Sparks and Recreation

DblDubz and Filtrophobe dive deep into the most recent round of balance changes before running through a class by class breakdown of all the beta characters at level 20 – highlighting key cards and strategies! You won’t want to miss the tidbits of ancestry discussion either. Numerous exciting events are bubbling up in Thandar so be sure to stick around for the Community Round-up. Among these event...

Join DblDubz and Scrapforce for the second part of our chat with Tuff! This is where we learn a bit about him and get into all the details of his THREE Legends victories in the Realms. We hope you enjoy this fun conversation with insights into what it takes to be successful in paper play. And if you missed it, please be sure to check out Scorium’s dashboard containing wonderful data from the Echoe...

In Episode 52 of Sparks & Rec, DblDubz, Scrapforce, and Tuff chat about the latest in Hero Realms – Level 20 Arena testing, new treasures, the introduction of the reserve system, and more. (An interview discussing Tuff’s three Legends victories was cut for time and will be featured in the next episode.) The show also includes an extended Community Roundup featuring some commentary by Scorium....

In Episode 51 of Sparks & Rec, Jigmelingpa, Filtrophobe, and DaKatSesMeow speculate a bit on the mysterious "Quest System" spoiler before moving into WWYD. The cast responds to a mailbag segment idea, before launching into Filtro's Hero Helper Data Dump, which show lots of strong evidence for the return of the ranger to the top of the meta (especially elf ranger). Filter & DaKat give their...

In Episode 50 of Sparks & Rec, Jigmelingpa, Nudeltulpe, and Eindeloos give their thoughts on current production and beta play before jumping into WWYD, then discussing Eindeloos' community event Echoes of Valor. The cast then give a Community Roundup before finishing off the episode with Taps n' Scraps. Intro - 0:34 WWYD - 17:30 Echoes of Valor - 34:00 Community Roundup - 63:04 Tap n’ Scrap -...

In Episode 49 of S&R, Matt, Cooper, Larry, and Alex discuss the Level 18 Arena Playtesting, WWYD, mailbag, before diving into the Monthly Meta Mashup with Filtrophobe. The cast round out the episode with another dose of Taps n' Scraps. **Updated with audio correction at 23:00 mark** Intro - 0:34 Level 18 Discussion - 7:15 WWYD - 31:11 Mailbag - 47:38 MMM - 57:32 Taps n' Scraps - 96:41 Hero Rea...

In Episode 48 of Sparks & Recreation, special guest Realms Walker and Triple Hero Realms Legend BirdLaw joins the cast to talk a bit about Level 16 Arena Play, Living Life as a Legend, and his new irl event: TAVERN BRAWL. Intro - 0:34 WWYD - 10:25 Life as a Legend - 23:04 Real Life Tavern Brawl - 56:05 Taps n’ Scraps - 68:59 Hero Realms is a fantasy-themed expandable deckbuilding game from Wis...

In the first episode of 2024, Matt, Tim, Cooper, and Alex welcome special guest Ben "WardenSlayer" as he takes us on a tour of Lua Lessons, aimed at helping beginners at trying their hand at custom coding in Hero Realms. The cast then take some time to discuss data from recent Level 16 Arena testing, as well as how the cleric and fighter ancestries have affected the retail game meta. Community Rou...

In this marathon holiday special TWO PART episode of Sparks and Recreation, Matt, Chris, and Cooper cover the Monthly Meta Mashup from filtrophobe! The fun continues when the crew preview and rank the Hunters & Travelers sets that will soon be adding 16 market cards to the digital beta (and retail app soon after). The weary podcasters finally bring the holiday special to a crescendo with commu...

In this marathon holiday special TWO PART episode of Sparks and Recreation, Matt, Chris, and Cooper tackle the latest WWYD before reacting to the plethora of news from Rob Dougherty's recent S&R interview and finishing off their discussion on when and how to use character abilities.   PART I: Intro - 0:00 WWYD - 12:34 Rob Dougherty Interview Reaction - 27:48 Using Character Abilities (con...

In this special emergency episode of Sparks & Rec, Hero Realms Legends Sam "scrapforce" Parsons & Larry "Horgle" Bogucki interview Rob Dougherty at Pax Unplugged about the impending release of Ancestries to the public app, the road to level 24, as well as updates on arena mode, digital legends tournaments, future releases, and more. Enjoy this amazing interview with lots of breaking news a...

In Episode 44 of Sparks & Rec, Larry "Horgle" Bogucki and two time Legend Winner joins Matt & Chris to go over WWYD41 and answer some mailbag questions to kick things off. Next, Larry takes the reins and takes the podcast into "Loungin' with Larry Love," where he turns the tables on the hosts and sparks some great discussion with a variety of rapid fire questions and topics. Next, the trio...

Episode 43 continues in Part II with Monthly Meta Mashup, Community Roundup, and Taps n' Scraps. Ability Discussion Wrapup - 0:00 Monthly Meta Mashup- 5:32 Community Roundup - 57:05 Taps n’ Scraps - 63:46 Hero Realms is a fantasy-themed expandable deckbuilding game from Wise Wizard Games. Hosts: Matthew "jigmelingpa" Rooks, Tim "agentc13" McKenzie, Sam "Scrapforce" Parsons, Chris "DblDubz" Walberg...

Episode 43 of Sparks & Recreation is here, and we hope you're ready for the marathon! This one is so big, we had to break it in half. Part I starts with the induction of the newest member of the S&R cast -- Filtrophobe! With some excellent examples and discussions of decision-making strategies, the cast take a look at a prime example of high-level play with Nudelulpe's What Would You Do su...

In Episode 42 of Sparks & Recreation, jigmelingpa, agentc13, dbldubz, and corybear88 convene to hold the first ever interstellar council -- a crossover discussion on Star Realms & Hero Realms! First, the crew walk through WWYD39 before taking a mailbag question on monk strategy. Then, the cast take a deep dive into Star Realms and Hero Realms intersections, differences, and how the two gam...

In Episode 41 of Sparks & Rec, jigmelingpa, scrapforce, dbldubz, filtrophobe, and DaKatSesMeow join forces to answer mailbag questions, discuss the current state of the meta, and take a dive deep into Monk strategy and builds before finishing things up with Tap n' Scrap. See below for a link to a Monk beta card gallery! Intro - 0:34 WWYD - 7:56 Mailbag - 18:29 Monthly Meta Mashup - 30:50 Monk...

In Episode 40 of Sparks & Rec, jigmelingpa, agentc13, DblDubz, and Nudeltulpe join forces to bring you a JUMBO-SIZED helping of your favorite Hero Realms podcast! First, the cast announce the Digital Legend Contest Winners before heading into WWYD37. Then Nudel takes us on a journey that spans from the inception of Tavern Brawl to its current iteration in Season 5, along with the climactic res...

In Episode 39, Matt, Chris, Larry, and Barry join forces for a special "emergency" episode! After introducing the latest S&R Giveaway Contest (scroll down for details) and the customary stroll through WWYD Lane, the cast listen and react to Larry "Horgle" Bogucki's recent interview with Rob Dougherty, where the Wise Wizard Games CEO and Hero Realms mastermind outlines a fairly specific roadmap...

In Episode 38 of Sparks & Rec, Matt, Tim, and Chris reflect upon another WWYD before answering some listener mailbag questions. Next, the crew takes a first look at the recently announced development road map for the digital app, and the newly released Bard character class, looking at the starting cards, skills, and abilities. In this episode's Lua Spotlight, we have Aarkenell's Pyromancer cla...

In Episode 37 of Sparks & Rec, Matt, Sam, and Chris wade into another WWYD before answering a heavy hitting mailbag question. Then, it's off to the races as the crew take a first look at the Necromancer character class, discussing some early builds and strategy for the new character. We have a special visit from NostraDblDamus as he spoils some of the upcoming level 16 upgrade cards. In this e...

In episode 36 of Sparks & Recreation Matt & Chris break a 3 week drought of new content with a mega dose of S&R. What Would You Do? What Would Jig Do? and Looking for Lethal are all up on deck before the main course, a large helping of ancestry discussion, including an overview and quick tutorial of how it all works, some initial strategy discussions and impressions, and an expose from...

In Episode 35 of Sparks & Recreation, Matt, Tim, Sam, and Chris announce the  Hero Realms Digital Legend Account Giveaway!  Listen to the podcast for details, and enter  here . The Sparks & Rec crew wade through another WWYD scenario and listener mailbag before discussing Lua, Arena Assault, Card Talk, and Community Roundup. Intro - 0:34 WWYD - 17:43 Mailbag - 26:46 Lua - 40...

In this special Sparks & Recreation episode Tim, Chris, and Sam record from Origins Game Fair in Columbus, OH. The guys interview Joel "Ooryl" Hoornbeek about the Hero Realms app, and what his job entails at WWG. Then Sam and Chris recap the HR Legends tournament with zembu and Meowgan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Part 2 of Episode 33 of Sparks & Recreation, UK correspondent Aarkenell delivers some amazing content from the UK Games Expo, where he entered and won the Hero Realms Legends Tournament! Aarkenell walks us through his experience in the Swiss and Final Cut rounds of the tournament, and also gives a comprehensive review of the game Kapow! which he played at the Expo. Finally, Aarkenell gives...

In Episode 33 of Sparks & Recreation, Matt "Jigmelingpa" Rooks, Sam "Scrapforce" Parsons, and special guests Dylan "Dailey23" Bailey and Alex "DaKatSesMeow" Rogers join forces to discuss this episode's WWYD scenario and DaKatSes latest Looking For Lethal puzzle before reacting to some big news out of the UKGE: In his interview with Rob Dougherty, UK correspondent Aarkenell learns about the imp...