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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.
The World of Critical Role goes on pre-order
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.
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Are they lucky? This animated histogram shows all the Critical Role rolls
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?
Free to Play: Adventure Preview – Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount
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.
Roll20 reveals their Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount version
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.
Critical Role getting their own Munchkin card game
In this version of Munchkin, fans will compete to grab magic and kill monsters specific to Critical Role, such as Lorenzo and Avantika.
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The latest Critical Role book: The World of Critical Role
Publishing giant Penguin Random House has announced they have a Critical Role book coming out later this year. Written by Liz Marsham and the cast of Critical Role, The World of Critical Role is available on pre-order for hardcover, ebook and audiobook. The illustrated guide follows the rise of Matthew Mercer, Ashley Johnson, Marisha Ray, […]
