Critical Role announces Daggerheart campaign Reign of the Weredragon with D&D legend Chris Perkins

Critical Role has announced a brand-new Daggerheart campaign called Reign of the Weredragon, with D&D veteran Chris Perkins stepping in as game master. The announcement dropped on July 31, 2026, and marks Critical Role's continued push into Daggerheart — the tabletop RPG system the company developed and published as an alternative to D&D.

Chris Perkins is one of the most recognisable names in tabletop RPG history, having spent decades at Wizards of the Coast as a senior story designer and the principal architect behind much of fifth edition D&D's narrative direction. His involvement in a Daggerheart campaign is a notable crossover moment — a figure synonymous with D&D now running a game on a competing system built by Critical Role's own studio, Darrington Press.

Critical Role built its reputation on long-form D&D campaigns streamed live, with Campaign 1 through Campaign 3 all running under fifth edition rules. Daggerheart, launched in 2024, is Darrington Press's own RPG system designed with cinematic, narrative-driven play in mind — and Critical Role has been actively championing it with dedicated actual-play content since release. Bringing in a GM of Perkins's calibre signals the studio is treating Daggerheart as a serious flagship product, not just a side project.

No premiere date for Reign of the Weredragon has been confirmed yet. Given the Gen Con 2026 timing of the announcement — the article sits alongside coverage of D&D's biggest Gen Con news — expect more details about the cast and schedule to surface in the coming weeks.