Legendary D&D show pivots to Critical Role’s Daggerheart — and I’m following them

I should have suspected something was cooking when Acquisitions Incorporated’s Dungeons & Dragons live play at PAX West 2025 in September ended with Evelyn Marthain (Anna Prosser) plunging a DAGGER into the HEART of a construct to “reset reality.” Matt Mercer’s presence as one of the players at Acq Inc’s November game at PAX Unplugged 2025 was the final hint needed, but I was still shocked to find out that one of the oldest and most successful D&D actual play franchises was switching to Critical Role’s Daggerheart TTRPG framework.