Critical Role is branching out from D&D by publishing two new RPG systems
Critical Role’s Darrington Press imprint has two new role-playing games and a new board game in the pipeline, all of which will soon have playable public demos. The announcement marks a departure for the actual play troupe, which has largely spent its time performing and publishing works based on Dungeons & Dragons. The announcement was made Thursday in a video briefing published on YouTube.
Perhaps the most interesting of the three new products is called Illuminated Worlds, created by Stras Ascimovic and Layla Alderman. Ascimovic is an accomplished game developer and part of the team at Off Guard Games, whose titles include the well-regarded Band of Bladesand Scum and Villainy. Both use the Forged in the Dark ruleset, a licensed version of the popular Blades in the Dark game by John Harper.
According to a news release, Illuminated Worlds uses “a d6 dice pool and is designed for much shorter, arc-driven campaigns and flexible enough to be used with any type of setting.”
Queen by Midnight is a new deckbuilding game by Kyle Shire, a producer on Critical Role, described as a battle royale game. From today’s news release:
You play as powerful princesses battling it out in a magical free for all! When the clock strikes midnight, the most powerful princess left standing will be crowned the next Midnight Queen. Each princess has their own unique vibe and playstyle, so there’s a little something for everyone, whether you’re familiar with deck building games or not.
An early pre-order page for the game lists a price of $69.99, and also adds more color to the description:
The Midnight Queen is dead. As her kingdom weeps, the Queen’s dying command was to invoke the Rule By Midnight: a 24 hour trial of combat and guile, where the
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