: High Alert – Heroes 2020
Components:
  • 12 Multi-faction Hero cards
Board Game: Star Realms: High Alert – Invasion

Star Realms: High Alert – Invasion 2020
Components:
  • 12 Ship and Base Cards
Board Game: Star Realms: High Alert – Requisition

Star Realms: High Alert – Requisition 2020
Components:
  • 12 Ship and Base Cards
Board Game: Star Realms: High Alert – Tech

Star Realms: High Alert – Tech 2020
Components:
  • 12 Tech Cards

Star Realms Other Expansions and Promos

Board Game: Star Realms: Promo Pack I

Star Realms: Promo Pack I 2016
Components:
  • 15 Ship and Base Cards to add to the Trade deck.
Board Game: Star Realms: Year Two Promo Cards

Star Realms: Year Two Promo Cards 2017
Components:
  • 12 Ship cards to add to the Trade deck.
Board Game: Star Realms: Scenarios

Star Realms: Scenarios 2018
Components:
  • 20 Scenario cards. 1 is drawn before the game begins and rules for that game are changed according to the scenario listed on the card.
  • 1 Rules card
Board Game: Star Realms: Stellar Allies Pack

Star Realms: Stellar Allies Pack 2018
Components:
  • 12 Dual Faction Ship and Base cards to add to the trade deck.

Kickstarter Exclusive

Board Game: Star Realms: Frontiers – Kickstarter Promo Pack

Star Realms: Frontiers – Kickstarter Promo Pack 2018
Components:
  • 1 Rules card
  • 29 Ship and Base cards to add to the trade deck.
  • 12 Event cards to add to the trade deck. When an event card is turned up, the event described on the card happens immediately, then the event card is scrapped.

Kickstarter Exclusive

Board Game: Star Realms: Universal Storage Box

Star Realms: Universal Storage Box 2018
Components:
  • 8 Ship cards (2 from each faction) to add to the trade deck.
  • 7 Blob Ship/Base cards
  • Large storage box with dividers to hold all of your Star Realms cards.

In 2016, Darwin Kastle and Robert Dougherty recreated the same game mechanisms in a fantasy setting and released it as Hero Realms.

Hero Realms sets

Board Game: Hero Realms

Hero Realms 2016
Components:
  • 80 card Market deck made up of 20 cards in each of 4 different factions (Guild, Imperial, Necros, and Wild.)
  • 16 Fire Gem cards
  • 4 player starter decks of 10 cards each (7 Gold, 1 Shortsword, 1 Dagger, and 1 Ruby)
  • 8 score cards to track health for the players

Hero Realms Character Packs

Board Game: Hero Realms: Character Pack – Cleric

Hero Realms: Character Pack – Cleric 2016
Components:
  • 1 Cleric hero card
  • 10 card unique starter deck
  • 2 Ability cards (Resurrect and Bless)
  • 2 Score cards
Board Game: Hero Realms: Character Pack – Fighter

Hero Realms: Character Pack – Fighter 2016
Components:
  • 1 Fighter hero card
  • 10 card unique starter deck
  • 2 Ability cards (Crushing Blow and Shoulder Bash)
  • 2 Score cards
Board Game: Hero Realms: Character Pack – Ranger

Hero Realms: Character Pack – Ranger 2016
Components:
  • 1 Ranger hero card
  • 10 card unique starter deck
  • 2 Ability cards (Headshot and Track)
  • 2 Score cards
Board Game: Hero Realms: Character Pack – Thief

Hero Realms: Character Pack – Thief 2016
Components:
  • 1 Thief hero card
  • 10 card unique starter deck
  • 2 Ability cards (Heist and Pick Pocket)
  • 2 Score cards
Board Game: Hero Realms: Character Pack – Wizard

Hero Realms: Character Pack – Wizard 2016
Components:
  • 1 Wizard hero card
  • 10 card unique starter deck
  • 2 Ability cards (Fireball and Channel)
  • 2 Score cards
Board Game: Hero Realms: Ancestry

Hero Realms: Ancestry 2020
Components:
  • 20 Card deck to allow play as a Dwarf, Elf, Ogre, Orc, or Smallfolk.

Hero Realms Boss Decks

Board Game: Hero Realms: Boss Deck – The Dragon

Hero Realms: Boss Deck – The Dragon 2017
Components:
  • 1 Dragon boss card
  • 10 card unique starter deck
  • 8 additional starter cards for use with 2-5 opponents
  • 9 Treasure Horde cards
  • 2 Score cards
Board Game: Hero Realms: Boss Deck – Lich

Hero Realms: Boss Deck – Lich 2017
Components:
  • 1 Lich boss card
  • 10 card unique starter deck
  • 6 Soul Jar cards
  • 10 Grimoire cards
  • 1 Character Ability card
  • 2 Score cards

Hero Realms Journeys Decks

Board Game: Hero Realms: Journeys – Conquest

Hero Realms: Journeys – Conquest 2020
Components:
  • 6 Quest cards
  • 6 Relic cards
Board Game: Hero Realms: Journeys – Discovery

Hero Realms: Journeys – Discovery 2020
Components:
  • 6 Quest cards
  • 6 Relic cards
Board Game: Hero Realms: Journeys – Hunters

Hero Realms: Journeys – Hunters 2020
Components:
  • 12 Champion and Action cards
Board Game: Hero Realms: Journeys – Travelers

Hero Realms: Journeys – Travelers 2020
Components:
  • 12 Champion and Action cards

Hero Realms Campaign Decks

Board Game: Hero Realms: The Ruin of Thandar Campaign Deck

Hero Realms: The Ruin of Thandar Campaign Deck 2017
Components:
  • 70 Character Campaign cards (14 each for Cleric, Fighter, Ranger, Thief, and Wizard)
  • 5 Additional Health cards (1 for each character)
  • 20 Character Item/Champion cards (4 each for Cleric, Fighter, Ranger, Thief, and Wizard)
  • 13 Setting cards
  • 28 Encounter cards
  • 8 Master cards
  • 9 Item cards
  • 5 Mastery cards
Board Game: Hero Realms: The Lost Village Campaign Deck

Hero Realms: The Lost Village Campaign Deck 2019
Components:
  • 13 Setting cards
  • 5 Mastery cards
  • 22 Treasure cards (4 each for Cleric, Fighter, Ranger, Thief, and Wizard, plus 2 Misc)
  • 35 Encounter cards
  • 5 Shopkeeper Key cards
  • 5 Tasty Meal cards
  • 1 Beast card
  • 2 Health Tracking cards
  • 2 oversize Challenge cards
  • 12 oversize Master cards
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