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Critical Role fans are about to see a side of Delilah Briarwood they’ve never seen before
The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 3--The Briarwoods author Marieke Nijkamp teases a less-learned, less-evil (?) Deliliah ahead of the OGN trilogy's deadly conclusion
June 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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The Critical Role cast can’t agree on the franchise’s most misunderstood character, but their picks are eye-opening
In honor of Legend of Vox Machina season 4, Critical Role's Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jafe, Marisha Ray, Travis Willingham, Ashley Johnson, LIam O'Brien, and Sam Riegel sat down to debate which of their characters was least appreciated
June 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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All Marvel Rivals codes (June 2026): Any new and expired codes for the popular team shooter
All new Marvel Rivals codes and how to find more.
June 15, 2026
Trent Cannon
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The Mighty Nein's Caleb Widogast & Essek Thelyss will stay together, says Liam O'Brien.... but may not say exclusive
Critical Role’s Liam O’Brien reveals a surprising new detail about Caleb and Essek’s future.
June 12, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Marvel is making the Fantastic Four's son a mutant (again)... at least in Magic: The Gathering
Franklin Richards appears in Magic: The Gathering x Marvel Super Heroes as a "Mutant Hero"
June 12, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
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The Legend of Vox Machina is a chance for the Critical Role cast to make better choices than they did in Campaign 1, says Travis Willingham
Willingham, who plays The Legend of Vox Machina's Grog Strongjaw, says that the OG Rolers were ever "very interested in doing a a beat-for-beat retelling" of Critical Role campaign 1
June 11, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Marvel Rivals has 50+ million players, and Marvel sees those as potential comics readers (if they can make it less complicated)
Marvel knows that new readers coming from Marvel Rivals aren’t sure where to start, and they’re using an old idea from Stan Lee to help them
June 11, 2026
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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We almost had a Red Dwarf video game and it looked smeggin' great
The point-and-click adventure game that could have been.
June 11, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Critical Role's Taryon Darrington is Wayne Brady's introduction to the Legend of Vox Machina... but he's not the kind of D&D character Brady usually plays
Ask the Critical Role cast and they'll all tell you that Wayne Brady is perfect as Vox Machina & Campaign 1's beloved artificer. But if the improv kind were to invent a new character himself, it would look very different than Taryon
June 09, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
MTG Arena codes (Updated June 2026): All active codes and how to redeem them
New Magic: The Gathering Arena codes aren't released often, but we'll make sure you know when they are.
June 08, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Atlus just revealed Persona 6 — and somehow told us almost nothing, just like it did with Persona 5
Atlus releases a Persona 6 teaser trailer which is exactly like the Persona 5 teaser trailer
June 08, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Whose D&D game is it anyway? Wayne Brady vs. Brennan Lee Mulligan on improv in liveplay
It's no surprise that Legend of Vox Machina season 4's Brady and and Critical Role Campaign 4's Mulligan, two titans of the improv comedy world, are well-versed in playing TTRPGs. What might be a surprise is that their philosophies differ
June 05, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
How Daggerheart hopes to avoid D&D-style analysis paralysis, from Chris Perkins - who has worked at a senior level on both
Just like his work on D&D, Chris Perkins is focused on helping players find their place in the Daggerheart community.
June 05, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Magic: The Gathering has a "high barrier of entry," so MTG artist Michael Walsh is turning his Exquisite Corpses comic into a game (but that's not the only reason)
Tiny Onion's first card game (and Kickstarter sensation) Exquisite Corpses is similar to but easier to learn than Magic: The Gathering. Thank artist Michael Walsh for that
June 03, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
An MTG sports-themed deck is on the shortlist at Wizards of the Coast for what comes next
A Magic: The Gathering set based around sports isn't out of the realm of possibility
June 03, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Liam O’Brien wanted his new Critical Role character to be fantasy Faceman from The A-Team
There's a whole lot of Liam O'Brien's own past as a theater person in Critical Role Campaign 4's Halandil Fang. But there's some classic '80s TV in there as well
June 03, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
For the first time ever, James Bond is serving His Majesty instead of Her Majesty
007: First Light is the first piece of James Bond media to take place during the reign of a British King since the original novel.
June 03, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
GTA 6 review scores still matter, insists Take-Two CEO
Rockstar games typically review well, but the video game industry has changed a lot since Grand Theft Auto V came out.
June 02, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Move over, Captain America: Magic says Agent Coulson is worthy of Mjolnir too
You can equip Mjolnir to any Legendary Hero creature who is red, white, or both in Magic: The Gathering x Marvel Super Heroes
June 02, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
The TMNT and Daredevil connection comes full circle in Magic: The Gathering’s Marvel set
There is no TMNT without Daredevil comics, and the Marvel Super Heroes x Magic: The Gathering set underscores this relationship
June 02, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
X-Men fans are going to be disappointed by Magic: The Gathering’s Marvel Super Heroes set
Mark Rosewater described Magic: The Gathering's Marvel Super Heroes crossover set as "Avengers plus"
June 02, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Former D&D creative lead Chris Perkins says too many rulebooks hurt tabletop RPGs. so he's changing that with Daggerheart
The secret to getting people to play D&D adventures is to make them buy fewer books, Daggerheart's Chris Perkins explains
June 02, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
Daggerheart’s Hope & Fear expansion could completely change how RPG campaigns handle villains
Daggerheart is aimed at getting players involved in building the world around them, so letting them help build the villain of a campaign feels like a natural step.
June 01, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Critical Role's Taryon Darrington was an improvised creation. So in The Legend of Vox Machina season 4, Wayne Brady improvised a lot of his dialogue
There was no script for Sam Riegel when he was playing Taryon Darrington in Critical Role's Campaign 1, and when Wayne Brady took over the role, he did a lot off-book himself
May 29, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role cast members Laura Bailey and Liam O'Brien on how they're tackling "harder moments" in The Legend of Vox Machina season 4
There are some pretty harrowing events coming for Vex & Vax in the upcoming season of The Legend of Vox Machina. Bailey and O'Brien shared how they got into those as actors and, ironically, the benefits of such storytelling
May 29, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role wants to do more with the Darrington Brigade because it gives them an excuse to just be silly
The Darrington Brigade recently returned for a one-shot during Sam Riegel's 24-hour livestream - and the way the Critical Role cast love them, we wouldn't be surprised to see more
May 29, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role star Sam Riegel admits Wayne Brady may have replaced him as the definitive Taryon Darrington in Legend of Vox Machina season 4
Sam Riegel feels that Wayne Brady is "more Taryon Darrington" than he is at this point because of the Legend of Vox Machina
May 28, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Keep an eye (or two) out for "dope monk shit" and some Mighty Nein Easter Eggs in Legend of Vox Machina Season 4
Season 4 of Prime Video's Legend of Vox Machina Critical Role show will show you why you should never underestimate a monk, a librarian, or both
May 28, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
The Legend of Vox Machina season 4 is finally making Grog the smart one, as Travis Willingham teases an an "inflection point" for the "unintentionally wise" half-giant
"Grog's gonna peel back the layers," says Willingham, who has played the half-giant since Critical Role campaign 1. "He's gonna, he's gonna get rid of the things that have held his mind back."
May 28, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Wayne Brady's Legend of Vox Machina character Taryon Darrington is so good the Critical Role staff are already talking about a spin-off for him
Ahead of the character's introduction to Prime Video's Campaign 1 adaptation, Sam Riegel revealed that there is a concerted effort to get Taryon Darrington (Wayne Brady) his own show. From one writer, at least
May 28, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role isn't ready to reveal who Andy Serkis's Legend of Vox Machina role just yet, but says he's "very important" to the story
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum director and fantasy legend Serkis has joined Prime Video's Critical Role Campaign 1 adaptation and is "going to shine" teases Travis Willingham
May 28, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The stars of Critical Role will never be ready to retire Vox Machina completely
The Critical Role cast might be willing to walk away from their Vox Machina characters "when we're dead." So hopefully not soon.
May 28, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
A D&D dungeon master is referee, storyteller, and organizer. Critical Role's Matt Mercer wants to help lighten the gamemaster's load with Daggerheart
Tabletop is meant to be a group effort and Daggerheart wants to push that philosophy to the fore.
May 28, 2026
Trent Cannon
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The Witcher 3 refuses to die as CD Projekt announces a surprise new expansion, 12 years after the last one
The Witcher is giving back the original Geralt of Rivia. No, we're not talking about Henry Cavill - we're talking about the Wild Hunt
May 27, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role campaign 4's Wicander Halovar is going to die... or at least Sam Riegel thinks he will, so he already has a plan B
OG Critical Role star Riegel has serious doubts as to whether Wicander Halovar is going to make it through Brennan Lee Mulligan's Campaign 4. But he does have a back-up plan, should the worst happen
May 27, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Rockstar Games is doubling down on revised GTA 6 release date, with a CEO saying the marketing blitz will begin this summer
Take-Two CEO has once again confirmed that GTA 6 hasn't been delayed and we'll find out more about the game in a few weeks.
May 27, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
That first day of the Vox Machina Kickstarter is burned into Critical Role star Matt Mercer's soul, but "in the best way"
When you suddenly find yourself raising millions for an animated series, it can be a bit of an eye opening experience.
May 27, 2026
Trent Cannon
Features
Critical Role's Matt Mercer explains how Daggerheart fixes some of D&D’s biggest frustrations
The Daggerheart system is about trying to break some old habits games like D&D have instilled in players and GMs.
May 26, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Grand Theft Auto 6 (and the whole franchise) may not hit the same way today because the world's now just as crazy as the game, according to GTA 5 actor Jay Klaitz
How can GTA 6 parody a world like ours? Rockstar is going to try to find out.
May 26, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Our Flag Means Death's Vico Ortiz joins Critical Role's next Daggerheart actual play - Age of Umbra: Sallowlands
From the High Seas to the TTRPGS, Our Flag Means Death breakout star Vico Ortiz will join the Critical Role family this coming July
May 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The cast of Critical Role Campaign 4 answer: Which Dimension 20 campaign would you want to be a part of?
Dimension 20 creator Brennan Lee Mulligan has stepped up as the Critical Role Campaign 4 GM - now which of his previous campaigns do his current players wish they could join?
May 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Laura Bailey & Travis Willingham both want the same thing from Dispatch 2: more Malevola Gibb
Bailey & Willingham - who voice Dispatch's Invisigal and Phenomaman, respectively - want to see more of the game's demonic ex-villain, voiced by Alanah Pierce
May 20, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's surprise death of Occtis Tachonis originally happened before Campaign 4 even began, reveals Alexander Ward
Critical Role Campaign 4, episode 4 featured the first PC death of Brennan Lee Mulligan's Aramán, but the way that P tells it, his C was supposed to already be RIP
May 19, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Bringing Grand Theft Auto 5 and Red Dead Redemption 2 to Nintendo Switch 2 is something Rockstar's go-to Switch port company is "eager" to do
Virtuos has made some of the most impressive ports in history, including bringing Rockstar Games' L.A. Noir to the Switch.
May 19, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Baldur's Gate 3 was originally cancelled nearly 20 years ago because of an "accounting error," according to an insider
An accounting error, which Chris Avellone calles "very suspicious" ending up robbing the world of Baldur's Gate 3 back in 2003.
May 15, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Critical Role's Laura Bailey began Campaign 4 with one heartbreaking hope - that she could save Thjazi Fang
Would enough Nat20s have saved Thjazi Fang from GM Brennan Lee Mulligan's tragic schemes? Maybe not, but that didn't stop Thimble, AKA Laura Bailey, from wishing
May 13, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Sam Riegel's iconic Critical Role sponsorships have been a bit too, er, iconic for some of their sponsors
"Some advertisers specifically request me," says Critical Role's oddball hypeman Sam Riegel, "And some specifically request not me."
May 13, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Mixtape director claims The Touch from Transformers is "better than any song by the Beatles"
We're not going to argue if Stan Bush is on par with Paul McCartney, but the creative director of Mixtape will.
May 12, 2026
Trent Cannon
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All of the Critical Role Campaign 4 convergence episodes have already shot, and it took almost eight hours according to Sam Riegel
Riegel, along with costars Taliesin Jaffe, Whitney Moore, Alexander Ward, and Luis Carazo, says Critical Role's Campaign 4 characters are coming back together soon, and they're going to have a very long reunion
May 11, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
In honor of 20 years of NYCC, we're opening the Vault (and Popverse Superfans get 10% off and first access!)
We are opening the NYCC Vault with classic merch & first dibs on 2026 exclusives, like official Crocs.
May 11, 2026
Chris Arrant
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Critical Role's The Mighty Nein season 2 release date seems imminent, because all the episodes are "almost entirely finished" says Travis Willingham
The Mighty Nein season 2, which finished its voice recordings alongside season 1, is currently in the post-production stage. So when will Prime Video announce a release date? Travis Willingham thinks "soon"
May 08, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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DM like The Mighty Nein's showrunner - check out these Dungeons & Dragons campaigns
Tasha Huo is, in a way, DM'ing everyone who chooses to watch The Mighty Nein on Prime Video. But in her spare time, these are the D&D campaigns she and friends gather around a table to explore
May 07, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Dimension 20 as a play-at-home game? Dropout's Sam Reich says it's in the works
Yep, we have the same question you do. But let's let Dropout CEO Reich announce Dimension 20's first trans-media enterprise before we start postulating
May 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Marvel’s Spider-Man avoided putting Trump Tower in the game, then built Fisk Tower right next door
Fisk Tower in the Insomniac Spider-Man games is so closer to the real life location of Trump Tower in New York that it certainly doesn't feel accidental.
May 06, 2026
Trent Cannon
Guides
The most expensive Magic: The Gathering cards in the Marvel's Spider-Man set
How much will the Soul Stone cost you from Magic: The Gathering x Marvel's Spider-Man? Almost as much as your soul itself
May 05, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Spoilers!Critical Role: An abandoned Tusk Love idea would've created an in-universe reason Jester Lavorre can't remember the main character's name
Yes, The Mighty Nein's tiefling cleric does have a reason for getting 'Guinevere' wrong in Campaign 2. But according to Critical Role's lorekeeper Dani Carr, Tusk Love almost provided another excuse
May 05, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Critical Role official lorekeeper has so much of Exandrian history mapped out, you'd forget she loves working in the undecided territory
When a new GM comes into Critical Role's Exandria, there's a lot of mytical history they need to know. That's where legendary lore-keeper Dani Carr comes in
May 04, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
From Shakespeare to “this is insane,” Magic: The Gathering reined in flavor text chaos
Don’t expect the paragraphs of flavor text from old Magic: The Gathering cards to come back any time soon
May 03, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
MTG's Magic Pro Tour was created to offset the fact that playing Magic was "too expensive" for kids
At MagicCon Las Vegas 2026, Skaff Elias recalled seeing kids in 1994 on the verge of tears because they couldn’t afford Magic: The Gathering cards
May 03, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Think there are too many Magic: The Gathering releases? The '90s staff say it was worse then, with some sets designed in "about a week"
In the early days of Magic: The Gathering, the development team would design a set in as little as a week’s time
May 03, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
In the '90s when the Magic: the Gathering designers had problems with the rules, even they called the official MTG customer service hotline
As it turns out, the customer service department of Magic: The Gathering has all the answers
May 03, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Magic: The Gathering's Standard format was created to get around a frustrating rule from the game's creator
The creator of Magic: The Gathering, Richard Garfield, imposed strict rules on what could and could not happen in the game
May 03, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
The Magic: The Gathering makers are worried players might get weird if human-type cards can be saddled (but be weird!)
We get it, you want to make a dragon angel as your steed in Magic: The Gathering, but don’t count on it happening
May 03, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Magic: The Gathering has wanted to do a Marvel-style 'What If?' set for years, and it took a "crazy idea" to make it work inside Wizards of the Coast.
With the upcoming Reality Fracture set, Magic: The Gathering needed to find a way to make alternate versions of characters and spells make sense to newer players
May 02, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
MCU Vision actor Paul Bettany surprises everyone to unveil Marvel x MTG set, including The Mind Stone (and don't forget the 'The'!)
There is already a Magic: The Gathering card simply called “Mind Stone”
May 02, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
For the Hobbit set, Magic: The Gathering had to break an unofficial internal rule because Smaug is so iconic
The headliner card from Magic: The Gathering x The Hobbit is not a cheery hero, but the villainous Smaug
May 02, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Hey Post Malone (and everyone else), there's a new One Ring in the second MTG x Lord of the Rings set... and it's precious
The My Precious card from Magic: The Gathering x The Hobbit enshrines Gollum’s obsession with the One Ring
May 02, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
Guides
NYCC 2026 ticket pre-sale info: How to get your badge (or VIP Badge!) early
When do NYCC tickets go on sale in 2026? We gotchu.
April 30, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Some of the people behind Magic: The Gathering are banding together to form a union to fight against the looming threat of being replaced by AI
After a major change announced for employees of Wizards of the Coast, Magic: The Gathering's workers are looking to unionize under one of the largest banners they can
April 30, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Think you want the Critical Role live events to be streamed into your home? According to lore-keeper Dani Carr, you don't
Yes, Critical Role episodes are livestreamed. But the live theater shows are a different beast, argues Carr, and that beast requires an editor
April 28, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
Vox Machina season 4 release date (Updated June 2026): The release dates for all episodes
Here is a schedule of all of the Legend of Vox Machina season 4 release dates.
April 23, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Silent Hill f is getting a new ending written by Ryukishi07, but only in the manga
Konami has already given us 5 endings to Silent Hill f, so what would one more hurt?
April 23, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Critical Role Campaign 4: Halandil Fang is Liam O'Brien's desperate attempt to break his sad boi streak
O'Brien, who played such traumatized characters as Vax, Caleb, & Orym in Critical Role's campaigns past, once heard that he didn't need tragedy to build a strong character. So he's testing that out
April 22, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role's Liam O'Brien refuses to create headcannon for Caleb & Essek's romance: "I don't want to limit the future"
We know that Caleb Widogast and Essek Thelyss get together at the end of Campaign 2, which is where we get the story of The Mighty Nein. But what happens next? Liam O'Brien doesn't want to narrow down the possibilities
April 21, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Get a first look at Ravenloft: The Horrors Within in the only official D&D actual play series, Dungeon Masters
Wizards of the Coast is dropping previews of their upcoming Ravenloft: The Horrors Within sourcebook into Dungeon Masters' first two episodes.
April 21, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Critical Role's Weird Kids, starring Ashley Johnson & Taliesin Jaffe, returns this May!
Former child actors turned actual play legends Johnson & Jaffe are back for 24 all-new episodes of Weird Kids, streaming on Critical Role's Beacon.tv next month
April 16, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Daggerheart's romantasy campaign is a "testing ground" to see what TTRPG audiences want, says Critical Role mastermind Matt Mercer
Daggerheart's new campaign, With Love and Magic, is expected to be a digital-first release sometime in 2026. And according to Critical Role's Mercer, it's a test to see how interested players are into that kind of release
April 15, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
The most famous sex scene in Baldur's Gate 3 was as much a shock to Halsin actor Dave Jaries as it was to you (and not in a bad way)
Honestly, if we found out we were going to be playing a bear in a sex scene, we'd probably be shocked as well.
April 15, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
A 2023 GTA 6 hack was blamed for a release date delay, but the ShinyHunters security breach won't says Rockstar Games
The cybersecurity attack on Rockstar Games' servers is the second in just a few years but the company seems to imply that far less sensitive material has been taken.
April 15, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Marvel layoffs hit around 7% of staff, impacting movies, TV, and comics amid broader Disney cuts
Marvel is laying off between 7 and 8% of its workforce across all divisions of the company as a result of wider Disney cost-cutting moves
April 15, 2026
Graeme McMillan
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How Critical Role's Sam Riegel would make a Phoenix Wright movie
"You can't handle the - OBJECTION!" Phoenix Wright fans, Critical Role mainstay (and voice of Wright himself) Sam Riegel has a movie pitch you're gonna want to hear
April 10, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Why is Critical Role Campaign 4 so different? According to Matt Mercer, it's partially that the original cast is "starting to pass the torch"
Matt Mercer says even parts of Critical Role Campaign 3 were the beginnings of a plan to "expand beyond just the eight of us" - that is, the OG cast members
April 10, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
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Why Fjord Stone's introduction in The Mighty Nein is different than in Critical Role Campaign 2 (and the Dark Horse Origin comics), according to Travis Willingham
Willingham, who plays Stone in both Critical Role Campaign 2 and Prime Video's The Mighty Nein, said that audiences entered the latter in "a deeper point canonically"
April 09, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
Critical Role schedule (Updated June 2026): When the Campaign 4 release dates are
A weekly-updated Critical Role release schedule, made by fans for fans.
April 09, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Is Critical Role developing a live-action show set in Exandria? Here's what Sam Riegel actually said
Is there a Critical Role live-action series in development? Yes and no - but to be clear, there's no chance we're heading to Exandria in anything but animation anytime soon
April 09, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role's Sam Riegel confirms at least one Campaign 2 guest star is coming to The Mighty Nein... and we even have a list of who it might be
Critical Role Campaign 2 guest stars Deborah Ann Woll or Chris Perkins might just make an appearance in Prime Video's The Mighty Nein. But they're not the only possibilities...
April 08, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
How cozy can a cozy game with fire-breathing dragons be? Game of Thrones: Dragonfire is about to show us
House of the Dragon Season 3 is coming this summer, but HBO wants us to remember that someone had to raise all those dragon hatchlings. Someone had to love them. That someone is us.
April 08, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Critical Role's The Mighty Nein showrunner, Tasha Huo, reveals a Campaign 2 scene that didn't make it into the Prime Video adaptation
There's a battle from Critical Role Campaign 2, episode 7, that was part of the original plan for The Mighty Nein season 1, says showrunner Huo, that ended up failing its last saving throw
April 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
What's next for TTRPG actual play, according to Critical Role stars Matt Mercer, Travis Willingham, & Sam Riegel
From choreographed swordplay to underground rap battles, the future of D&D actual plays like Critical Role and Dimension 20 is a universe of possibilities, as some of the most important figures in the medium explain
April 06, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Magic: The Gathering has a new card type, and its even retconning some previous cards to be re-classified in this new type
The upcoming Magic: The Gathering set, Secrets of Strixhaven, will introduce a Book artifact subtype
April 06, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
How many seasons of Critical Role's The Mighty Nein will be on Prime Video? Sam Riegel says the team "could tell a story" in 5, but wants to do around 7
Despite the pun, says Critical Role's Riegel in a joint interview with Mighty Nein showrunner Tasha Huo, "nine seems excessive."
April 03, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role had helped bring the fantasy sports crowd into D&D, according to Matt Mercer
You can be a massive sports fan and love D&D thanks to Actual Play shows like Critical Role
April 03, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Daggerheart Creative Director Chris Perkins says Darrington Press can't be "vanity press" for Critical Role
The games and expansions that come out of Daggerheart can't just be for the enjoyment of the Critical Role crew
April 03, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Goodbye, D&D 5th Edition. Hello, D&D 5.5 Edition. Here's why, according to Wizards of the Coast
After nearly two years, Wizards of the Coast are ready to call it 5.5E, even if they insist it isn't a new edition of D&D.
April 02, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
PS5 price increase 2026: Sony raises PlayStation 5 cost amid AI chip shortage and global pressures
Why the PS5 is getting more expensive instead of cheaper in 2026
April 02, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Matt Mercer continually underestimates Critical Role - and that's how he likes it
Even with the wild success of The Legend of Vox Machina Kickstarter "burned into his soul," Matt Mercer finds himself surprised at how popular Critical Role proves to be.
April 02, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Chris Perkins is enjoying being free from the "50 Year Legacy" of D&D as he works on Critical Role's Daggerheart
Daggerheart is a new system, which means Chris Perkins is able to experiment and push the envelope more than he could while working on D&D.
April 02, 2026
Trent Cannon
News
Marvel and Magic: The Gathering team up for a comic book–exclusive MTG inside ALL copies of Avengers: Armageddon #1
Avengers: Armageddon #1 will be polybagged with a one-of-a-kind Magic: The Gathering card
April 01, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Matt Mercer hopes Daggerheart follows Critical Role's example and helps more people find their found family
Daggerheart - and tabletop games in general - can help form powerful friendships just as much as Critical Role fans have over the years.
April 01, 2026
Trent Cannon
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Matt Mercer is aware of (and humbled by) Critical Role's place in D&D history
Critical Role didn't set out to have such an impact on tabletop gaming, but it undeniably has
April 01, 2026
Trent Cannon