We have disabled registrations as we work to prevent bots by bypassing protections and creating fake accounts to swarm the site. We'll get it back on once we get a better system in place.
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Nov 09, 2026 - 8:33 PM - by Typhon
Sorry for any disruption today; we are getting hammered pretty hard from a globally distributed crawler network that is trying to steal of out content (probably for training AI models). We have put protections in place ... but I need to harden it further. If you run into issues; please email [email protected] and let me know (I don't want you all to catch any friendly fire). Thanks!
And don't forget to donate! Because it's things like this that end up costing us: https://ko-fi.com/hcrealms . Thanks!
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Oct 26, 2026 - 12:38 PM - by Typhon
For 25 years, HCRealms has been home to the HeroClix community. And remember, we saved HeroClix ... TWICE!
For the past few years, I've personally covered the shortfall between operating costs and advertising and donation revenue. Unfortunately, I can no longer sustain that expense on my own.
If HCRealms has brought you joy at any point over the last 25 years, please consider donating $5 - $10.
Your support will help keep HCRealms online and fund plans to modernize and expand the community for the future (I already have something awesome cooking!).
Over the past several days, HCRealms has been dealing with an unusually high level of automated and bot traffic. As part of the work we've been doing to protect the site and improve its security, we're taking the precautionary step of resetting passwords for all HCRealms accounts.
The next time you sign in, you'll need to reset your password using the email address associated with your account.
A few important things to know:
HCRealms does not store passwords in plain text.
We're requiring this reset as a precaution rather than asking members to determine individually whether they need to change their password.
If you've used the same password on HCRealms and another website, we recommend choosing a new, unique password there as well. Reusing passwords between websites is never a good idea.
Older accounts are included in the reset, even if they haven't been used in a long time.
HCRealms has been around for a long time, and some of these accounts go back many years. We know a site-wide password reset is inconvenient, but given the volume and nature of the automated traffic we've been seeing, we believe resetting everyone at once is the appropriate precaution.
We're also continuing to make security and infrastructure improvements behind the scenes.
Thank you for your patience and for being part of HCRealms.
- The HCRealms Team
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Sep 21, 2026 - 2:25 AM - by Typhon
Welcome to this year's poll of the community's favorite Clix of 2024! It's also the 10th Anniversary of this thread series! Vote for your Top Ten favorite figures of the year. You have until 1/2/25 to come join the fun, then I'll take a detailed tally and report back on the top 10 vote-getters, just like I’ve done since 2015.
(Pictured: Spider-Man #043b from Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing, the community's #1 piece of 2023.)
Welcome to this year's poll of the community's favorite Clix of 2023! Vote for your Top Ten favorite figures of the year! You have until 1/2/24 to come join the fun, then I'll take a detailed tally and report back on the top 10 vote-getters, just like I’ve done since 2015.
(Pictured: Hulk #045 from Avengers Forever, the community's #1 piece of 2022.)
I haven't posted here for quite a while but one of the friends I made playing this game needs help.
Duane Thomas aka TheFreak, who has been in the clix community since the beginning, has had a stroke. He was rushed to the hospital on January 13th. Today, the 15th, he became unresponsive and had to have emergency surgery. He is currently sedated. He has been a contributor for HCrealms and has been a local judge for over 2 decades. Anything you can to do help him and his wife out with their medical bills while he is battling for his life would be greatly appreciated.
Welcome to this year's poll of the community's favorite Clix of 2022! Now featured on the front page for the first time. Vote for your Top Ten favorite figures of the year! You have until 1/2/23 to join us, then I'll take a detailed tally and report back on the top 10 vote-getters, just like I’ve done since 2015.
(Pictured: Felix Faust #055 from Wonder Woman 80th Anniversary, the community's #1 piece of 2021.)
Celebrate the zaniness that was 2022 and share some holiday cheer with your fellow Realmsers.
Gifts are usually HeroClix related: Clix, Custom Clix, Dice, and Maps ... but all manner of goodies are welcome. Just be creative and be sure to create a wishlist for your "Santa" to check.
Sign-ups are open now through Friday, November 18th. After that each person will get paired up with a recipient to provide a gift for.
Our Gift Opening Party will take place here on HCRealms.com on Friday, December 23rd.