The critical role reveals his first official Daggerheart campaign

Summary

Age of Umbra is the first Daggerheart Critical Role campaign in a dark fantasy world with mechanics of hope and fear.
The critical role launches Daggerheart Ttrpg on May 20, offering a new system focused on the narrative.
The age of the series in eight parts of Umbra is previewed on May 29, with the main cast of the critical role in a unique country format.

Critical role has announced Age of shadowHis first officer Daggerheart Series of campaigns set in an original setting and Grimdark. The first episode of this eight -part Daggerheart miniseries presents a preview on Twitch, YouTube and Beacon on May 29 and marks the largest nonDungeon and Draghi project Critical role He has done to date.

Daggerheart He is a brand new Ttrpg designed by Critical role This officially launches on May 20. This system focused on the narrative uses special D12 with a mechanic of hope and fear that allows both GM and players to influence the game in unexpected ways. Critical role So far he has made several shots using this system, but has not yet done a long -term real game campaign with it.

What to expect from the Daggerheart Ttrpg of the critical role

The next TTRPG Daggerheart of the critical role offers an interesting mixture of mechanics and a real challenge for the basement and dragons.

Now, it is about to change. Critical role has officially announced Age of shadowA part in eight parts Daggerheart miniseries with the main cast of Critical roleincluding the game master Matthew Mercer and the players Ashley Johnson, Laura Bailey, Liam O'Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, Taliesin Jaffe and Travis Willingham. Fans can enjoy this series on Twitch, YouTube or Critical roleThe Beacon streaming service on Thursday at 19:00 PT starting from May 29, even if they can also capture an episode of special session the previous week.

Critical role Age of Umbra Daggerheart campaign release program

Age of Umbra is a new 8 -episode #daggerheart series arriving on 29 May in Beacon, Twitch and YouTube! GM and Age of Umbra Designer Matthew Mercer guides the founders of #Criticalllarrole through a dark and survival company, in which small communities are quickly held against the darkness of a dying world. -Cutica (@Criticalrole.bsky.social) 2025-05-12T16: 05: 38.976z

May 22 – Zero session
May 29 – Episode 1
June 5 – Episode 2
12 June – Episode 3
June 19 – Episode 4
June 26 – Episode 5
July 3 – No episode (4th July)
July 10 – Episode 6
July 17 – Episode 7
July 24 – Episode 8 (Final)

Age of shadow It takes place in the homonymous fantasy setting introduced in Daggerheart core set. In this world without God, known as Halcyon's dominion, the dead return as horrible monsters and a dark void known as the shadow threatens to corrupt everything he touches, with sacred pyres, guarded by small island communities, the only thing that keeps darkness at bay. The campaign will initially focus on the characters played by Riegel, Ray, Jaffe, Willingham and Johnson of the community of Desperloch, with Bailey and O'Brien who apparently join the adventure.

The format Critical role is using for Age of shadow It is particularly noteworthy. While he made miniseries in the past, like Exandria Unlimited or the recent Wildlings Wildemountfew have had more than four episodes or used a different system from Dungeon and Draghiand less still take place in worlds in addition to the environment of the main campaigns. In truth, Age of shadow It seems to be more in the format of Size 20 – The Dropout Effect Play Series with seasons of smaller stories and settings and mostly not connected.

Even if this probably does not mean Critical role He is eliminating the long and over 100 episodes of episode of episodes with which they are familiar, there are still no ads regarding a fourth campaign. Fans will probably have to wait until Age of shadow ends on July 24 to find out what it is for Critical role.