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Critical Role just announced a new Daggerheart campaign with D&D veteran at the helm
Critical Role has announced Reign of the Weredragon, a new actual-play miniseries using its Daggerheart role-playing system. The project matters because it will be led by Chris Perkins, a prominent former Dungeons & Dragons designer, and helps position Daggerheart as a major alternative in tabletop role-playing.
Perkins co-created the fairy-tale-inspired but eerie setting for Daggerheart’s first expansion, Hope & Fear, and will now introduce it through the series. The cast and release date have not yet been announced; the programme is expected to run alongside Critical Role’s main D&D-based campaign, while the current Daggerheart series Age of Umbra: Sallowlands continues until mid-August.
In short
- Critical Role announces Daggerheart miniseries Reign of the Weredragon.
- Former D&D creative director Chris Perkins will lead it.
- Cast and release date remain unconfirmed.
Explained simply
Critical Role is a group known for playing tabletop role-playing games on camera, with viewers following the story and the players’ decisions. Daggerheart is a game system the group created, offering another way to play these collaborative, imaginative adventures.
Chris Perkins is a veteran game designer who previously worked on Dungeons & Dragons, a long-running fantasy role-playing game. He helped create the setting for Daggerheart’s first expansion, Hope & Fear, and is a central figure in bringing that world to the screen.
The series is part of Critical Role’s broader work with Daggerheart alongside its D&D-based games. It may help introduce viewers to the system and show how it can support different stories and settings.