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Beyond Exandria: Why Brennan Lee Mulligan is a strategic masterstroke for Critical Role’s future

August 3, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The change signals a significant strategic pivot for the company, (let me speculate) suggesting a long-term vision that extends beyond its beloved founding cast.

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: actual play, critical role, daggerheart, Marisha Ray, Matthew Mercer, Travis Willingham

How do you want to do this? Critical Role’s Exandria is finally getting a computer game

July 21, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

While the project is still in its early stages, the choice of partner provides a strong indication of the game’s potential direction. AdHoc Studio specialises in choice-based narrative experiences, a style that seems a natural fit for the story-rich world of Exandria.

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: critical role, laura bailey, Matthew Mercer, Travis Willingham

Critical Role announces “Echoes of Exandria” global tour, including Edinburgh Castle

July 15, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Echoes of Exandria tour, produced in partnership with AEG, will visit Atlanta, Berlin, London, and Fort Worth, with the Edinburgh show scheduled for July 12, 2026.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Ashley Johnson, critical role, laura bailey, Liam O'Brien, Marisha Ray, Matthew Mercer, Sam Riegel, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham

Critical Role announces theatrical rebroadcasts of 2025 Live Shows

May 16, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The rebroadcasts are part of Critical Role’s 10-year anniversary celebration, which includes a live tour with stops in Australia and the United States.

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: Ashley Johnson, critical role, laura bailey, Liam O'Brien, Marisha Ray, Matthew Mercer, Sam Riegel, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham

Freaky Thursday: This Thursday, the founding Critical Role cast in a new charity one-shot

January 27, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Critical Role Foundation has donated to the California Community Foundation’s Wildfire Recovery Fund.

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: Ashley Johnson, charity, critical role, laura bailey, Liam O'Brien, Marisha Ray, Matthew Mercer, Sam Riegel, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham, twitch

Critical Role release “Winter’s Crest (A Holiday Album)” today

December 3, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The album is called Winter’s Crest (A Holiday Album) and is named after the Tal’Dorei holiday. In this fantasy setting, the holiday of Winter Crest celebrates the alliance that defeated the ice elemental Errevon the Rimelord.

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: Ashley Johnson, critical role, laura bailey, Liam O'Brien, Marisha Ray, Matthew Mercer, Sam Riegel, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham

Critical Role to announce more 10-Year Anniversary surprises as tour dates are revealed

October 21, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In partnership with AEG Presents and Frontier Touring, the tour will span five cities across the United States and Australia, with shows scheduled between April and October.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: critical role, darrington press, Marisha Ray, Matthew Mercer

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #233

December 2, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

WotC reveal their D&D 2024 roster and timeline, The Walking Dead shamble to RPG life, not everyone is impressed by the Indie RPG Creator Summit and Matthew Mercer talks about the bubble bursting.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Free League Publishing, ghostfire gaming, Matthew Mercer, routinely itemised, the walking dead

Critical Role will game with Stephen Colbert for Red Nose Day

March 24, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Critical Role team have curated several options for Stephen’s character, like a Fighting Fantasy book, and the audience making donations pick the option.

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: critical role, Matthew Mercer, twitch

Critical Role and Darrington Press tap an Eisner-nominated creator for the Syndicult RPG

March 21, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

My data doesn’t lie. It’s all anyone’s talking about right now.

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

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