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"Critical Role" Comes To "Dungeons & Dragons" With "Explorer's Guide To Wildemount"
The world of Critical Role is about to get some official Dungeons & Dragons placement as both parties have announced Explorer's Guide To Wildemount Since March 2015, the popular streaming show has been using D&D's assets combined with their own creations to bring you their own fantasy world and adventures every week It seems only[...]
Did "Fortnite" Rip Off A Character From "Critical Role"?
An interesting tidbit from social media before we head into Thanksgiving as fans of Critical Role are calling out a new skin in Fortnite as a ripoff Earlier today, Epic revealed a brand new skin available in their shop, posting the announcement on Twitter The skin is called the Autumn Queen Outfit and comes with[...]
"Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina" Gets Amazon Prime Pick-Up
With an "origin story" that's sure to spawn a new wave of hopeful Kickstarter campaigns, Amazon Prime has signed a first-look deal with media and content provider Critical Role To that end, the streaming service has given a greenlight for two, 12-episode seasons of Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina-based on narratives and original[...]
Wendy's Launched Their Own RPG Campaign At NYCC
The folks at Wendy's have launched their own tabletop RPG this week at NYCC called Feast Of Legends, in partnership with Critical Role and Fandom The PDF version of the adventure was loaded online, totally free for anyone to download, along with a physical version at the convention that included dice The game itself has[...]
All the Dark Horse Exclusive Merch at Rose City Comic Con Today - Umbrella Academy, Stranger Things, Critical Role and More
Are you going? Any of these take your fancy? Black Hammer/Justice League: Hammer of Justice! #1 Convention Exclusive (Christian Ward) $10.00 each Limit of 5 per person per day Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins II #1 Convention Exclusive (Babs Tarr) $10.00 each Limit of 5 per person per day Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins Logo Pin $10.00 Limit of 5 per person per day Pin[...]
Dark Horse to Publish Critical Role Art Book
Dark Horse Comics came to Diamond's Retail Summit, held in Las Vegas this weekend, adding to the tally of comic book publishers pushing returnability for a number of their new titles, joining DC Comics and Boom in that endeavour. So that Tommy Gun Wizards — the first mainstream comic written by Eisner Award-winning artist Christian Ward[...]
Dark Horse to Publish Critical Role Art Book
Dark Horse has the comic book license to the web TV series Critical Role in which a group of professional voice actors play Dungeons & Dragons It is also the name of the studio owned by the cast. The Critical Role storyline is nade uo of campiagns, story arcs and character backstory set in Exandria, a[...]
Stephen Colbert Partners with Critical Role
Red Nose Day is coming up this week on May 23rd, and for D&D fans you're going to get a special game featuring Stephen Colbert and Critical Role To be more specific, Matthew Mercer will be guiding Colbert through a mini one-on-one adventure in which people made donations to Red Nose Day and choose what[...]
Critical Role Officially Crosses $10 Million Mark on Kickstarter
Critical Role has just set a benchmark for whoever may try to climb the Kickstarter ladder in media fundraisers for the future This morning their campaign officially crossed the $10-million dollar marker, making them not just the single most profitable media campaign, but one of the most successful campaigns in Kickstarter history Up until this[...]
Critical Role Successfully Funds Their Kickstarter Campaign at $8.8 Million
During this evening's episode of Critical Role on Twitch, the group's Kickstarter officially reached full funding at $8.8 million for their animated series The crew came back from the break to offer a toast to the community for their help and efforts, as they achieved full funding in just over 30 days with (as of[...]
Critical Role Offers Animatic "Sneak Peak" of The Legend of Vox Machina
As their Kickstarter currently sits at $8.5 million, Critical Role has decided to treat their fans to a surprise animatic video In reality, it's an April Fool's Joke that came out a couple of days ago, as they have a more Hanna Barbera era Scooby-Doo take on the series, but it serves as a nice[...]
Critical Role Surpasses MST3K Kickstarter Record at $5.79 Million
Critical Role is on a run this week to seemingly break as many Kickstarter records as they can, and overnight they achieved another milestone At around 4am PST, their campaign reached $5.79 million becoming the all-time highest fundraising TV/film project on the website They beat the now former record holder, Mystery Science Theater 3000, started by[...]
The Legend of Vox Machina Kickstarter is LIVE!
The crew at Critical Role launched a Kickstarter today to help fund an animated special, and the show was funded in under an hour If you weren't already aware from watching the show attempt to break Twitter this morning, the D&D podcast of voice actors launched a campaign to do a one-off 30-minute episode of[...]
Critical Role Announces Split From Geek & Sundry
In a somewhat surprising move today, the popular D&D show Critical Role announced they were officially splitting from Geek & Sundry Starting this Thursday, February 21st, both the primary show as well as their talk show Talks Machina will move from the website and their Twitch channel over to their own official channel[...]
Critical Role to Bring Back Vox Machina for One Live Event
Critical Role will be bringing back (most of) the crew from Vox Machina for a one-night live show to fulfill a very specific one-shot episode "The Search for Grog" will take place on January 19th, 2018, at the Theatre at Ace Hotel, with tickets being sold between December 15th-16th to attend The show will feature[...]
From Dungeon Making to LEGO Playing: A Chat With Matthew Mercer
First, Critical Role returned at the start of the year with an amazing new campaign with new characters Then, we find out he had a hand in crafting part of D&D's 2018 adventure Waterdeep: Dragon Heist Following that up in the Fall with McCree from Overwatch getting his own animated short at BlizzCon and the news the[...]
Rick and Morty vs Dungeons and Dragons #1 cover by Troy Little
It celebrates the popularity of the game, references a few of the more popular podcasts like Critical Role and Adventure Zone, and it even shows much of the actual D&D books. Hell, a part of the comic is just Morty playing the game with some of Rick's geriatric friends, one of which looks suspiciously like George[...]
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Critical Role's Matt Mercer has done a few voices for the cast of Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity, and he will be returning for sequel Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire This time, however, he's bringing the rest of Critical Role with him The confirmation came to us thanks to the Critical Role PAX East panel yesterday. For those of you not in[...]
Jon Heder Becomes Surprise Guest On 100th Episode 'Critical Role'
Yesterday we posted an interview with some of the members of Critical Role as they approach Episode 100 But today we have some quick news to add to that as the show will be getting a very special guest to cap off the event Jon Heder (Napolean Dynamite, Blades Of Glory) will be joining the[...]
'Critical Role' Is About To Throw A Nat 100 On Episodes
Critical Role is about to dive into a dungeon to achieve one of the most sought-after treasures of any online show: the fabled Episode 100 The Twitched-based Dungeons & Dragons web series led by Matthew Mercer and his group of nerdy and talented voice acting friends has gained much acclaim in the two years they've been campaigning[...]