Critical Role Names New Dungeon Master for Upcoming Video Game Crossover

One of the best things about Critical Role is that, even with a weekly program, you never really know what surprises the multimedia company has in store. They have hosted Magic: The Gathering battles, a 24-hour Sam Riegel livestream, and how-to guides for the latest Daggerheart expansion, Hope & Fear.

Now a new project is on the way. Critical Role announced a one-shot adventure that takes Daggerheart mechanics and combines them with the setting of Remedy Entertainment’s video game Control: Resonant.

The Altered World Event one-shot features players Marisha Ray, Travis Willingham, Sam Riegel, and Sean Durrie, who stars as Dylan Faden in Resonant. Helping the cast navigate this journey is Zachery Renauldo, who fans first met as the player character Barnaby in the Suikoden special in 2025, and again as Alphonse in the mini-campaign Age of Umbra: Sallowlands.

Zachery Renauldo will GM Critical Role’s new Daggerheart one-shot

Renauldo began his career in the tabletop space as a YouTube and TikTok content creator, highlighting the humorous side of Dungeons & Dragons for a worldwide audience. For the first time ever on Critical Role, Renauldo will lead the Altered World Event as Game Master.

Critical Role revealed on X that the cast will explore a warped Manhattan on the brink of paranatural annihilation. Given the strange and reality-bending story of Control, the setting fits naturally with Daggerheart and its inventive uses of Hope and Fear mechanics.

This is not the first video game collaboration for the role-playing game. Matthew Mercer recently led Questwatch, a Daggerheart adventure that premiered during Blizzard Entertainment’s BlizzCon on Sept. 13. That session featured Mercer as his Overwatch character Cassidy, narrating the story for his fellow Overwatch voice actors.

The Altered World Event airs at 7 p.m. PT on Tuesday, Sept. 22, on Twitch, YouTube, and Beacon.

Source: Polygon