Critical Role is bringing four Hololive VTubers into Exandria for Shattered Legends, a canon actual-play miniseries launching in mid-November 2026. Instead of using the Dungeons & Dragons format of its main campaigns, the series will be played with Daggerheart, the tabletop role-playing game published by Critical Role’s Darrington Press.
Shattered Legends is set in Exandria, the world of Critical Role’s first three campaigns: Vox Machina, The Mighty Nein, and Bells Hells. According to a news release, the miniseries is canon to that setting, so characters from those campaigns could appear. Possible cameos named in the announcement include Grog, Scanlan, Jester, Yasha, Fearne, and Imogen; none are confirmed to appear.
Critical Role co-founder Matthew Mercer will Game Master the series. Fellow co-founder Marisha Ray will be the only regular Critical Role cast member playing in the adventure. She’ll be joined by Hololive’s Nerissa Ravencroft, Mori Calliope, Shiori Novella, and Gig Murin.
How the production will combine in-person actual play with digital avatars is still unclear. That format question sits alongside a more defined change at the table: the group will use Daggerheart, rather than the game used in Critical Role’s main campaigns.
Episodes will premiere in mid-November 2026 on Beacon, Critical Role’s streaming platform, and YouTube. Beacon will also carry exclusive material, including a “Session Zero” focused on character creation and backstories, plus post-episode “Cooldown” chat sessions. Episodes will be available on the official YouTube channels of Critical Role, Nerissa Ravencroft, and Hololive English.
The plans extend beyond the episodes. A promotional tour is set to visit conventions in North America, Europe, and Asia. Exclusive merchandise and other collaborations are also planned, with details to be announced later.
Shattered Legends follows Age of Umbra: Sallowlands as another source of Daggerheart actual-play content. The source article predicts that fans looking for more of the game will welcome the miniseries, and argues that the VTuber collaboration will make it look unlike anything Critical Role has done before, with the hope that it draws more attention to tabletop role-playing games.
