Daggerheart
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Critical Role just broke the rules of villain design in Daggerheart — now the whole table builds the dragon queen
Forlorn, the central antagonist of upcoming Daggerheart campaign Reign of the Weredragon, is a creation not just of the GM, but of the whole table. We asked Elise Rezendes, Rowan Hall, and Spenser Starke t explain more
November 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The Daggerheart romantasy campaign With Love and Magic is coming “fast” as Critical Role tests a digital-first release strategy
After Critical Role's Matt Mercer announced it earlier this year, we've been waiting on details regarding Daggerheart's With Love and Magic campaign. And at PAX unplugged 2025, we got to ask for details from the developers
November 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Darrington Press turns limitation into invitation with new TTRPG - "If it doesn't fit on a card, it's not Daggerheart"
I'm quoting producer Elise Rezendes and lead codesigner Rowan Hall here - both of whom explained Daggerheart's less is more philosophy at PAX Unplugged this year
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role’s Daggerheart team explains what makes a great TTRPG adversary in new monster pack reveal
Specifically, we asked designers Rowan Hall and Spenser Starke, plus producer Elise Rezendes, what makes for the best beast. And it isn't the "tiny numbers" on their stats page
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Daggerheart is perfect for horror, say the Dungeon Dudes (which is why they're moving Dungeons of Drakkenheim over to it)
Dungeons of Drakkenheim, the longrunning 5e campaign that's been core to the Dungeon Dudes' YouTube channel, is officially coming to Critical Role's D&D rival. And apparently, it's got a lot to do with the fear factor
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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D&D icons are rebooting Acquisitions Incorporated with a fresh Daggerheart-powered adventure
Dungeons & Dragons titan Jeremy Crawford announced at PAX Unplugged '25 that the first real actual play show (arguably) is switching TTRPG systems to Critical Role's own Daggerheart
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role is giving us all a free RPG in 2026, as Darrington Press' Dying Spire comes to Free RPG Day next year
The Critical Role team is bringing more Daggerheart to Free RPG Day in 2026, continuing the story that began with Marisha Ray & Grant Howitt's one-page adventure, A Familiar Problem
November 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role is taking their love of John Constantine, Castlevania and more gothic horror into new Daggerheart campaign
An addition to Daggerheart's first expansion book, Hope & Fear, Dark Heart of Andaluria will tie together some of your favorite monster tropes into a hauntingly beautiful world, says co-designer Rowan Hall
November 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role has listened to your request, Daggerheart players: A GM fear tracker is coming in 2026
Keeping track of your players' Fear is going to get a lot easier if you're a Daggerheart GM, and it's all thanks to the fans who have been bugging Critical Role's Darrington Press about a special GM screen
November 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role is bringing its Delicious in Dungeon-style Daggerheart campaign to life in liveplay with Viva la Dirt League
Beast Feast, which Critical Role's Daggheart has described as a campaign similar to fantasy anime Delicious in Dungeon, is coming to Viva la Dirt League.
November 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role fans, remember - Matt Mercer's homebrew warrior class (now available in Daggerheart) was created specifically for Vin Diesel
Daggerheart players can now unleash the power of the Blood Hunter - so long as they also remember that Matt Mercer created it for a Critical Role special starring Vin Diesel
November 06, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role smashes the mold for Campaign 4, with 3 tables, 13 cast members, and a whole new (non-Exandrian!) setting
GM Brennan Lee Mulligan is guiding a baker's dozen adventurers through misty and mysterious Aramán using the West Marches style of TTRPG storytelling - we'll explain what that means here
August 21, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Daggerheart, the Dungeons & Dragons rival from the Critical Role team, hits half a million characters online: "It hasn't really slowed"
Stats come from Demiplane, an online resource for fans of TTRPGs like Daggerheart
August 13, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Matthew Mercer is working on a Romantasy-themed TTRPG camapign, and we're wondering how big a 69-sided die would have to be
Mercer and Darrington Press's Daggerheart has explored haunted wastelands, dungeon kitchens, and colossus-ridden deserts. Now, it looks like it'll venture behind castle walls (and bedroom doors)
August 05, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role series Candela Obscura and Daggerheart share a "scarring" mechanic, say the developers
Fans of the horror game/miniseries Candela Obscura know that you don't always walk away from terrors unscathed. According to Spenser Starke and Rowan Hall, that's a truth that newcomers to Daggerheart will also learn
May 21, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Daggerheart "never could have" been made without the game's subreddit community, say developers
To the many members of the r/Daggerheart subreddit, developers Rowan Hall and Spenser Stark would like to say "thank you"
May 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Roll Hope, adventurer: Daggerheart's release date has been revealed
Fantasy TTRPG fans can get their hands on the Darrington Press-produced game May 20, 2025, provided they ordered from Darrington Press directly
February 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt