{"id":1229164,"date":"2026-02-25T04:57:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T04:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/FTkNageZnHhU7PPopeb9w6"},"modified":"2026-02-25T04:57:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T04:57:03","slug":"dds-jeremy-crawford-and-chris-perkins-un-retire-change-teams-to-critical-roles-darrington-press-after-a-combined-46-years-at-wizards-of-the-coast-leaving-jaws-dropped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dds-jeremy-crawford-and-chris-perkins-un-retire-change-teams-to-critical-roles-darrington-press-after-a-combined-46-years-at-wizards-of-the-coast-leaving-jaws-dropped\/","title":{"rendered":"D&amp;D&#8217;s Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins un-retire, change teams to Critical Role&#8217;s Darrington Press after a combined 46 years at Wizards of the Coast, leaving jaws dropped"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Dear reader, it might not surprise you to hear this, given my professional, actual job is to write for a site about PC Gaming\u2014but I&#8217;m not really into sports. This isn&#8217;t universal among our staff, mind. I was duly ribbed for the way I described the following feeling in our morning meet.<\/p>\n<p>However, the recent move of Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins to Critical Role&#8217;s Darrington Press, after a combined 46 years at D&#038;D, is the closest I will ever get to witnessing the transfer of a high-profile athlete between sports teams. Now, when someone talks to me about how John Sports was bought by a rival team, I can say &#8220;I know exactly how you feel about John Sports&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Some context, first: Darrington Press is the publishing arm of Critical Role, a long-standing D&#038;D actual play stream that&#8217;s accrued enough fans to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/critical-roles-dandd-dungeon-master-matthew-mercer-would-love-to-make-a-videogame-should-all-those-stars-align-though-i-think-its-a-little-more-likely-than-that\/\">nigh-instantly fund<\/a> an Amazon Prime animated series. Critical Role has grown into its own media empire and TTRPG company, releasing sourcebooks for homebrew systems <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/critical-roles-homegrown-rpg-candela-obscura-is-a-spooky-secret-society-simulator-that-wears-its-influences-on-its-sleeveand-thats-a-good-thing\/\">Candela Obscura<\/a> and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/board-games\/critical-roles-homebrew-ttrpg-daggerheart-is-now-in-open-beta-and-the-good-news-is-its-nothing-like-dandd\/\">Daggerheart<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Perkins and Crawford, meanwhile, are some major industry talents. Formerly the senior story designer and principle rules designer of Dungeons &#038; Dragons, Perkins left WoTC in April of this year <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/christopher-perkins-a-senior-d-and-d-designer-director-and-the-mind-behind-5es-curse-of-strahd-retires-after-28-years-at-wizards-of-the-coast\/\">after 28 years at the company<\/a>, with Crawford departing soon after.<\/p>\n<p>Both were large losses for Wizards of the Coast, which had just finished releasing its 2024 ruleset overhaul. And now they&#8217;re working for Critical Role, a company that got its start livestreaming D&#038;D, to design systems that are direct competitors. In a post to the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/darringtonpress.com\/welcoming-chris-perkins-and-jeremy-crawford-to-our-team\/\" target=\"_blank\">Darrington Press website<\/a>, Critical Role writes:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Exciting news\u2014our Darrington Press team has grown, adding Chris Perkins as our Creative Director and Jeremy Crawford as Game Director! We\u2019re thrilled to welcome both Chris and Jeremy\u2019s expertise in game design and storytelling, honed through decades of experience working together on tabletop games such as Dungeons &#038; Dragons, Star Wars Roleplaying, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, and Blue Rose. We\u2019re enormous fans of their work and are honored to welcome them into our team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The words &#8220;enormous fans of their work&#8221; feels like an understatement, when your company got its start playing one of their games\u2014I don&#8217;t think Critical Role owes Wizards of the Coast fealty or anything, there&#8217;s just a certain kind of poetry in action here. The student has snapped up two of the masters.<\/p>\n<p>Perkins says: &#8220;Storytelling has always been at the heart of everything I do, and joining Darrington Press feels a bit like coming home &#8230; I\u2019ve loved being a part of the extended Critical Role family as a regular guest over the years and I\u2019m beyond excited to help create new worlds full of adventure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Crawford, meanwhile, seems buzzing with excitement. &#8220;This team is passionate, wildly creative, and committed to building welcoming, connected, amazing story-driven experiences\u2014I can\u2019t wait to expand on what Critical Role has already created to develop some really fun and unique games.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wizards of the Coast has been <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/rpg\/its-clear-hasbro-the-custodians-of-d-and-d-have-no-idea-what-to-do-with-baldurs-gate-3s-success-but-thats-nothing-new-its-spent-the-past-10-years-fumbling-the-bag\/\">fumbling the bag<\/a> these past 10 years when it comes to D&#038;D\u2014mostly. I might have my issues and grumbles and gripes with D&#038;D&#8217;s 2024 rules remaster, but it&#8217;s a fine ruleset, and I&#8217;m certain plenty of people will enjoy it. When it comes to secondary projects like capitalising on Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3&#8217;s success, developing its own VTT, and so on? It&#8217;s stumble after stumble.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"N2xaLXJTSsHNpiwFSCnzeF\" name=\"Daggerheart.png\" alt=\"An image of a fire-flinging sorcerer from Darrington Press and Critical Role's Daggerheart, which is in open beta testing now.\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dds-jeremy-crawford-and-chris-perkins-un-retire-change-teams-to-critical-roles-darrington-press-after-a-combined-46-years-at-wizards-of-the-coast-leaving-jaws-dropped.png\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Darrington Press \/ Art by Nikki Dawes.)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I have to wonder out loud\u2014and this is pure conjecture and speculation\u2014whether Perkins and Crawford moving over to Darrington Press has something to do with wanting to escape a stifling, Hasbro-driven environment. Critical Role isn&#8217;t a small pennies company, mind, but it certainly doesn&#8217;t have a CEO who <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/hasbro-ceo-says-all-his-mates-are-using-ai-for-their-d-d-games-which-is-apparently-a-clear-signal-that-we-need-to-be-embracing-it\/\">keeps talking about how cool AI<\/a> is.<\/p>\n<p>If there is any lingering disquietude, Perkins, Crawford, and Critical Role are all likely to keep it quiet\u2014and with good reason. It&#8217;s bad professional manners to speak poorly of a former employer, for one thing, but Critical Role also isn&#8217;t entirely disconnected from the D&#038;D brand just yet.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just as likely that Perkins and Crawford want to do something new. You make the same game for a couple of decades, and you&#8217;ll want to go do something else. Especially given D&#038;D 2024 is a rules revamp, not an overhaul\u2014staying would mean committing to another decade or so of tinkering with the same skeleton. Whatever their reasons, I&#8217;m genuinely excited to see what Perkins and Crawford bring to the table.<\/p>\n<p>Still, this <em>has <\/em>to sting a little for ol&#8217; Wizards of the Coast. D&#038;D 2024 went fine, but as a wider company, it can&#8217;t seem to stop losing talented business partners and employees. First <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/baldurs-gate\/im-sad-to-see-the-old-gang-go-but-larian-really-doesnt-need-the-baldurs-gate-ip-or-dandd-to-make-another-groundbreaking-rpg\/\">Larian sets sail for greener pastures<\/a>, and now this. This might be another sign that the TTRPG industry&#8217;s overdue another OGL-style shakeup.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"19a96ef8-f869-42c6-82a5-dc996eeecfa3\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Baldur's Gate 3 romance\" data-dimension48=\"Baldur's Gate 3 romance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"E4JL5DbKeweC5p7opWdx2K\" name=\"baldurs-astarion-square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/dds-jeremy-crawford-and-chris-perkins-un-retire-change-teams-to-critical-roles-darrington-press-after-a-combined-46-years-at-wizards-of-the-coast-leaving-jaws-dropped.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/baldurs-gate-3-romance-options-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"19a96ef8-f869-42c6-82a5-dc996eeecfa3\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"Baldur's Gate 3 romance\" data-dimension48=\"Baldur's Gate 3 romance\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 romance<\/strong><\/a>: Who to pursue<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/baldurs-gate-3-multiplayer-co-op-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 multiplayer<\/strong><\/a>: How co-op works<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/baldurs-gate-3-endings\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 endings<\/strong><\/a>: For better or worse<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/baldurs-gate-3-multiclass-builds\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3 multiclass builds<\/strong><\/a>: Coolest combos<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: The greatest you can play now<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/d-and-ds-jeremy-crawford-and-chris-perkins-un-retire-change-teams-to-critical-roles-darrington-press-after-a-combined-46-years-at-wizards-of-the-coast-leaving-jaws-dropped\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear reader, it might not surprise you to hear this, given my professional, actual job is to write for a site about PC Gaming\u2014but I&#8217;m not really into sports. This isn&#8217;t universal among our staff, mind. I was duly ribbed for the way I described the following feeling in our morning meet. However, the recent move of Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins to Critical Role&#8217;s Darrington Press, after a combined 46 years at D&#038;D, is the closest I will ever get to witnessing the transfer of a high-profile athlete between sports teams. Now, when someone talks to me about how John Sports was bought by a rival team, I can say &#8220;I know exactly how you feel about John Sports&#8221;. Some context, first: Darrington Press&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/dds-jeremy-crawford-and-chris-perkins-un-retire-change-teams-to-critical-roles-darrington-press-after-a-combined-46-years-at-wizards-of-the-coast-leaving-jaws-dropped\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1229165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[5491],"class_list":["post-1229164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-gaming-industry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>D&amp;D&#039;s Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins un-retire, change teams to Critical Role&#039;s Darrington Press after a combined 46 years at 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