Delve With Hope

Delve With Hope: a Daggerheart blog

  • How to Invite Players to Build the World Together

    Among the many ideas in Daggerheart, one big idea is that players and GMs alike should “Build the World Together.” In many TTRPGs, there’s an implicit idea that the GM is responsible for worldbuilding, and players are there to experience and inhabit it. In Daggerheart, players not only bring their own character details and backstory,…

  • Thoughts on Daggerheart in Critmas 2024

    Last month, the cast of Critical Role played Daggerheart for their Critmas 2024 show. Not only is it good old-fashioned Critical Role fun, it also was our first look at the final rules for Daggerheart. Building the World Together One of the principles in the open beta rules is “Build the World Together.” Rather than…

  • Reflections on the Advent of Dungeons 2024

    When I started the Advent of Dungeons (late), I wasn’t sure how it would turn out. To be frank, the Advent of Dungeons came about as a wild hair. It wasn’t obviously a great idea, but if I started, I knew Iwould see it through. 23 days later, I have 23 prompts and 23 bits…

  • Advent of Dungeons 2024: Day 24 – RAIN

    Now that I’m on day 24, I’m wondering why I picked RAIN instead of SNOW. One of these options clearly works for the holidays. The other one sounds like something random picked while staring out the window and doing free association to come up with a word. Weird. My Day 24 Content Today’s prompt was…

  • Advent of Dungeons 2024: Day 23 – PROPHECY

    I decided that this advent calendar will end on the 24th because I will take a break on Christmas from writing. That means that this is the penultimate content, and the final prompt will be below! My Day 23 Content Today’s prompt was PROPHECY. Rather than coming up with a specific set of scenes, I…

  • Advent of Dungeons 2024: Day 22 – WOODEN

    Just a few more days of GM content coming for the Advent of Dungeons! My Day 22 Content Today’s prompt was WOODEN. Since I did an adventure yesterday, let’s reduce the scope to just an encounter for today. Setup: the players are searching a warehouse when a variety of wooden creations come to life and…

  • Advent of Dungeons 2024: Day 21 – DRUMS

    Yesterday, I said I would playtest the dice mini-game I came up with for the Advent of Dungeons Day 20. Although we didn’t play Daggerheart because of attendance issues, I did try out the game with the players who made it. It’s alright. After I wrote it, I adjusted the target from 30 to 21,…

  • Advent of Dungeons 2024: Day 20 – POKER

    Should I be preparing the game of Daggerheart I’m running tomorrow night? Definitely. Am I doing my Advent of Dungeons content instead? You bet. My Day 20 Content Speaking of betting, today’s prompt was POKER. I have never come up with a gambling mini-game for content before, but now seems a good a time as…

  • Advent of Dungeons 2024: Day 19 – SEASHELL

    As winter approaches, what sounds nicer than a trip to the beach to gather seashells? Well, I won’t be doing that myself, but perhaps we can imagine such a moment sitting around a table playing a TTRPG. My Day 19 Content Today’s prompt was SEASHELL. Let’s make another adventure for it. Quest: The party is…

  • Advent of Dungeons 2024: Day 18 – CLOUD

    We are a week out from Christmas, so we’re in the home stretch here. On that note, I need to check if advent calendars typically run through Christmas Day to determine if we’re doing 24 or 25 of these. My Wednesday game today was canceled, so I didn’t get to use anything. I hope to…