Critical Role and hololive production Announce Shattered Legends Daggerheart Campaign
Beacon and a talent's YouTube membership carry the behind-the-scenes material while the campaign itself stays public, so the paid tier is a companion to the free run rather than the only way to watch it.
Key Facts
- Critical Role and hololive production announced Shattered Legends, a Daggerheart actual play campaign, on October 13, 2026.
- The campaign premieres in mid-November 2026 and is sponsored by Ultra PRO.
- Matthew Mercer is the Game Master, with hololive members Nerissa Ravencroft, Mori Calliope, Shiori Novella, and Gigi Murin joining as players alongside Marisha Ray.
- Episodes release on Critical Role's YouTube channel, Nerissa Ravencroft's YouTube channel, the hololive English YouTube channel, and Beacon.
- All episodes on YouTube carry Japanese subtitles, while Episode 0 and after-episode cooldown talks go to Beacon and Ravencroft's YouTube membership.
Reporting from 3 sources: hololive production (EN), hololive production (JP), KAI-YOU.
COVER Corporation announced Shattered Legends, a Daggerheart actual play campaign made with Critical Role. The series premieres mid-November 2026, sponsored by Ultra PRO, and continues the world of Exandria. Matthew Mercer is the Game Master. Four hololive members join as players: Nerissa Ravencroft, Mori Calliope, Shiori Novella, and Gigi Murin, alongside Critical Role co-founder Marisha Ray. The campaign runs as a mini web series on Critical Role's YouTube channel, Nerissa Ravencroft's YouTube channel, the hololive English YouTube channel, and Beacon. Episode 0 covers character creation and backstories, and after-episode cooldown talks go to Beacon and Nerissa Ravencroft's YouTube membership. Every YouTube episode carries Japanese subtitles. Character names appear in English and Japanese announcements: Ravencroft plays Siliun Faell, Calliope plays Kaz Oogod, Novella plays Marchen Rosemyne, and Murin plays Giryn. A promotional convention tour across North America, Europe, and Asia is planned, with merchandise details to come.
The announcement comes from COVER Corporation, the Tokyo company led by CEO Motoaki Tanigo, and describes Shattered Legends as the first collaboration between Critical Role and hololive production. Critical Role's announcement identifies the setting as canon to Exandria, the world built across its own actual play series.
Daggerheart is the tabletop roleplaying game at the center of the run, described as cooperative and built around Hope and Fear as story elements, with a card system for character backgrounds and abilities. Critical Role's publishing arm Darrington Press appears in the company background material, as does the Critical Role Foundation. The English and Japanese announcements differ on romanization for three player characters, giving Siliun Faell against Cilian Fael, Marchen Rosemyne against Maehien Rosenmeine, and Giryn against Jilin. Mercer and Ray are named the same in both.
The campaign releases on four channels: Critical Role's YouTube, Nerissa Ravencroft's YouTube, hololive's English YouTube, and Beacon. Japanese subtitles accompany the YouTube episodes. Additional content runs through Ravencroft's YouTube membership and Beacon membership. A convention tour in North America, Europe, and Asia follows, with limited merchandise and further collaboration news promised for later.
- Matthew Mercer: Game Master
- Marisha Ray: plays Florence
- Nerissa Ravencroft: plays Siliun Faell
- Mori Calliope: plays Kaz Oogod
- Shiori Novella: plays Marchen Rosemyne
- Gigi Murin: plays Giryn
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- hololive production (EN) Critical Role and hololive production Announce Shattered Legends, a New Daggerheart Actual Play | NEWS | hololive official website
- hololive production (JP) Critical Roleとホロライブプロダクションによる、TRPG「Daggerheart」プレイ企画『Shattered Legends』がスタート
- KAI-YOU ホロライブ×世界的TRPG番組「Critical Role」正式発表 森カリオペら4名が出演