Critical Role card game A Familiar Find launches April 7, 2026

Darrington Press announced Feb. 10 that A Familiar Find will be released on April 7, 2026. The card game sends 2 to 4 players into the paws, claws, and tentacles of familiars as they gather rare spell ingredients for powerful spellcasters. Games run 30 to 40 minutes and feature 10 characters with unique abilities, including Trinket the Bear, Mister, and Pâté de Rolo.

Play centers on a shared central card pile that is constantly reshaped by Location Cards, while Arcane Cards let players bluff, set traps, and sabotage one another's plans. The design aims to be approachable while still offering tactical depth to reward clever play and timing.

Artwork by John Ramsey and Svetlana Kucheryavenko leans toward a style closer to Root or Magic: The Gathering's Bloomburrow set than the typical Critical Role or Daggerheart look. Ian Zang, the principal designer behind Constellations: The Game of Stargazing and the Night Sky, led the project.

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