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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 #74

November 13, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In RPG news; it’s Friday the 13th, and there are quite a few big books about to be released; Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything and Cyberpunk Red to name two.

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Routinely Itemised: RPGs #72

October 30, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is a weekly roundup of RPG news from Wizards of the Coast, Chaosium, Cubicle 7, R. Talsorian Games, PEG, Paizo and the industry.

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Darrington Press: Critical Role launches RPG and tabletop games publishing company

October 27, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Matt Mercer and the Critical Role team have launched their own tabletop games company Darrington Press today.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: critical role, darrington press, Matthew Mercer, Sam Riegel

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #71

October 23, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is Geek Native’s weekly RPG news summary, complete with a roundup of new releases, freebies, interviews and reviews.

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Critical Role D&D subclasses added to D&D Beyond

October 19, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Paladin subclass Oath of the Open Sea and Monk subclass Way of the Cobalt Soul were added to D&D Beyond.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: critical role, dnd beyond, Dungeons & Dragons, Matthew Mercer

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #67

September 25, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is Geek Native’s bullet-point summary of RPG news. Catch-up on stories on the site, from around the web as well as new releases and gaming tips.

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These are the Critical Role Foundation charity partners

September 25, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Here are the non-profits and charities who’ll benefit from the patronage of the newly announced Critical Role Foundation.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: charity, critical role, money

Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins continues series III

September 17, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Critical Role and Dark Horse Comics today announced a new series of Vox Machina Origins.

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: critical role, dark horse, Matthew Mercer

A new behind the scenes feature previews Critical Role’s The Legend of Vox Machina

August 26, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Critical Role released a length featurette that brings fans and Kickstarter backers up to date with the animated series.

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: animation, critical role, Matthew Mercer, the legend of vox machina

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #62

August 21, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

UK Games Expo’s free to attend internet convention “Virtually Expo” is on right now, and it has been another busy RPG news week.

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