You could recall Popverse’s reporting on a romantasy-inspired campaign coming to Daggerheart, the TTRPG printed by Critical Role. To date, we all know the title of the journey – With Love and Magic – and we all know that it is at the very least partially impressed by Tusk Love, the in-universe romantasy novel written below the Critical Role banner. Apart from that, although, particulars are scarce – so after I received the prospect to speak with a few of the key figures behind Daggerheart, I needed to ask if there have been any updates.
And never solely did I get one, but it surely was fairly thrilling as effectively.
Backing up right here: the parents behind Daggerheart I am speaking about particularly are producer Elise Rezendes and designers Spenser Starke and Rowan Corridor. In any case three had taken the stage to announce a very thrilling 2026 for the sport (new GM screens, anybody?), I had the chance to ask for much more particulars. And naturally, I used to be gonna ask in regards to the attractive campaign.
“The success of Daggerheart’s launch,” started Rezendes, “Was like a miracle touchdown. It is like in a gymnastics transfer – the place you stick the touchdown, and there is not any little hop on the finish. That occurs as soon as out of each hundred volts, proper? […] We had that form of second with Daggerheart’s launch, and the propulsion from there was that we instantly had an viewers that wishes all of those various things.”
To cope with that top demand, says the sport’s producer, the workforce is engaged on “digital first and digital solely” materials, as a way to get new campaigns into the arms of ravenous gamers sooner. With Love and Magic is their take a look at run of that course of.
“Subsequent 12 months is going to be a foray into not counting on the manufacturing pipeline of bodily merchandise,” rezendes continued excitedly, “Ensuring that we will get like small little bite-sized injections into the group that land in retail and land on our retailer on-line, to be able to simply have this little digital factor and there is not any ready six months for one thing to be manufactured and ship throughout the ocean […] So with Love and Magic, it is going to be a type of that is digital, both digital first or digital solely, relying on how the group reacts to that form of content material.”
So to recap – not solely is With Love and Magic nonetheless taking place, but it surely’s taking place quick, and if its’s profitable, extra campaigns prefer it is likely to be printed in a comparable method. And hell, it is not even alone in that regard.
“We’ll be doing comparable experiments and forays with journey content material,” concludes Rezendes, “And all of that simply will get issues into individuals’s arms method sooner.”
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Daggerheart: With Love and Magic is anticipated in 2026.