Daggerheart

Daggerheart is a great game for beginners that want to collaborate at the table. The game promotes imaginative play and is flexible enough to support whatever you dream up. Daggerheart is heartfelt and pleasantly surprising.

I fell in love with Daggerheart from the moment I opened the Open Beta document. The way the game feels familiar yet refreshing, the intuitive design that just feels right, and, of course, the gorgeous art – I became, and to this day am, enamored with this game. It ticks all the right boxes for me. I have run it through the entire cycle of the Open Beta versions and even in the final, closed pre-release playtest. On that note, the way developers communicated with the community and allowed us to actively contribute to shaping the game is amazing and should be applauded. Daggerheart is a dynamic, cinematic, medium-crunch, narrative-first game that is primarily built for heroic fantasy but is flexible enough to be adapted to other genres. It gives you so many options to explore, while also leaving a lot of areas open so that you can fully express your creativity. Absolutely recommend giving it a go! You might just find yourself a new favorite game.

Fresh take on mechanics. Teamwork baked in, build options are fun and flavorful. The card system helps simplify yet provide flexibility in creating a character. Fun to play and fun to run! (Review based on playtest content, so there was areas that needed tweaking at the time. Great news is, development was transparent and open to community feedback.)

I was a 5E preacher until our GM (Hi GM OddSquirrel!) got us to try Daggerheart out. We've been at it for almost a year I think. I love it! I love how it allows for more creativity inside and outside of combat for both the GM and the players. Its easy to understand and you're not expected to do a bunch of dice math. Will definitely keep playing this Game System.

Daggerheart: The Birth of a New Era Daggerheart storms onto the scene, the proud child of classic fantasy RPGs and narrative-driven systems like PBTA. Forged by Darrington Press, it merges bold storytelling with the heroic grit of traditional sword-and-sorcery and does so with remarkable finesse. At its core is a brilliant 2d12 system: Hope and Fear dice that weave tension into every roll, making victory and failure feel equally alive. Here, characters aren’t just stats, but living legends shaped by evocative traits and bonds, breathing real emotion into every battle, every choice. Drawing deeply from PBTA’s narrative spirit but built for the sweeping epic of classic fantasy, Daggerheart keeps the action fast, emotional, and meaningful. Character creation is fresh and mythic, blending ancestry and community roles into something larger than life and deeply personal. Combat is swift and sharp, but story always leads. Every mechanic fuels the narrative, turning even setbacks into legendary moments. And with its open license, Daggerheart invites players to not just tell stories but build new worlds together. Verdict: Daggerheart is the future of heroic fantasy roleplay — fast, heartfelt, and boundless. A new saga begins.

Daggerheart is what you get when the folks at Critical Role make a game to suit their play rather than the other way around. This system excels at collaborative, emergent roleplay, allowing both the GM and players to lean into what matters the most - the story - while standing on a strong foundation of interesting mechanics and a vast array of character creation options. I have been running Daggerheart several times every week since it entered open beta, and it has fully surpassed everything else as my favorite way to play and GM. Never FEAR: Daggerheart has something to offer those who want to swing daggers as well as those who wants to capture hearts; it's everything I could HOPE for.