Daggerheart Core Set

The 366 page lavishly illustrated hardcover rulebook contains:

Rules for creating characters and a shared world, for playing adventures, and for crafting encounters and campaigns as a game master.
Detailed advice on GM craft, player best practices, worldbuilding, campaign building, and full tutorial examples of play.
Dynamic adversaries and environments to challenge your characters, from the Immortal Crab of the Solsunk Sea to the courtly intrigue of the Baronial Court.

The box of 279 beautifully-illustrated cards securely clasps with a magnet, including:

18 Ancestry Cards
2 sets of 9 Community Cards
54 Subclass Cards
189 Domain Cards

About the author

Spenser Starke is a game designer at Darrington Press and credited with Daggerheart, Candela Obscura, Alice Is Missing, and Kids on Brooms. Matthew Mercer is the Chief Creative Officer and Game Master at Critical Role. Rowan Hall is a game designer credited with Candela Obscura and Daggerheart, as well as co-creator of a mythology podcast Willing & Fable.

Product details

• Authors: Rowan Hall, Hall Rowan, Matthew Mercer, Spenser Starke
• Publisher: UK Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 16.12.2025
• EAN: 9798991384100
• ISBN: 979-8-9913841-0-0
• No. of pages: 366
• Dimensions: 225 mm x 286 mm x 58 mm
• Weight: 2508 g
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Games, quizzes; Role-playing, war games & fantasy sports, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Role Playing & Fantasy, Role-playing, war games and fantasy sports