Today, after teasing the announcement via an extensive ARG, Critical Role released a video that answers almost every question that fans have had in the lead-up to Critical Role Campaign 4. This video…
August 21, 2025 | 01:14 EDT
Update: In addition to the news from the official press release more was available as part of the Critical Role Direct. The first piece of confirmation is that while Matthew Mercer will be stepping…
August 2, 2025 | 07:44 EDT
Today at San Diego Comic-Con, Critical Role and Titmouse announced the release date for the first season of The Mighty Nein. An animated TV show based on Critical Role's second streamed campaign…
July 24, 2025 | 02:45 EDT
Critical Role fans are well known to be ravenous for... well, more. With the release of the Vox Machina: Stories Untold anthology writers new and familiar to Critical Role have collaborated for a…
March 3, 2025 | 10:00 EST
Candela Obscura Chapter 2 featuring the Circle of Needle & Thread has only just concluded and already Critical Role is ready to show off the next Circle for Candela Obscura Chapter 3: The Circle…
November 7, 2023 | 12:23 EST
Critical Role is back putting on live shows with their next event taking place at the Ovo Arena in London. This event, titled The Mighty Nein Reunion: Echoes of the Solstice will see the party from…
September 21, 2023 | 02:42 EDT
I really enjoy getting a chance to look at some of the heroes of Critical Role Wizkids miniatures in physical form, but there's something so satisfying about getting my hands on the villains. So…
July 19, 2023 | 05:48 EDT
Update: Today on May 25th the QuickStart Guide was released for Candela Obscura including a video giving viewers a brief rundown of what the character sheet looks like and how to make sense of it.…
May 9, 2023 | 12:00 EDT
Darrington Press has just concluded its State of the Press, an event hosted by Matthew Mercer, Critical Role DM and CCO, and Mica Burton. Darrington Press, the Tabletop and publishing arm of Critical…
April 20, 2023 | 12:00 EDT
Today Critical Role's development and production company, Metapigeon, has announced the acquisition of the narrative podcast Midst. Midst is a semi-improvised audio drama that already has two seasons…
March 29, 2023 | 12:00 EDT
Wizkids are back at it once again creating a variety of Critical Role themed miniatures. After previously releasing miniatures for Bells Hells, the campaign 3 party, this release comes with Vox…
March 9, 2023 | 12:00 EST
Critical Role has made it easier to holiday shop for tabletop players in your family. The studio that began with the Critical Role actual play show has turned into its own entertainment studio,…
November 21, 2022 | 07:10 EST
Today, Scanlan Shorthalt Music has released a brand new album containing tracks from the incredibly popular Dungeons & Dragons Actual Play show Critical Role. Not long after the release of…
November 15, 2022 | 12:00 EST
Today Critical Role announced that The Mighty Nein will be returning for a special two-shot adventure. The Mighty Nein was the moniker given to the cast of party members from Critical Role's second…
October 18, 2022 | 12:00 EDT
It has now almost been a year since we said goodbye to the Mighty Nein and hello to Bells Hells. Critical Role's Campaign 3 has already seen its fair share of interesting combat encounters, new and…
October 24, 2022 | 01:34 EDT
Everyone DMs differently. Whether you use paper tokens, VTT, theater of the mind, or miniatures no two tables are the same. What helps shape these tables isn’t just the preference of the DM and the…
October 5, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
Wizkids and Critical Role are back once again. Only shortly after their release of Wave 2 of their Critical Role Unpainted Miniatures they've now released the third wave of Critical Role Painted…
June 9, 2022 | 11:00 EDT
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Free RPG Day is coming up soon, being held in North America on June 25th and on July 23rd outside of North America. All manner of large publishers in the tabletop world are working together to…
June 2, 2022 | 12:00 EDT
The world of Exandria that Matthew Mercer, CCO, and DM of Critical Role, has built is expansive and highly detailed. From the tropical shores of Rumblecusp to the bustling streets of Emon Exandria is…
May 12, 2022 | 04:45 EDT
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Stephen Colbert is once again poised to break out a set of dice and play Dungeons & Dragons with Matthew Mercer, CCO and Game Master of Critical Role, as part of their Red Nose Day How Do You…
April 28, 2022 | 12:03 EDT
It would be hard to meet someone who regularly plays Dungeons & Dragons that isn't aware of the phenomenon of Critical Role. For those wishing to explore Exandria there's also plenty of published…
April 22, 2022 | 11:30 EDT
Back in 2019, the tabletop gaming group Critical Role teamed up with The Late Show host Stephen Colbert for a Red Nose Day charity event. Officially titled Choose Stephen Colbert's Adventure, it was…
March 23, 2022 | 02:48 EDT
A new adventure set in Dungeons & Dragons means so many things. There are new monsters to add to the 5e bestiary, a new adventure to take players to far off lands, and then returning feeling of…
March 22, 2022 | 12:00 EDT
Last September, we got a chance to dive into the first wave of unpainted miniatures from WizKids, based on characters, monsters, and heroes from Critical Role. Now the partnership between Critical…
February 15, 2022 | 01:00 EST
Dungeons & Dragons tell the story of players and their characters working with a Dungeon Master to craft an adventure. It might be one mundane in nature like a party operating a run-down tavern,…
November 16, 2021 | 10:30 EST
Chances are if you're familiar at all with tabletop gaming, you have heard of Critical Role. For many, it was their introduction to Dungeons and Dragons and to tabletop RPGs. But now, it seems that…
October 14, 2021 | 03:53 EDT
Fans of Dungeons and Dragons and the joy of interactive collaborative storytelling have plenty to celebrate right now. A brand new pre-written adventure has been announced, and it is an adventure…
October 12, 2021 | 03:03 EDT
What first began as an excuse for a group of friends to play Dungeons & Dragons has, in the last six years, become somewhat of an entertainment juggernaut in the D&D space. Fueled by a cast…
September 23, 2021 | 12:00 EDT
Makers of premium, pre-painted miniatures, WizKids, are teaming up with popular tabletop roleplaying brand Critical Role. The new partnership will see characters and monsters from the Critical Role…
January 21, 2021 | 04:49 EST
Would you like to lose a few friends? Well, the newly-announced MUNCHKIN: Critical Role will be a fine way to do that. This newest version of MUNCHKIN is going down a bit of an odd route.…
March 6, 2020 | 02:52 EST
Voice actor Matt Mercer has been doing his Dungeons & Dragons thing with Critical Role, a popular Twitch show where he and several other people enjoy fantasy RPG battles. Those adventures are now…
January 13, 2020 | 05:00 EST