Critical Role unveils Daggerheart cover and limited edition box set

Darrington Press, the publishing house of the real theater titan Crucial rolehas unveiled the cover of the upcoming tabletop role-playing game Daggerheart. Set for release in Spring 2025, the TTRPG takes on the adventurous family dynamic for which the cast of Crucial role is the best known and mechanizes them into a narrative, d12-based system.

The cover was unveiled at PAX Unplugged, a tabletop game-focused gaming convention in Philadelphia. The standard Daggerheart Core Set includes a basic rulebook and a box for the card decks that add a physical element to character creation. The cover of the standard edition features artwork by Mat Wilma and depicts a nighttime scene with an ethereal deer, while the inside cover of the book features a range of original characters and creatures in an epic fantasy style. The combination of the two parts centers the unique world-building and player-driven nature of the game, or at least the version of it available in the public beta test. While reviews of the early versions were somewhat mixed, more recent versions of the game were met with high praise.

A limited edition Daggerheart box set also debuted alongside the standard cover reveal. The set is housed in a fully wraparound box containing an alternate core rulebook and a pull-out drawer containing the game’s decks, a set of dice, and a GM screen with matching artwork by Dominik Mayer.

Daggerheart is available for pre-order in person at PAX Unplugged or online at daggerheart.com. The standard Core Set is available for $59.99, while the Limited Edition set is available for $149.99.