Chasing Adventure vs Daggerheart
Compare Chasing Adventure and Daggerheart side by side. See differences in complexity, dice, genre, cost, and more.
| Chasing Adventure | Daggerheart | |
|---|---|---|
| Genre | Fantasy | Fantasy |
| Play Style | Narrative, Beginner-Friendly, Fast-Paced, Character-Driven, Open Source | Narrative, Collaborative, Heroic, Roleplay-Heavy, Fiction-First, Theater of the Mind, Character Building, Drama, Beginner-Friendly, Character-Driven |
| Core Mechanic | Roll 2d6 + stat (STR, DEX, INT, WIS, CHA, -1 to +3). 10+ is a full success, 7–9 is a partial success with cost, 6- the GM makes a move. Advantage adds a d6 (keep best two); Disadvantage adds a d6 (keep worst two). Conditions replace HP: mark a stat with a condition for Disadvantage but gain XP. Push Yourself for Advantage at the cost of a condition. Chase Moves handle pursuit scenes. Favor tracks NPC relationships. | Roll 2d12 Duality Dice (Hope + Fear) and add modifiers vs. difficulty. Which die rolls higher determines whether the moment swings toward the players (Hope) or the GM gains Fear tokens to spend on complications. In combat, adversary attacks roll d20 + modifier against target's Evasion. |
| Dice | 2d6 | 2d12 |
| Complexity | Low | Medium |
| Accessibility | Very High | Very High |
| Runnability | Very High | Very High |
| License | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Darrington Press Community Gaming License (DPCGL) |
| Cost | Free / $ | $$$ |
| Publisher | Spencer Moore | Darrington Press |
| Year | 2024 | 2025 |
| Best For | Groups who want cinematic fantasy adventure with fast, narrative-driven moves: chase sequences, Favor relationships, and Conditions that make every roll matter. | Groups who want heroic fantasy with emotionally driven storytelling, where every roll shifts momentum between hope and fear. Great for Critical Role fans and narrative-focused tables. |
| Highlights | Chase moves are distinctive, Conditions-as-damage creates meaningful consequences, Favor system drives NPC relationships, 10 playbooks with strong starting moves, free version is the complete game | Every action roll uses 2d12 Duality Dice, and whether Hope or Fear lands higher hands momentum to the player or the GM. Combat runs fiction-first with no fixed initiative, so the spotlight passes by the action rather than a turn order. Characters equip abilities as domain cards drawn from two domains, building a loadout the player can swap between. |
| Considerations | Closely derived from Dungeon World which may feel familiar, fantasy-only, limited supplemental content, GM never rolls dice | The domain-card system runs best with printed cards, though it can be played from the character sheet alone. Players and the GM use asymmetric rules, so each side has its own procedures to learn. Mechanics are tied to the game's own setting and ancestries, which takes work to reskin for another world. |