Critical Role

Play the RPG behind Critical Role’s newest show with a free quickstart for Candela Obscura

The quickstart contains an introductory assignment and five pregenerated characters.

Critical Role are playing a Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom RPG one-shot next week

Don’t worry: DM (and voice of Ganondorf) Matthew Mercer will steer clear of story spoilers.

Is Critical Role’s Campaign 3 the end of Exandria?

Signs point to Campaign 3 being the last, at least with the Critical Role cast we’re used to.

Critical Role’s new gothic horror series Candela Obscura uses first tabletop RPG built with Illuminated Worlds

Voices speaking from the other side... of the screen.

Get an exclusive early look at the latest Critical Role: Mighty Nein Origins graphic novel

Mollymauk Tealeaf takes to the stage.

Critical Role’s Matthew Mercer revealed as next Dimension 20 DM

Roleplaying royalty collides (again).

How Legend of Vox Machina turned 170 hours of epic D&D into two seasons of unmissable TV

The animated Critical Role series tells a tighter, character-centric tale in a fraction of the time.

Critical Role’s Mighty Nein animated series could be great, if it’s nothing like The Legend of Vox Machina

Pray to the Wildmother.

Critical Role’s Mighty Nein are coming to Amazon Prime’s television screens

Get ready to shout “fluffernutter!”

Critical Role's latest twist could set the stage for Campaign 4 and beyond

Some lunar revelations may hint at what comes next.

Tabletop RPG actual play allstars join forces on Worlds Beyond Number podcast

Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Lou Wilson and Erika Ishi form the core of the first campaign

4 D&D actual plays you should watch after Critical Role

Discover your next can’t-miss campaign.

Critical Role cookbook features recipes from throughout Exandria

Fancy some street meat or Slayer’s Cake?

A Critical Role album based on the adventures of the Mighty Nein is available to stream

Have a hoedown at Hupperdook.

The Mighty Nein return to Critical Role’s table for a two-part adventure available in theatres

Both special campaign sessions will run north of four-and-a-half hours.

D&D documentary directed by Critical Role’s Joe Manganiello will use 400 hours of archival footage

With Wizards of the Coasts president producing, this second film will likely cleave closer to hagiography.

The Legend of Vox Machina has been greenlit for a third season, drops a second season peek at NYCC

The Legend continues, again.

5 things DMs should copy from D&D actual play shows like Critical Role and Dimension 20 (and 5 to avoid)

How to bring the amazing storytelling and memorable moments of your favourite series to game night.

Critical Role’s tragic turn is just what Campaign 3 needed

Another one bites the dust.

Feature: Who is Vecna? Everything you should know about the D&D, Stranger Things and Critical Role villain

Diving into one of Dungeons & Dragons’ biggest bads.

Critical Role launches a record label to produce a fantasy ambiance soundtrack

Dragon-slaying tunes.

Critical Role’s Marisha Ray collaborates with Heart creator on a game about familiars for Free RPG Day

Ray will host a one-shot actual play of A Familiar Problems with guests from Critical Role, Dimension 20 and RuPaul’s Drag Race.

Critical Role’s new talk show has a problem

Mask of Many Faces.

Critical Role and Stephen Colbert team-up again for Red Nose Day D&D event

With elements decided by donations.

Critical Role studio reveals details about its new board game and RPG

Including first original game from Matthew Mercer.

The Legend of Vox Machina is a poor substitute for the original Critical Role

Not exactly animated.

Critical Role animated series gets new trailer, premiere airs later this month

The Legend of Vox Machina launches.

As Critical Role has grown, my love for the show has died

This actual play is not actually for me.

Aabria Iyengar achieves an RPG actual play hat trick by leading The Adventure Zone’s new mini-arc

Zone of Adventure: Imbalance sees the return of the McElroys’ initial cast of characters.

Critical Role announces its first Dungeons & Dragons campaign book with Call of the Netherdeep

Way beyond Wildemount.

Anjali Bhimani, Exandria Unlimited’s Fy’ra Rai, talks D&D, roleplaying versus acting roles, and joining the Critical Role series

“I take roleplaying with me whenever I’m performing in any other medium.”

Studio head of Critical Role publisher, Darrington Press, talks Uk’otoa and “artist dad Liam O’Brien”

“The first [Darrington Press] product was important, it needed to be familiar to fans.”

No, Critical Role won’t appear in Magic: The Gathering’s Dungeons & Dragons set

Card game’s multiverse, tabletop RPG’s Forgotten Realms and actual play series’ world of Wildemount are all separate, designers confirm.

Critical Role’s Campaign 2 finale shows just how far the hit Dungeons & Dragons series has come

Forever throwing fluffernutters.

Critical Role will explore the Mighty Nein’s origins in a new series of graphic novels

Like a backstory wiki, with pictures.

D&D series Critical Role has launched a fundraising foundation

Non-for-profit organisation led by actor Ashley Johnson.

Tabletop games made more money than ever before on Kickstarter last year

Two-thirds of tabletop projects reached their goal.

Feature: Critical Role’s Matthew Mercer on world-building in D&D and creating Wildemount

Plus, whether he’d rather live in the homeland of Vox Machina or the Mighty Nein.

Feature: Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount is the most worthwhile D&D 5E book yet, whether you’re a Critical Role fan or not

Im-Mercer yourself.

You can play an adventure from the new Critical Role Dungeons & Dragons 5E book for free on Roll20

Mercer me.

D&D series Critical Role is getting its own board games, starting with Munchkin

Mighty Fine.

Feature: Tabletop RPG releases 2020: 10 upcoming roleplaying games you should play this year

From the first Warhammer: Age of Sigmar RPG to Nordic horror and underground cities

Critical Role’s Matthew Mercer raising funds for Australian bushfire relief with custom D&D 5E class the Blood Hunter

Just my type.