Darrington Press is Taking Pre-Orders for the Daggerheart RPG

Sep 26, 2024

You can now pre-order the eagerly anticipated fantasy roleplaying game Daggerheart from Darrington Press. The RPG promises a new approach by utilizing a d12 system more focused on heroic adventure than simply combat after combat. The standard Core Set includes the 300 page rulebook (with PDF) as well as 279 cards and carries an MSRP of $59.99. The limited edition will include an alternate art cover, cards and additional accessories like a GM screen, a dice set, plus tokens and carries an MSRP of $149.99. The game is slated to arrive next Spring.

About the game:

Daggerheart is a fantasy tabletop roleplaying game of brave heroics and vibrant worlds that are built together with your gaming group. Create a shared story with your adventuring party, and shape your world through rich, long-term campaign play.

When it’s time for the game mechanics to control fate, players roll one HOPE die and one FEAR die (both 12-sided dice), which will ultimately impact the outcome for your characters. When Hope die is higher, you also take Hope to power future abilities and turn the tide in your favor! If the Fear die is higher, the game master takes Fear, which they’ll use to challenge the characters and richly complicate your narrative. This duality between the forces of hope and fear on every hero drives the unique character-focused narratives in Daggerheart.

In addition to dice, Daggerheart’s card system makes it easy to get started and satisfying to grow your abilities by bringing your characters’ background and capabilities to your fingertips. Ancestry and Community cards describe where you come from and how your experience shapes your customs and values. Meanwhile, your Subclass and Domain cards grant your character plenty of tantalizing abilities to choose from as your character evolves. Craft your unique character through the cards you choose and the story you tell, and become the hero you want to be!

Daggerheart game masters ask questions of their players and build on the answer, so every world, map, adventure, and story interweaves the character backgrounds and all the player’s ideas.

Daggerheart offers in-depth resources for game masters of all experience levels to ensure that anyone and everyone feels comfortable leading their game. From setting expectations in a session zero, to worldbuilding, campaign building, and adventure building, this rulebook has you covered with advice and full tutorial examples of play.

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