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Daggerheart: Hope & Fear Coming Later This Year

  • Writer: Taylor Rioux
    Taylor Rioux
  • Apr 16
  • 2 min read

This Expansion Nearly Doubles the Game’s Worldbuilding and Character Creation Toolkit


Darrington Press, the tabletop game imprint for Critical Role Productions, has revealed the release date and cover art for the Hope & Fear expansion to the TTRPG Daggerheart. Rather than a single worldwide release date, the massive expansion is coming out in waves, with the first copies available at Gen Con later this year. 


Tabletop RPG setup with "Daggerheart: Hope & Fear" game, colorful books, character sheets, dice, and pouches on a dark cloth, stone wall behind.

Next, on August 25, copies will be distributed to release at Darrington Press Guild stores, friendly local game stores, and Critical Role shops (US, UK, CA, AU, and EU). Digital editions of the expansion from Demiplane and DriveThruRPG release concurrently with the physical edition. Finally, the expansion releases everywhere else (Amazon, Indigo, etc.) on Tuesday, September 22.


In terms of what new content the expansion brings, the book offerings are significant. New character options, including four new classes: the Witch, Warlock, Brawler, and Assassin, each with two unique subclasses; 130+ new adversaries and 28 environments (plus a rip pad of blank adversary sheets to help you easily create your own), 100+ weapons, armor, items, and consumable options. Additionally, it includes four new Campaign Frames introducing new worlds and settings for players to explore.



Beyond the book, other items are included in a purchase of the expansion, with Standard and Deluxe offerings having different physical items included. 


Daggerheart: Hope & Fear Standard Edition


Both editions come with the book and the following items:


  • A completely new Dread Domain set of cards, unlocking ghastly, macabre magic core to the new Witch and Warlock classes. 

  • Subclass Cards for all eight new subclasses.

  • Six Transformation Cards: A completely new mechanic, transformations represent changes or augmentations to characters in Daggerheart. During a campaign or at character creation, characters can transform into a Vampire, Werewolf, Reanimated, Shapeshifter, Ghost, or Demigod.

  • Six new Community Cards: Duneborne, Hearthborne, Frostborne, Warborne, Freeborne, and Reborne.

  • Six new Ancestry Cards: Skykin, Tidekin, Earthkin, Emberkin, Gnome, and Aetheris.


Daggerheart: Hope & Fear Deluxe Edition


The Deluxe Edition includes a few more items as well:

  • A gold foil box with a wraparound cover featuring all-new artwork unique to this edition. The accessories compartment holds all your gorgeous cards and goodies, and clasps with a secure magnet.

  • Alternate cover artwork on the box, rulebook, and accessories compartment.

  • A new GM screen to track fear and reference rules, and rhombic Fear tokens that stack along the top of the screen, visible to the GM and players. The new artwork sits on the player-facing side while the quick reference information is visible on the game master side.

  • Three adversary rip pads.

  • A rip pad of character sheets, player and GM guides, maps, and more.

  • Deluxe-edition-exclusive dice are also included, with a set of seven sharp-edged polyhedral dice, an oversized d20 for the GM, and a set of 10 rhombic d12s for players to use as Hope & Fear dice.


The Daggerheart: Hope & Fear standard edition is priced at $39.99 USD, and the Deluxe Edition will be $119.99 USD.


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