Custom Heroes

What is Custom Heroes

Custom Heroes is a card-crafting, climbing trick game in which plastic cards are added to sleeves in order to modify the cards already in those sleeves.

Please note: Custom Heroes is shipped with a protective plastic film on each card which should be removed prior to play. Once removed the colors will be more vibrant and it will be easier to see cards in a stack inside a sleeve.

The players attempt to win rounds by getting rid of their cards as quickly as possible using the classic climbing trick mechanic. e.g. If a player leads with three 4s then the next player must play three of a kind of equal or higher value. When all players pass, the last player to have played cards leads a new trick with whatever card or set of equal cards they want. Go out of cards first for first place, second for second, etc.

However, you also have advancements you can sleeve onto your cards. These may increase or decrease the value of the cards, or even add new abilities such as turning a card into a wild or reversing the direction of the values (i.e. you are now playing lower numbers instead of higher) or making cards count as multiple copies of themselves, etc.

Game details

Players

2–6

Age

+14

Duration

45 min

Difficulty

Light

Type

Board game

Year

2017

Mechanics

Hand Management · Ladder Climbing · Layering

Categories

Card Game · Fantasy

Designer

John D. Clair

Publisher

Asmodee · Alderac Entertainment Group · Arclight Games · Choo Choo Games