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Critical Role

Critical Role is a weekly live show in which voice actors play the roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons. Led by Matthew Mercer, as the Dungeon Master, and featuring Travis Willingham, Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O'Brien, Laura Bailey and Sam Riegel the show airs first on Twitch before being uploaded to YouTube later.

Since 2018, Critical Role is the name of the studio co-owned by the cast and which has produced other shows and roleplaying supplements.

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #56

July 10, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The heated conversations in the RPG community continue as the hobby space looks at ways to encourage diversity and deal with 40 years of history that don’t always get everything right.

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Critical Role officially denies any wrongdoing with a consultant

July 7, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The hugely popular D&D stream explains that an individual voluntarily offered advice and concerns around their own experience dealing with online bullying.

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: critical role, legal, money

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #54

June 26, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news summary featuring Wizards of the Coast news about D&D, Paizo on Pathfinder and Starfinder, R. Talsorian Games on Cyberpunk Red and The Witcher, with lots more.

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The World of Critical Role goes on pre-order

May 20, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The book will cost $14.99 for Kindle, is free if you start an Audible free trial and a whopping $34.79 for a hardback.

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: critical role, Matthew Mercer

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #48

May 15, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news and a newly launched RPG convention calendar to keep track of all these new projects. Catch up with Routinely Itemised.

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Routinely Itemised: RPGs #47

May 8, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Keeping up with the latest RPG news? In this weekly round-up, Geek Native bullet points the highlights for you.

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Are they lucky? This animated histogram shows all the Critical Role rolls

April 18, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

I’m not a statistician (or even good at maths), but I’m surprised at the differences recorded given the volume of data here. Why are 10s twice as likely as 2s?

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: critical role, dice, stats

Free to Play: Adventure Preview – Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount

March 18, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount is D&D latest official campaign setting and it’s taken directly from the hugely popular Critical Role. In fact, Matthew Mercer is the lead author on the project.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: critical role, Dungeons & Dragons, Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, free to download, Matthew Mercer, roll20

Roll20 reveals their Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount version

March 17, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The book is written by Matthew Mercer of Critical Role, bringing to life the setting he created and the location within Tal’Dorei that featured in the second campaign of the popular actual play livecast.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: critical role, Dungeons & Dragons, Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, Matthew Mercer, roll20, wizards of the coast

Critical Role getting their own Munchkin card game

March 6, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In this version of Munchkin, fans will compete to grab magic and kill monsters specific to Critical Role, such as Lorenzo and Avantika.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: card games, critical role, Munchkin, Steve Jackson Games, USAopoly

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