Highlights
- Critical Role's Darrington Press is releasing a new heist-based card game called Caper Cards: Bells Hells featuring the colorful cast of Campaign 3.
- The cooperative card game plays like blackjack with special rules and powers, challenging players to collect as much treasure as possible without breaking 21.
- The game can be played solo or with up to four players, lasts about 20 minutes per round, and doesn't require knowledge of the show, making it a versatile and potentially enjoyable gift for fans of board games or card games.
Critical Role just revealed Caper Cards: Bells Hells–a new heist-based card game featuring the colorful cast of Campaign 3. This new Critical Role card game is quick and fun and should be available for purchase later this year.
Darrington Press, the official publication branch company for Critical Role, has been busy in 2023. This year alone, Darrington Press has announced multiple board games and role-playing systems it is actively developing.
Now, Critical Role has confirmed it has another project planned for release before the year is out. Caper Cards: Bells Hells is a new card game inspired by the Bells Hells–the Dungeons and Dragons party for Critical Role Campaign 3–and their heist of the Twilight Mirror Museum early on in the story. The cooperative card game plays like blackjack with special rules and powers and has players try to collect as much treasure as possible without breaking 21. This new Critical Role card game will be available this October for only $15.
Caper Cards: Bells Hells features the main cast of the Campaign crew, plus Dorian, the long-term Critical Role guest character played by Robbie Daymond. The different Crew members have special powers that can give players the chance to win big, and 10 unique Reward cards can change the course of the game. There is also a massive value Risk card featuring Ruidus, the red moon Critical Role fans have come to fear in Campaign 3. Each card features stylized, original art of the beloved characters of Critical Role as well.
This new card game is quick; each round lasts about 20 minutes, and it can be played solo or with up to four players. Though the board game itself is Critical Role themed, players do not need to have any knowledge of the show to actually enjoy it, making it a potentially good gift for fans of board games, card games, or heist movies alike.
Darrington Press is also working on two other board games right now: Queen by Midnight and Guardians of Matrimonia. The former is a princess-themed deckbuilding game where players engage in a literal battle royale to become the next queen, and the latter is a cooperative game where players work together to plan and throw the ultimate high fantasy wedding. Queen by Midnight is available for $70 during and after Gen Con this August, and Guardians of Matrimonia is planned to release sometime in early 2024, the price of which Critical Role has not yet revealed.