'The Art and Making of Daggerheart' Coming for Critical Role's Tabletop Role-Playing Game
- The Artbook Collector
- 2 days ago
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Updated: 20 minutes ago
November 16th 2025
A new artbook listing has appeared online for Daggerheart, the tabletop role-playing game from Critical Role's publishing company Darrington Press. The Art and Making of Daggerheart is an interesting new book, but it's release date is currently unclear.
The book was spotted on the website of publisher Titan Books and shows a release date of March 4th 2027, an usually long way off for an official listing. However, other listings in Europe, such as on German site Thalia, have it coming May 19th 2026 from publisher Insight Editions. Titan Books is often the UK publisher for books from Insight Editions, so it's only the date that is strange, but as it's a new listing it could just be a placeholder. Without a product page from Insight Editions to confirm, we can only speculate, but May 19th 2026 is likely correct based on how far off it is.
The 256-page hardcover is fully detailed already, coming with an official description and cover art, as seen above. It will feature a look at the creation of the game, alongside insights and interviews with the developers for details on how it was created. It is an interesting release, because artbooks for TTRPGs aren't in abundance, but Dagerheart's popularity will no doubt put this on the wishlist of many players. The UK pricing is £39.99, a standard price for a book of this size and very likely to be around $45/ $50 in the US.
The story of the creation of the fantasy role-playing game is authored by Carlos Cisco, giving readers a peak behind the curtain at its journey from inception to release, all with the help of interviews conducted with Darrington Press. Of course, no artbook is complete without the art itself, and this book will share hundreds of pieces that include character art, world building concepts, and more. All of this is presented in an oversized book, coming in at 32.4cm x 23.6cm.
The book is currently only featured on a handful of European websites, including Amazon UK. Other websites, including Amazon in other regions, have no listing for the book yet, but expect listings to begin appearing soon that will also confirm the publication date.
Daggerheart was released in May of 2025 from Darrington Press and combines the use of dice and cards to bring the stories of the players to life, adding tactics to the game while making it easy for newcomers to jump in. The two dice role for Hope and Fear, empowering the players or the game master, while the cards grant abilities and help level up characters. This is all alongside a book that helps to build worlds and stories for people at all levels of experience. The rulebook and playing cards come with stunning fantasy illustrations, making an artbook like this a no-brainer to release to fans wanting more.
The Art and Making of Daggerheart is not out for a 6 months at the earliest, so any updates before then will be reported here. As noted, listings are still set to appear on the websites of more retailers, but those in the UK that are interested can order the book below;
