Sparks and Recreation

Three and a half years ago the original crew of Jigmelingpa and agentc13 released the 10th episode of Sparks and Recreation with the aim of exploring some general guidelines of the game. Here we are all this time later and Dubz, Filtro, and Tuff are here to give you their take on this beginner friendly premise. Join them as they explore a wide range of topics regarding what’s important in the game and why. Be sure to check out the full list of links mentioned in the episode in the show notes and on the Realms Rising website!

WWYD: 4:11
Main Segment: 15:17
Community Round-up: 1:41:59
Taps, Scraps, and Good-byes: 1:50:11

Darklighter’s Reshuffle Guide
https://www.realmsrising.com/strats/the-reshuffle-a-strategy-guide/
S_Freak’s Sequencing Guide
https://www.realmsrising.com/strats/scroll-of-turn-order/
Logan’s Pitfalls Guide
https://www.realmsrising.com/strats/gameplay/cheat-codes-tips-on-avoiding-common-pitfalls-in-the-hr-app/
Agentc13 From Novice to Expert series:
https://www.realmsrising.com/strats/four-basic-card-types/
https://www.realmsrising.com/strats/deck-archetypes/
https://www.realmsrising.com/strats/game-pace/
Original Playing with Principle
https://www.realmsrising.com/podcast/sparks-recreation-episode-10-playing-with-principle/
Tuff’s Updated Draconis Pack Rater
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1K1zWvLEYilPs-FHxT67HtmNGNKTXhpR0Anfv8uIKMD4/edit?usp=drivesdk
Day 9 Just Kill Them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPL3zMPVklY
Day 9 on Jade Druid Players
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLDC4T_t6Wo
We Were Wrong About the Paradox of Skill
https://youtu.be/1SHKaxyTVJk?si=5Sh8VUpXKPB_nd-b
How Skilled Players Ruin Games and Designers are to Blame
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cF53IV2N7o

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-93-sailing-the-strategy-triangle
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: [email protected]
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
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After coming to port for the holidays, the SS Sparks and Rec is off to sea once more! While many a sailor has been lost to the Bermuda Triangle, only slightly fewer have been swirled away by discussions of the Triangle Framework introduced in today’s episode. The discussion seeks to lay out the fundamental roles of all the classes and where they lie on a triangle in relation to one another. The three points are Aggro, Combo, and Control. Diving deep on this topic fills the majority of the episode with the usual segments rounding things out.

WWYD: 13:30
Main Segment: 36:46
Community Round-up: 1:55:17
Taps, Scraps, and Good-byes: 2:11:06

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-93-sailing-the-strategy-triangle
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: [email protected]
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
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:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q7cRpnn_BvQhOXYHRFnzrsyH1Mp-KXPHOmronuyIP8w/edit?gid=1027498956#gid=1027498956
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: [email protected]
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
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After a month long hiatus from Hero Realms discussion, the crew of Dubz, Filtrophobe, and Tuff reunite to find out just what everyone has been up to both in and out of the realms! Discussions of Tuff's experience at Pax U includes brief coverage of both Legends tournaments that took place along with highlights of his most anticipated games from his convention haul.

Turning the spotlight over to Filtro, we get to hear a bit about how his recent wedding, reception, and honeymoon went before gearing up for the main segment -- what would happen if you could teach AI how to play Fighter mirrors in Hero Realms and then simulate millions of games under different builds and circumstances? Filtrophobe asked this very question and set his software engineering chops to vibe coding his way to the answers!

A beefy main segment supported by data from these simulations gets into what builds are favored and why, when it's worth it to actually buy a card off the market, and when one may even forgo skilling in order to purchase. (Time stamp included!) A usual stop through the community round-up and a WWYD are all also included of course. Thanks for listening!

WWYD: 4:50
Catching up with the crew: 20:13
Fighter mirror vibe coding: 1:01:07
When Filtro starts to get into which market cards to actually buy: 1:48:37
Community Round-up: 2:13:17
Taps, Scraps, and Good-byes: 2:40:00

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/episode-86-arena-updates-and-nut-draw-finale
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: [email protected]
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
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's been a hot minute but while Filtrophobe is away on his honeymoon (congrats on tying the knot buddy!) Tuff decided to take the time to catch up with lead Draconis 8 Designer Carl Van Ostrand (AKA CVO) and talk about recent Draconis 8 events.

Carl Tries Hero Realms: 3:15
Next Fest: 10:27
Tournament Coverage: 22:36
New Features: 38:02
Draconis 8 Ability Summary & Roadmap: 1:06:18
Taps & Scraps: 1:38:47

BarberShop Games Discord: https://discord.gg/wVKZkMaJqw

Hero Realms is a fantasy-themed expandable deckbuilding game from Wise Wizard Games.

Hosts: John "Tuff" Labella, Carl Van Ostrand
Producer: John Labella

Tuff's Draconis 8 Deckbuilding Guide: https://www.realmsrising.com/draconis-8/tuffs-draconis-deck-construction-selection-guide/
Hero Helper: https://hero-helper.com/
Realms Rising: https://www.realmsrising.com
Patreon: https://patreon.com/sparksandrec
Anvroser's Twitch Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/anvroser
Realms Rising Discord: https://discord.gg/8pTxKqzFDc
Support Sparks & Rec: https://hero-helper.com/support-us

Sparks & Recreation Website: https://www.realmsrising.com/sparks-and-recreation/

Thank you so much to all of our amazing Patrons and community members!

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
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.