Last week, tabletop gaming royalty Critical Role announced their highly anticipated fourth campaign at their Indianapolis live show. Premiering on Oct. 2, the currently untitled actual-play series will see the troupe of voice actors once again craft an intricately told fantasy saga whose improvised story and action will be determined …
Read More »Critical Role's New Animated Fantasy Series Gets Fall Release Date, Teases Guest Stars
Critters everywhere can once again enter the fantasy world of Exandria this fall with the arrival of The Mighty Nein. Announced today during their panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Critical Role’s second animated series will begin streaming Nov. 19 on Prime Video. Members of the cast and media company that …
Read More »10 Years of 'Critical Role': 'We Are Never Going Away'
G rog Strongjaw, a hulking barbarian warrior who once helped save the realm by splitting a terrible dragon’s skull in twain with a mighty cleave of his axe, did not expect to find himself dancing, doing the worm for the amusement of a fiendish emcee. As he writhed his body …
Read More »Inside the Biggest Live Game of 'Dungeons & Dragons' Ever Played
I t’s a frosty January night in New York City, but Madison Square Garden is red hot. You feel the heat when pillars of flame spit out from black butane tanks that encircle a half-domed stage. The thunder of swag rock is drowned out by the dog-whistle cheers of 20,000 …
Read More »'Critical Role' Cast Teases Its Future and a Potential 'Passing of the Torch'
After 50 years creeping from the margins of popular culture into the mainstream, Dungeons & Dragons is now bigger than ever. Evolving beyond its roots as a pen-and-paper tabletop RPG (TTRPG), D&D has inspired countless imitators, novels, movies, video games, and — most importantly — generations of storytellers and creators, …
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