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You're not imagining it - Critical Role's Mighty Nein characters have more realistic proportions than The Legend of Vox Machina's
Original Critical Roler Sam Riegel says that the (slight) difference between Legend of Vox Machina's and Mighty Nein's visuals stems out of the tone of the show
December 03, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Critical Role just broke the rules of villain design in Daggerheart — now the whole table builds the dragon queen
Forlorn, the central antagonist of upcoming Daggerheart campaign Reign of the Weredragon, is a creation not just of the GM, but of the whole table. We asked Elise Rezendes, Rowan Hall, and Spenser Starke t explain more
November 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
The Daggerheart romantasy campaign With Love and Magic is coming “fast” as Critical Role tests a digital-first release strategy
After Critical Role's Matt Mercer announced it earlier this year, we've been waiting on details regarding Daggerheart's With Love and Magic campaign. And at PAX unplugged 2025, we got to ask for details from the developers
November 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Critical Role's Darrington Press turns limitation into invitation with new TTRPG - "If it doesn't fit on a card, it's not Daggerheart"
I'm quoting producer Elise Rezendes and lead codesigner Rowan Hall here - both of whom explained Daggerheart's less is more philosophy at PAX Unplugged this year
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Critical Role’s Daggerheart team explains what makes a great TTRPG adversary in new monster pack reveal
Specifically, we asked designers Rowan Hall and Spenser Starke, plus producer Elise Rezendes, what makes for the best beast. And it isn't the "tiny numbers" on their stats page
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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D&D icons are rebooting Acquisitions Incorporated with a fresh Daggerheart-powered adventure
Dungeons & Dragons titan Jeremy Crawford announced at PAX Unplugged '25 that the first real actual play show (arguably) is switching TTRPG systems to Critical Role's own Daggerheart
November 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role is giving us all a free RPG in 2026, as Darrington Press' Dying Spire comes to Free RPG Day next year
The Critical Role team is bringing more Daggerheart to Free RPG Day in 2026, continuing the story that began with Marisha Ray & Grant Howitt's one-page adventure, A Familiar Problem
November 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role is taking their love of John Constantine, Castlevania and more gothic horror into new Daggerheart campaign
An addition to Daggerheart's first expansion book, Hope & Fear, Dark Heart of Andaluria will tie together some of your favorite monster tropes into a hauntingly beautiful world, says co-designer Rowan Hall
November 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role has listened to your request, Daggerheart players: A GM fear tracker is coming in 2026
Keeping track of your players' Fear is going to get a lot easier if you're a Daggerheart GM, and it's all thanks to the fans who have been bugging Critical Role's Darrington Press about a special GM screen
November 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role is bringing its Delicious in Dungeon-style Daggerheart campaign to life in liveplay with Viva la Dirt League
Beast Feast, which Critical Role's Daggheart has described as a campaign similar to fantasy anime Delicious in Dungeon, is coming to Viva la Dirt League.
November 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Dispatch fans have uncovered the secret stat that determines Invisigal's ending in Episode 8
The hit game from AdHoc Studio and Critical Role is full of important choices, but not everything that influences the ending happens during cutscenes in Dispatch.
November 18, 2025
Trent Cannon
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If Critical Role's Legend of Vox Machina is The Hobbit, says Marisha Ray, then Mighty Nein is Lord of the Rings
Prime Video's second Critical Role adaptation will be "a little bit darker" in tone, says Ray, who provides the voice for kickass monk Beauregard Lionett
November 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The superhero game Dispatch from AdHoc Studio and Critical Role is even bigger a hit than they expected - selling 12 times faster than they could even hope
With stars from Breaking Bad and Critical Role in the cast and stellar animation, Dispatch is the superhero game we've been waiting for.
November 13, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Spoilers!Critical Role creators were asked to pull back on the phallic imagery for the Mighty Nein Prime Video show
We get it - Prime Video has to go through the MPAA to produce Critical Role's Campaign 2 adaptation, The Mighty Nein. But if you think you're gonna stop Critters from being horny, I have news (and many, many subreddits) for you
November 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Dispatch season 2 could be on the way, after the AdHoc Studios and Critical Role hit exceeds sales expectations
After 1 million copies of Dispatch being sold, it looks like the former Telltale Games developers are wondering where to go with season 2, which is a good problem to have.
November 11, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
The Dispatch episodic release schedule makes the new game from AdHoc Studios and Critical Role even better, not worse [Gamify My Life]
Dispatch is a great superhero TV show and it needs to be enjoyed an hour at a time.
November 10, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
How I found the heart of Critical Role at New York Comic Con
In this enormous and accepting fantasy world that Critical Role has created, I found the messy human realities make these fantasy worlds fantastic.
November 10, 2025
Jim McDermott
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Critical Role’s The Mighty Nein animated series is adding to what you remember from the campaign, including an all-new opening scene never explored before
Critical Role’s The Mighty Nein will be almost twice as long as a typical episode of Vox Machina
November 07, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Wayne Brady being cast in Critical Role’s The Mighty Nein is one of the best things to happen in his career, according to Wayne Brady
Wayne Brady had been a longtime fan of Critical Role before he was cast as Taryon Darrington in The Mighty Nein
November 07, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Critical Role fans, remember - Matt Mercer's homebrew warrior class (now available in Daggerheart) was created specifically for Vin Diesel
Daggerheart players can now unleash the power of the Blood Hunter - so long as they also remember that Matt Mercer created it for a Critical Role special starring Vin Diesel
November 06, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Does Critical Role's Mighty Nein title sequence music sound familiar? It should - it's Welcome to Wildemount, released in 2022
Prime Video is using the most appropriate music they can to intro new Critical Role series The Mighty Nein, working a song written for Campaign 2 directly into the opening credits
November 04, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Original Critical Role GM Matt Mercer promises “really cool announcements” for Daggerheart at PAX Unplugged
What is Critical Role bringing to PAX Unplugged? Popverse will be there to let you know as soon as it drops.
November 04, 2025
Trent Cannon
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Dispatch, the new game from Critical Role and former developers from Telltale Games, hits 1 million copies sold - before it is even fully released
Who among us hasn't dreamed of working as a superhero dispatcher surrounded by the stars of Breaking Bad and Critical Role?
November 04, 2025
Trent Cannon
Features
Exandria, ho! Watch the cast of Vox Machina, Mighty Nein, and Critical Role - Laura Bailey, Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, Liam O’Brien, Ashley Johnson, Taliesin Jaffe, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham - roll for adventure at NYCC 2025
The voices of Vex/Jester (Bailey), Keyleth/Beauregard (Ray), Vax/Caleb (O’Brien), Pike/Yasha (Johnson), Percy/Mallymauk (Jaffe), Scanlon/Nott (Riegel), and Grog/Fjord (Willingham) joined GM Matthew Mercer at New York Comic Con 2025, and Popverse was there filming
October 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Need a last-minute costume? Critical Role and Spirit Halloween have you covered
Just in time for Samhain, two of the most popular characters from Critical Role's Mighty Nein are getting the Spirit Halloween treatment. Hope you like dressing as a tiefling
October 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
After Critical Role & Dimension 20's sweeping success, DMing YouTubers The Dungeon Dudes predict the future of Dungeons & Dragons live play
Kelly McLaughlin and Monty Martin know a thing or two about TTRPG web series, which is one of the reasons they've helped build actual play/escape room hybrid Tales from Woodcreek
October 23, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role Campaign 4 exists because GM Brennan Lee Mulligan LOVES orcs
OK, maybe not *only* because Dimension 20 GM Mulligan loves orcs, but Aramán's history in Critical Role's fourth campaign has a lot to do with the most hated-upon fantasy race
October 22, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Are Critical Role campaigns 1 & 2 necessary viewing before Prime Video's Vox Machina & Mighty Nein? Marisha Ray says no, but Matt Mercer has a clarification
Speaking at New York Comic Con, the pair of Ray and Mercer wanted to let you know that Vox Machina & Mighty Nein are both for the newbies and for the hardcore Critters
October 15, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role is giving Beauregard Lionett from Mighty Nein a deeper backstory for Prime Video series, according to star Marisha Ray
OG Critical Roler Ray was giving fans of her human monk Beau at New York Comic Con reason to get excited for Prime Video's animated adaptation of campaign 2, The Mighty Nein.
October 15, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role was the ultimate boyfriend test for the showrunner of the Mighty Nein animated series
At New York Comic Con, Mighty Nein showrunner Tasha Huo revealed her longtime passion for Critical Role.
October 13, 2025
Jim McDermott
Features
How 500+ hours of Critical Role liveplay was turned into the 8-episode Mighty Nein series, according to its showrunner
The Mighty Nein showrunner Tasha Huo shares the challenges and gifts of turning the live D&D show Critical Role into a series.
October 12, 2025
Jim McDermott
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The Critical Role cast is changing how they play the game for Campaign 4
Critical Role Campaign 4 will feature a West Marches style campaign
October 12, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Critical Role star Travis Willingham says The Mighty Nein is different from Vox Machina because the characters will be rougher
Critical Role’s Travis Willingham explains the difference between The Mighty Nein and The Legend of Vox Machina
October 11, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Critical Role cast worried that animators would be too stressed by how many lands get explored by The Mighty Nein
Critical Role’s Travis Willingham says The Mighty Nein will explore lots of new and exciting places
October 10, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Critical Role creator Matthew Mercer: The Mighty Nein being longer than Vox Machina means there will be more time to cry
Critical Role fans will get more time to spend with the titular heroes in Prime Video's The Mighty Nein, which means more time to fall in love with them. Which also means it's gonna be worse when shit goes south
October 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Is Critical Role teasing a massively popular Dungeons & Dragons villain for The Legend of Vox Machina season 4? Yes and no
At New York Comic Con 2025, the OG Critical Role cast couldn't stop talking about 'The Whispered One,' who lore-knowledgeable fans remember as a thinly-veiled Vecna. And before you ask, no, it's not the Stranger Things villain
October 10, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role animated series The Mighty Nein adds Lucy Liu as the Bright Queen, more cast revealed at NYCC '25
Liu joins Anjelica Huston, Nathan Fillion, T'Nia Miller, Felicia Day, Graham McTavish, and Ivanna Sakhno in Prime Video's latest Critical Role adaptation, The Mighty Nein
October 09, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role adds Wayne Brady as Taryon Darrington for Vox Machina season 4 (and more cast revealed, too!)
Brady will play campaign 1 breakout Darrington in the latest season of Critical Role's first Prime Video collab, alongside unnamed characters played by Kevin Michaerl Richardson, Tom Cardy
October 09, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role cast member (and monster expert) Alex Ward can see himself playing at least one of Brennan Lee Mulligan's creature creations, but reminds us that "humans are the worst monsters of all"
Ward, who is the actor behind some of the freakiest creatures to be on screen in recent memory, is bringing is monstrous expertise to Critical Role Campaign 4 as Occtis Tachonis
September 30, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Robbie Daymond wanted his Campaign 4 character to be the exact opposite of Bells Hells breakout Dorian Storm
Dorian Storm, who was played in both Hells Bells and Exandria Unlimited by Daymond, is the categorical opposite of what Campaign 4's Kattigan Vale will turn out to be
September 30, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Marisha Ray offers advice on cosplaying her Campaign 4 character - "Let it all hang out"
Ray, who will play Murray Mag'Nesson in the upcoming Critical Role Campaign 4, advises those inspired by her look to "let the sun hit them in all the places"
September 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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What do the Critical Role Campaign 4 characters smell like? Sam Riegel knows
Rumors from an unnamed source (kidding, it was Aabria Iyengar) suggested Riegel's Wiccander Halovar might smell like Davidoff Cool Water in Critical Role Campaign 4. Popverse investigated.
September 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Aabria Iyengar wants to calm your Campaign 4 fears over being overwhelmed by a "sheer tonnage of extraordinarily hot PCs"
Iyengar, who transforms into Thaisha Lloy for Critical Role's biggest campaign yet, understands that you're scared about the next adventure being simply too sexy. But being slightly scared of art, she says, is a great thing
September 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role star Laura Bailey knows that her Campaign 4 character resembles Jester Lavorre... but don't let that fool you; they couldn't be more different
"They are both cute," Bailey says of both her Campaign 4 character, Thimble, and her fan-favorite Mighty Nein character, Jester Lavorre. But apart from that, don't expect much similarity
September 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Matt Mercer teases Campaign 4's new setting of Aramán - and how it differs from Exandria
Mercer, who will transition from GM to enigmatic player character Sir Julien Davinos in Critical Role's Campaign 4, says the differences between Exandria and Aramán lie in their history with the gods
September 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The Critical Role cast has heard your speculation about the Campaign 4 factions... but no one's completely nailed them yet, says Marisha Ray
Ray, who plays Murray Mag'Nussen in the upcoming Critical Role campaign, urges fans not to "get too in the weeds of what someone's wardrobe looks like"
September 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role mastermind Matt Mercer has a surprise origin story - he never finished his first D&D campaign
The creator of Exandria has always had big ideas for his Dungeons & Dragons sessions. Too big, it turns out, for the first people Critical Role star Mercer ever played with
September 23, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Frankenstein is coming to Netflix, but is he coming to Critical Role Campaign 4 too? Why fans think Alex Ward is resurrecting a rare D&D subclass
Don't know anything about reanimator artificers? That's OK, they're pretty out there in terms of Dungeons & Dragons subclasses. You might want to learn though, because Critical Role cast member Ward may be stitching together a plan...
September 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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What happened to Critical Role's fan-favorite Cerrit Agrupnin after Exandria Unlimited: Calamity? Liam O'Brien has some ideas
Travis Willingham's character Cerrit was one of the breakout heroes from Critical Role's prequel liveplay series - now, castmate O'Brien has revealed his head canon for what happened next
September 17, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role star Sam Riegel didn't know FCG's fate before the moment happened - but he did know it was "a good way to go"
Sam Riegel was planning on taking a break from Critical Role for health reasons, but he didn't know what was going to happen to FCG - until just before the big moment happened
September 15, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Yes, Critical Role star Sam Riegel is definitely planning some special t-shirt trolling for new GM Brennan Lee Mulligan
Sam Riegel already has some t-shirts made to troll new Critical Role GM Brennan Lee Mulligan, but he's open for Critters to help make more
September 12, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Critical Role's Laura Bailey and Travis Willingham on which of the D&D Monsters they'd choose to live as
Bailey and Willingham have done their share of flipping through the Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual in their capacity as Critical Role founders - but which of the creatures therein spoke to them the most?
September 05, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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How Critical Role's Laura Bailey and Travis Willingham would play Dimension 20's wildest campaign: Never Stop Blowing Up
D20's Never Stop Blowing Up (led by Critical Role's campaign 4 GM Brennan Lee Mulligan) is a balls-to-the-wall parody of the action genre, and Bailey and Willingham know just which action movie types they'd play
September 05, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Laura Bailey and Travis Willingham on bringing Marvel's Mary Jane Watson & DC's Superman to life
Critical Role's Bailey, who brought Mary Jane to life in Insomniac's Spider-Man games, and Willingham, who brought Superman to life in Battle of the Supersons, explain how they embodied Marvel & DC's titanic characters
September 05, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Laura Bailey reveals one of her favorite aspects of The Mighty Nein's Jester actually came from castmate Marisha Ray
As any D&D player knows, you discover core pieces of your character as the campaign goes along. And sometimes, like in the case of Critical Role pals Bailey and Ray, your fellow adventurers discover it for you
September 05, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Travis Willingham reveals more character-DM'd one-shots are on the way in 2026
Willingham's Grog One-Shot from 2017 is still a favorite among Critical Role fans - and if what he said at GalaxyCon San Jose is true, more of its like are on the way
September 05, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Which Star Trek actor DMs for other Star Trek actors? Strange New Worlds' Celia Rose Gooding reveals how they prepared for Critical Role's Exandria Unlimited
Gooding, AKA Star Trek's latest Uhura, got into D&D liveplay with not just the help of the Critical Role gang (including Brennan Lee Mulligan), but also a name that Enterprise and Picard fans will know well
September 04, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
After Critical Role's Tusk Love and Armory of Heroes, more in-universe Exandrian projects are on their way
Expect more texts published as though they were written by citizens of Exandria themselves, says Licensing Brand Associate Niki Chi
August 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
How to cosplay Exandria: Critical Role's Armory of Heroes is a tome of reference for cosplaying critters
From Vox Machina to The Mighty Nein and even into the Age of Arcanum, the Armory of Heroes has Exandrian style you wish to emulate
August 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role invites you back to Exandria (and back in time!) with The Legend of Vox Machina: The Whitestone Chronicles Volume 2—Cassandra
Amazon MGM is also partnering with Critical Role and Dark Horse to publish a prequel graphic novel starring the bold but beleaguered Cassandra de Rolo, little sister of Percival and survivor of the Briarwoods massacre
August 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Oz, Manhattan, and German Expressionism: What inspired Age of Arcanum, according to Critical Role star Liam O'Brien
O'Brien recently spoke to the worldbuilding that went into the Exandria Unlimited: Calamity campaign, set centuries before Critical Role's Campaign 1
August 28, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
What Critical Role's Liam O'Brien imagined for the Vox Machina 'Deathwalker's Ward' armor is not what the costume ended up looking like
Vox Machina's Vax'ildan sports a gloomy, feathered, and ornate piece of leather armor in Critical Role's famous Campaign 1 and its adaptations thereafter. But that wasn't exactly what Vax's actor, O'Brien, had in mind
August 27, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
The Mighty Nein season 1 release date: When the Critical Role sequel spinoff series rolls onto on Prime Video
The Mighty Nein takes place twenty years after The Legend of Vox Machina.
August 23, 2025
Avery Kaplan
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Critical Role smashes the mold for Campaign 4, with 3 tables, 13 cast members, and a whole new (non-Exandrian!) setting
GM Brennan Lee Mulligan is guiding a baker's dozen adventurers through misty and mysterious Aramán using the West Marches style of TTRPG storytelling - we'll explain what that means here
August 21, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role is coming to Seattle's Emerald City Comic Con 2026 - now it's your turn
The cast of Critical Role are headed to Seattle in March 2026 for ECCC, and they're hoping you'll be there too
August 15, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
Live Comedy, Live Play: Dimension 20 (and future Critical role!) GM Brennan Lee Mulligan on the parallels between TTRPGs and Improv
'Yes, And' can make for an incredible improv comedy show, but how does it factor into GMing a game such as Dropout's Cloudward, Ho, or Critical Role's Campaign 4? Let Brennan Lee Mulligan explain
August 08, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Matthew Mercer is working on a Romantasy-themed TTRPG camapign, and we're wondering how big a 69-sided die would have to be
Mercer and Darrington Press's Daggerheart has explored haunted wastelands, dungeon kitchens, and colossus-ridden deserts. Now, it looks like it'll venture behind castle walls (and bedroom doors)
August 05, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role committed to working a different language into The Mighty Nein campaign. Now, with the Prime series on the way, they have to bone up on their German
At least, Liam O'Brien has to do so, for his Mighty Nein character Caleb Widogast (coming to Prime Video this fall)
August 04, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role brings on Dimension 20's Brennan Lee Mulligan as GM for Campaign 4, and we know its release date
Dimension 20 GM and Dropout star Mulligan is taking Matthew Mercer's seat at the table for Critical Role's hotly-anticipated fourth campaign, launching this fall
August 02, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The Traitors host Alan Cumming will be in Critical Role's Mighty Nein series; now Critical Role wants to be on The Traitors
Don't pretend you wouldn't watch Ashley Johnson absolutely annihilate a slate of Faithfuls. You would! We ALL would!
July 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The wizard assassins the Volstrucker will play a much bigger role in Prime Video's Mighty Nein series, says Critical Role stars
The antagonists of the Mighty Nein campaign will not only get more screentime, but will look badass during it, says Critical Role DM Matt Mercer
July 26, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Laura Bailey is excited to finally reveal the full origin of Jester in the Mighty Nein animated series on Amazon's Prime Video
Bailey teased her tiefling cleric's arc in the upcoming animated adaptation of the Mighty Nein campaign - and she did it in Jester's voice, so we know it's true
July 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role spinoff series Mighty Nein cast adds X-Men's Alan Cumming, Star Trek's Jonathan Frakes, The Mandalorian's Ming-Na Wen, and more
Also joining Prime Video for Critical Role's next adventure through Exandria are Mark Strong, Rahul Kohli, and Auli’i Cravalho
July 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
News
The Critical Role cartoon Legend of Vox Machina to end after season 5 - but we have two seasons to go from Prime Video!
Also announced - The Legend of Vox Machina season 4 will air on Prime Video some time in 2026
July 24, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Guides
Mighty Nein season 1 release date: The Critical Role spinoff is coming to Amazon Prime Video this fall
The Critical Role team have two big things this fall - NYCC 2025, and the debut of the Mighty Nein animated series.
July 24, 2025
Chris Arrant
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Batman Beyond star Will Friedle turned down being part of the original Critical Role cast
Will Friedle turned down the opportunity to be part of the original Critical Role party (but would go on to guest star years later)
June 30, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Marvel's X-Men, Daredevil, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. casts and Game of Thrones' George R.R. Martin headline first wave of NYCC 2025 guest reveals
Want to see Fox's X-Men cast on stage together? Or Simon Pegg, Bryce Dallas Howard, and stars from Ghostbusters, The West Wing and more? Head to New York Comic Con 2025 this October
June 25, 2025
Graeme McMillan
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Discover (or Rediscover!) the origins of the Critical Role's Mighty Nein before Amazon's Prime Video TV series in a new boxed set coming this fall
The upcoming Mighty Nein Origins Boxed Set collects eight hardcover graphic novels revealing the backstory of fan-favorite Critical Role characters, celebrating the series' 10th anniversary
June 03, 2025
Graeme McMillan
Features
Sliding into your DMs: Dimension 20 creator Brennan Lee Mulligan gets chatty ahead of Fantasy High and its Hollywood Bowl debut
Ahead of D20's Battle at the Bowl and Cloudward, Ho premiere, Dropout star and Worlds Beyond Number host Brennan Lee Mulligan sat down with us to discuss, among other things, a chicken fillet with googly eyes
May 29, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role series Candela Obscura and Daggerheart share a "scarring" mechanic, say the developers
Fans of the horror game/miniseries Candela Obscura know that you don't always walk away from terrors unscathed. According to Spenser Starke and Rowan Hall, that's a truth that newcomers to Daggerheart will also learn
May 21, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Critical Role's Daggerheart "never could have" been made without the game's subreddit community, say developers
To the many members of the r/Daggerheart subreddit, developers Rowan Hall and Spenser Stark would like to say "thank you"
May 20, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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Experience Critical Role's Age of Umbra actual play earlier than expected with special Session Zero coming May 22
Session zero will see Critical Role's Ashley Johnson, Laura Bailey, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, Taliesin Jaffe, and Travis Willingham create their Daggerheart characters with GM Matthew Mercer
May 12, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Critical Role's Travis Billingham and Laura Bailey duel over the ideal party leader, merchant haggler, and more in Popverse's Who is More Likely To?
Critical Role stars Laura Bailey & Travis Willingham face off in Popverse's Who Is More Likely To?
May 07, 2025
Ashley V. Robinson
Features
Ms. Marvel & Overwatch 2's Anjali Bhimani discusses staying hungry as an artist, what it's like working on Critical Role, and the best X-Men to play in a video game
If you're a gamer, you've heard Anjali Bhimani's work, especially as Symmetra in Overwatch 2. But Bhimani's career stretches far beyond the recording booth, and Popverse got an exclusive window into the many mediums it covers
April 25, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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How tabletop RPG games help players discover their gender identity, as told by the Critical Role cast
The Critical Role cast discuss how tabletop gaming allows players to try out different gender identities and explore themselves
April 23, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
News
You heard right, Critical Role fans, that was Ashley Johnson in the most recent episode of The Last of Us season 2
Johnson, whose voice is familiar to millions and who did the motion capture/voice work for the original Ellie, got a moment to shine in HBO's Last of Us. Technically, though, it wasn't the first
April 21, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
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The Critical Role cast tease body piercing, edging, and more for their darkest campaign yet: Age of Umbra
The Critical Role cast is about to embark on a dark new campaign, and they’ve given us some hints about who their new characters will be
April 17, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Critical Role's Ashley Johnson enjoyed making a fake porno for the show, but that doesn't mean it was a success
The cast of Critical Role once had their characters pretend to make a porno during a campaign (and it failed)
April 15, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
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Critical Role’s Marisha Ray thinks the show should do a Spider-Verse style crossover with Fantasy High and other adventuring parties
The Critical Role cast is intrigued by the idea of doing a crossover event with their past guest stars
April 14, 2025
Joshua Lapin-Bertone
Features
Follow along live to the official Critical Role panel with Matt Mercer & friends from Chicago's C2E2 2025
Matthew Mercer, Laura Bailey, Travis Willingham, Ashley Johnson, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, and Taliesin Jaffe are talking Critical Role at C2E2 2025 - follow along live!
April 07, 2025
Grant DeArmitt
Features
Livestream the Critical Role panel event with Matthew Mercer & more from Chicago's C2E2 2025!
Join Matthew Mercer, Laura Bailey, Travis Willingham, Ashley Johnson, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, and Taliesin Jaffe as they take us into the world of Critical Role at C2E2 2025.
March 14, 2025
Chris Arrant
Features
Meet one of the pop culture business' hottest free agents: Rachel Romero, who just left Critical Role after helping build that empire
Critical Role's marketing wizard & board member Rachel Romero is exiting the company, and looking for new challenges
February 18, 2025
Chris Arrant
News
Critical Role's Matthew Mercer is changing the game (literally) with the Daggerheart TTRPG. At PAX Unplugged 2024, he explained why
Probably the most anticipated game showcased at PAX U this year was Daggerheart, in part because Critical Role's own Matthew Mercer not only helped design it, but actually introduced it to an assembled crowd in Philadelphia.
December 13, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role's Matt Mercer gave us the dark and dour deets on his Daggerheart campaign
When Critical Role's Matthew Mercer got to talking about the campaign he designed for 2025's Daggerheart TTRPG, he was all too happy to make us all less happy
December 07, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role created its own Delicious in Dungeon TTRPG with an upcoming Daggerheart campaign
At PAX Unplugged 2024, Critical Role cast members and Daggerheart creators introduced us to BeastFeast, a campaign built on a "defeat then eat" mentality toward monsters
December 07, 2024
Grant DeArmitt
News
Critical Role is coming to NYCC 2025, and Superfans have first dibs on a big pre-show event
Critical Role is playing Radio City Music Hall two days before NYCC 2025, and Superfans will get early access to that show's presale
October 24, 2024
Graeme McMillan
News
Critical Role reveals how The Legend of Vox Machina season 3 expands upon the original campaign
The cast of Critical Role dishes on how The Legend of Vox Machina animated series from Amazon Prime Video digs into character moments we never saw in the original campaign.
October 07, 2024
Jules Chin Greene
Features
Watch the full Critical Role Panel from Florida Supercon 2024!
Join Critical Role's Matthew Mercer, Ashley Johnson, Laura Bailey, Liam O'Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, Taliesin Jaffe, and Travis Willingham from sunny Miami Beach.
July 15, 2024
Veronica Valencia
News
Critical Role's Sam Riegel offers a candid and emotional account of his cancer diagnosis
He's eager to get back to the table and to his friends
July 09, 2024
Trent Cannon
Features
Critical Role is coming to Florida Supercon - here's everything Critters can do in Miami Beach
Action, adventure, and at least one tea party
July 03, 2024
Grant DeArmitt