Daggerheart To Release Official Hope & Fear Expansion

Darrington Press has announced the first expansion for Daggerheart, which adds four new subclasses, a new domain, and several other new character-building options. At the onset of PAX Unplugged, Darrington Press announced Daggerheart: Hope & Fear, the first expansion for the Daggerheart TTRPG. The new expansion, which will launch in Summer 2026, contains 4 new classes - the Witch, Warlock, Brawler, and Assassin, each of which comes with two subclasses. Also included is the brand new Dread Domain, which is tied to Witch and Warlock classes. There will also be over 130 adversaries and 28 new environments in the books, along with four new Campaign Frame.

A Standard Edition and a Deluxe Edition will be released for Daggerheart: Hope & Fear. Both versions come with the book and associated cards, with the deluxe edition featuring a gold foil box, dice, alternate art covers, and a rip pad with various sheets for the game. The Standard Edition (which runs about 200 pages) will retail for just $39.99, while the Deluxe Edition runs for $119.99.

A full description of the new expansion is below:

Daggerheart: Hope & Fear comes with a book (around 200 pages) and a box containing cards and a rip pad of blank adversary sheets!

Inside the book, you’ll find:

• New character options, including 4 new classes: the Witch, Warlock, Brawler, and Assassin, each with 2 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, item, and consumable options
• 4 new Campaign Frames introducing new worlds and settings for you to explore

The cards include:

• A completely new Dread Domain, unlocking ghastly, macabre magic core to the new Witch and Warlock classes.
• Subclass Cards for all 8 new subclasses
• 6 Transformation Cards: A completely new mechanic, transformations represent changes or augmentations to characters in Daggerheart. During a campaign or at character creation, transform into a Vampire, Werewolf, Reanimated, Shapeshifter, Ghost, or Demigod!
• 6 new Community Cards: Duneborne, Hearthborne, Frostborne, Warborne, Freeborne, and Reborne
• 6 new Ancestry Cards: Skykin, Tidekin, Earthkin, Emberkin, Gnome, and Aetheris

 

[DarkCrisis]

Maybe this time, people will pre-order instead of not doing so then whining about availability?

What if it sucks? Better to wait. You ain't getting me FOMO!

I haven't even played the base game yet. Though it's in the rotation for after the new year.

 

[Vael]

Stoked for this. The base version is an auto-buy, nearly doubling the number of Adversaries and Environments alone makes this worthwhile. We'll see where my campaign is at by then, though. But also the new player material ... I already consider that Void content in a pretty playable state, so having it "official" will be great.

Not sure if I'll upgrade. I want the DM screen, but the dice and ornate box are not super big draws for me.

 

[Spectral Anomaly]

But I thought Daggerheart was dead and that Darrington had no faith in the game since Critical Role isn't using it for the new season! At least that's what all the YouTubers told me. Was I misled about that?

 

[Kite474]

But I thought Daggerheart was dead and that Darrington had no faith in the game since Critical Role isn't using it for the new season! At least that's what all the YouTubers told me. Was I misled about that?

Ill admit as someone who is on that train I’ll admit im wrong things seem to progressing pretty ok. Books seems like it will address alot of issues and the oneshots the sponsored seem to have been received rather well (I am unaware if any have blossomed to a full campaign but thats just a bonus).

Hope they also can keep the buzz going in between now and the release. Maybe more sponsored oneshots? Or maybe Age of Umbra Season 2 gets premiered during then.

 

[Reynard]

Ill admit as someone who is on that train I’ll admit im wrong things seem to progressing pretty ok. Books seems like it will address alot of issues and the oneshots the sponsored seem to have been received rather well (I am unaware if any have blossomed to a full campaign but thats just a bonus).

Hope they also can keep the buzz going in between now and the release. Maybe more sponsored oneshots? Or maybe Age of Umbra Season 2 gets premiered during then.

Daggerheart is a very well made, fun TTRPG.

I do not understand why folks "need" it to be prominently streamed for them to think it is viable.

 

[Kite474]

Daggerheart is a very well made, fun TTRPG.

I do not understand why folks "need" it to be prominently streamed for them to think it is viable.

For me its largely out of fear of it being forgotten like thousands of other RPG’s and we all go back to playing D&D next year.

Thats hyperbole and also doesn’t really take into account the actual realities of the industry or that a game lives on as long as SOMEONE is playing, but its a feeling I’ve had for a while. What with a current entertainment client that feels like if your not in the spotlight you dont exist (again not true, but its an encroaching vibe)

 

[Vael]

Also ... given what CR campaign 4 is shaping up to be ... Daggerheart wasn't a mature or big enough system to support 13 different PCs. The "we have no faith in our own system" narrative was a bunch of bunk and drama baiting.

I'm guessing one of the campaign frames will be the Romantasy frame they were teasing earlier this year, and probably Keith Baker's Frame as well? I'm actually more intrigued in these than I thought, as I will probably be getting close to wrapping up my Daggerheart campaign around then.

 

[Reynard]

and probably Keith Baker's Frame as well?

Is he making a frame, or a full campaign setting? I got the impression at the announcement that it was the latter.

 

[DarkCrisis]

Daggerheart is a very well made, fun TTRPG.

I do not understand why folks "need" it to be prominently streamed for them to think it is viable.

Apparently the next most popular is Pathfinder followed by VtM and CoC and think you would be hard pressed to find a currently streaming game with actual production value (or any at all).

There was LA by Night and its sequel but thats it?

 

[Bravesteel25]

But I thought Daggerheart was dead and that Darrington had no faith in the game since Critical Role isn't using it for the new season! At least that's what all the YouTubers told me. Was I misled about that?

I am partially in that camp. I don't think it's so drastic as showing they have no faith in their system, but I think it was a missed opportunity to keep their game in the spotlight.

I'm super excited for this book and I hope we see many more Daggerheart things.