Heroes of Heartland is a fantasy based role playing game. Players take the role of an adventurer leading a small band of people into a new land. Players may choose to build up their base and gather resources. Or they choose to go exploring and gain experience to level up their hero. During their turn players will move their hero then take an action. Experience is gained by exploring, which can then be used to upgrade your hero. Resources are gained by building structures and using the gather action to collect them. Every round new quests will come up that players must strive to finish. The goal of the game is to complete the most quests. The player with the highest value quest cards will win the game. —description from the designer