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2012 Ranked #3,675

Rent A Hero

This card game has players recruit from seven heroes with distinct powers. Starting hands and special abilities shape each contest for advantage.

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Players

3-5

Play time

20-30 min

Age

8+

Complexity

1.46/5

Rating

6.31

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

The card deck in Seventh Hero consists of 77 cards, with each card representing one of seven different heroes. Players each start with two random heroes, and each hero has a special power that can be activated once.

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Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

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The card deck in Seventh Hero consists of 77 cards, with each card representing one of seven different heroes. Players each start with two random heroes, and each hero has a special power that can be activated once. Each turn, a player sends a card from his hand face down to the next player, who can choose to take it or pass it on. If he takes it, he adds it to his group of heroes, but if it's a hero he already has, both hero cards are sent to the discard pile. Before sending a hero away, the player must obey the current round's limitations, such as the card must be odd or must be below or above a certain number. The first player to collect six of the seven heroes wins.

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
3–5
Best with
3–5
Play time
20–30 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Kuro

Artists

5
David Ausloos Biboun Zezhou Chen ?? (Junsi) ?????? (Kuronyako)

Publishers

4
2 Pionki Alderac Entertainment Group DMZ Games Gemblo Company

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