Star realms is a spaceship combat deck building game by magic hall of famers darwin kastle and rob dougherty ascension co founder star realms is a fast paced deck building card game of outer space combat it combines the fun of a deck building game with the interactivity of trading card game style combat as you play you make use of trade to acquire new ships and bases from the cards being turned face up in the trade row from the trade deck you use the ships and bases you acquire to either