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Not everyone gets to go to Comic-Con or watch some of the great talks there like the Critical Role panel on our Conival stage this year. We understand, and we’re here to help. Grab your dice. We saved you a front row seat to one of the biggest panels to hit our venue this year at Comic-Con. Matthew Mercer hosts all of your favorite players as they talk about what it takes to make the show and how it all comes together.

It takes way more than dice and a little imagination to make something as epic as Critical Role work. You need to the right people and one of the best dungeon masters around. Find out about not only about how the group formed but how they each found their way into tabletop gaming.

Fan art, stories from the front lines of gaming, and what makes them love the game so much; the team over at Critical Role answers all of your questions and more. Where do those names come from and how do you spell them? What was one of the toughest monsters that they ever have to face and defeat? What was their favorite moment from this season? And what does it take to make for an amazing dungeon master?

Vox Moronica joins forces with some familiar faces running new characters for a night of mayhem, all in support of the local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. This one-off adventure was streamed as part of Board Game Appreciation Weekend for Extra Life 2015.

Welcome adventurers! Vin Diesel, star of the upcoming movie, The Last Witch Hunter, may have faced off against gangs and intergalactic monsters, but does he have what it takes to step into the world of Dungeons & Dragons? Geek & Sundry and Nerdist throw the action star into a world filled with danger around every turn, a few friends, and more than a few monsters to vanquish. Guided by our very own Matt Mercer (Critical Role), Vin Diesel will be joined by Nerdist’s Dan Casey (The Dan Cave), Jessica Chobot (Nerdist News), Laura Bailey (Critical Role), and Travis Willingham (Critical Role) as they set out on a brand new adventure filled with excitement, fun, and hopefully, plenty of critical rolls.

The November 5th Critmas episode was so long it had to be split and posted as its own special.

Critmas time is here
Happiness and cheer
Fun for all that Critters call
Their favorite time of the year (or month)

This last week marked Critmas once again. In case you missed the festivities, here’s your chance to catch them once again.

The Story of Vox Machina takes you through the group’s first quests with the team narrating and guiding you every step of the way. Illustrations take you to major turning points in their quest to vanquish a malevolent lich or to save one of their own from a terrible fate. Watch their first meeting with Percy. Explore the city streets of Emon. Ride on that faithful magic carpet to safety from the crumbling tower. Even if you know every story of the Vox Machina inside and out, this is a great video to show other people who might be wondering where you disappear off to every Thursday night.

Come hither as Matt Mercer tells you how to be a better GM / DM. Today’s episode shows you how to build engaging encounters: everything from enemy creation and difficulty level to shaping battlefield terrain.

Come hither as Matt Mercer tells you how to be a better GM / DM. Today’s episode he teaches you how to create NPCs—both good and evil.

Come hither as Critical Role’s Matt Mercer tells you how to be a better GM / DM. Today’s episode shows you how to roll with the unexpected player choices!

Come hither as Critical Role’s Matt Mercer tells you how to be a better GM / DM. In today’s episode he shows you how to build social and other non-combat encounters!

Come hither as Critical Role’s Matt Mercer tells you how to be a better GM / DM. In today’s episode he shows you how to roll with the punches, and supsend

Matthew Mercer and cast host a panel at Wizard World Comic Con in Portland. Panel takes place on the main stage and Mercer and cast put on a lively Q&A with the Critters in attendance.

Come hither as Critical Role’s Matt Mercer tells you how to be a better GM / DM. In today’s episode he has some word on RPG etiquette

Matt Mercer and the gang hold a Q&A to answer questions from fans before engaging in a four-way free for all.

If there’s one thing Playable Characters like more than setting things on fire, it’s treasure. It’s an incredible motivator and not giving out enough treasure is a great way to make PCs grumpy. Give out too much, though, and suddenly their power will spiral out of control! Here are some tips to help you give out just the right amount of treasure in your game.

A few of the Critical Role members including: Matthew Mercer, Travis Willingham, Laura Bailey, and Marisha Ray went to the GameSpot office to play some Dungeons and Dragons with Alexa and Danny.

A few of the Critical Role crew (Taliesin Jaffe and Liam O'Brien) along with guest DM Ivan Van Norman and special guests Felicia Day and Sid the Sloth play a one-shot game of Dungeons and Dragons.

Critical Role Pathfinder One-Shot for International Tabletop Day 2016.

This week on Critical Role, Matt Mercer hosts a Question & Answer session and battle royale with Taliesin Jaffe, Marisha Ray, Ashley Johnson, and Liam O’Brien.

To support Geek and Sundry's and Amy Poehler Smart Girl's charity stream which benefited MDA, Matt Mercer, Marisha Ray, Liam O'Brien, Laura Bailey, and Travis Willingham teamed up for a one-shot campaign in the western roleplaying game Deadlands. Audience members were allowed to make donations in order to "buy" Fate chips for players, which had the power to re-roll or add dice to rolls. With a high enough donation, a generous audience member could add a single sentence that could completely change the game.

This week on Critical Role, Liam O’Brien take the DM chair as Laura Bailey, Sam Riegel, Taliesin Jaffe, and Travis Willingham go on their own epic adventure of danger and hula hoops.

Matthew Mercer and the cast of Critical Role field questions from the audience at San Diego Comic Con 2016, starting off with a Vox Machina Dating Game.

Matthew Mercer and the cast of Critical Role answer questions in their second panel at San Diego Comic Con 2016.

The man in the black hat returns, and this time, he’s bringing some guests along for the ride. Mary McGlynn and Ashly Burch join Travis, Sam, and Laura as Liam takes the DM seat yet again for this episode of Critical Role. Who will live, who will die, and who will have the best looking mustache? (For that last one, the answer is Obby.)

Matt Mercer is back with another round of tips and tricks for aspiring and skilled Game Masters alike. Today, he’s giving us a bird’s eye view of what’s behind his game master screen so you can get a good idea of what you may like to have behind yours.

Matt Mercer is back for another round of Game Master Tips! Regardless of all the planning and plotting and scheming and dreaming, your players will deviate from the your prescribed path. This week, Matt will be giving a few helpful hints on how to plan for those little detours.

Matthew Mercer teaches us how to get your group to roleplay, because sometimes it doesn't come naturally. Character background stories, engaging conversation comfortably, and leaving your comfort zone are just a few ways to get started.

Customizing the creatures and characters in your campaign can add a nice flavor to the experience. How you customize is dependent on many factors: party size, mobility, recovery ability, story relevency, and more.

Part of any great campaign is having custom items in your arsenal, but before you do, you'll need to consider the enchantment levels, distribution rules, and more.

Game Masters create beautiful worlds, creatures, items and more, but mistakes can easily be made. One small mistake can throw everything off. Matt Mercer runs us through common mistakes and ways to resolve them!

Player death is inevitable in a campaign, and Matt Mercer gives us some tips to handle the event properly. Thematics, last words, mourning, and properly moving on are just a few ways to help soften the blow.

Come hither as Critical Role’s Matt Mercer tells you how to be a better GM / DM. In today’s season finale, he answers some frequently asked questions.

Are your adventurers making questionable decisions? Are they becoming evil? Do you want to run an evil campaign the right way? Matt Mercer shows us how to keep things on track even with Murder Hobos in this installment of GM Tips!

Matt Mercer offers helpful tips and tricks for creating homebrew content for your campaign.

Matthew Mercer outlines a basic structure to designing your own one-shot, and gives some tips to make them better.

Choosing personality archetypes can lead to fun characters, and the real meat comes from the backstory and the experience. Game Master Matt Mercer lays out a few tips for roleplaying against type in this episode of GM Tips!

Brian Wayne Foster is joined by the cast of Critical Role - live in Anaheim at WonderCon 2017! The cast talks about their Critical Role experiences, from inspiring their audience, to entering Hell and drinking ale, and answer some great questions from the audience. Beef jerky is not included, unfortunately.

Liam takes control once again, as we follow our cast through the darkest timeline.

Matthew Mercer sits down by the fireside with a comfortable robe and some port wine to answer your questions, whatever they may be. Turn down the lights and turn up the fire, for this intimate two-hour Q&A session.

It’s a Critical Role one shot as Grog, Keyleth, Percy, Vex, and Taryon battle for the pleasure of an strange, all-powerful being!

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Matt Mercer, Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe and Brian Wayne Foster are talking about Critical Role, their experiences and take questions from the audience. (Friday panel)

Join Brian W. Foster (Host of Talks Machina) as he moderates a special episode featuring Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, and Taliesin Jaffe from Critical Role. Cast members will discuss the latest adventures of Vox Machina and answers your questions. (Saturday panel)

During San Diego Comic-Con 2017, Brian Wayne Foster was joined by the whole cast of Critical Role to talk announcements, Critical Role, and answer questions from the audience!

In a bustling tavern nestled on the outskirts of the winter worn village of Jorenn, an unlikely collection of misfits find themselves swept up in a bar room brawl for the ages.

The cast of Critical Role sit down to play a special one-shot RPG inspired by the upcoming video game Middle-earth: Shadow of War! Matt Mercer DMs this adventure with players Laura Bailey, Darin De Paul, Sam Riegel and Travis Willingham adventuring through Mordor as a group of orcs from the Marauder tribe against a mysterious new enemy.

This week, Critical Role sits down to play a special one-shot RPG inspired by the upcoming video game Middle-earth: Shadow of War. Join Dungeon Master and voice actor Matthew Mercer as he leads fellow voice actors Laura Bailey, Darin De Paul, Sam Riegel and Travis Willingham through Mordor as a group of Orcs from the Marauder tribe against a mysterious new enemy.

In this week’s special one-shot, our Storyteller Taliesin Jaffe takes the Critical Role cast through a dark yet strangely familiar world of vampires, werewolves, and other assorted creatures of the night in Vampire the Masquerade!

In part two of our special one-shot, our Storyteller Taliesin Jaffe takes the Critical Role cast through a dark yet strangely familiar world of vampires, werewolves, and other assorted creatures of the night in Vampire the Masquerade!

This week, Travis Willingham takes over for a Grog Strongjaw one-shot called… Bunions & Flagons!

This week, Marisha Ray took over the DM chair to play Honey Heist – a one-page roleplaying game where players play criminal bears who have two stats, criminal and bear, and their only goal is to raid HoneyCon 2017.

This week, Sam Rigel took the DM chair (in his words, “for the second time ever”) to sail with a talented cast on a fairytale singles cruise for love and a storybook happy ending.

This week, Matt Mercer returns to the DM chair for a World of Warcraft-set adventure where the Burning Legion has set upon an apocalyptic march on Azeroth and the forces of the Horde and Alliance have come together to stop them.

This week, Matt Mercer DMs the cast in yet another epic battle royale for the pleasure of a mysterious, all-powerful being.

With the escapades of Vox Machina concluded, it is finally time to find out the answers to questions both viewers and the adventurers themselves have wondered about for months—and years.

Matthew Mercer, Travis Willingham, Laura Bailey, Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe, Liam O’Brien, and Sam Riegel, joined by Ashley Johnson over video chat, talked at length about their characters, their motivations and pasts, and their own personal feelings about a campaign that has touched the lives of thousands of people.

This is the first chapter of Critical Role.

With the new campaign just around the corner, the cast of Critical Role joined Brian Foster for a special Talks Machina to answer questions from you. They answered some questions about the last campaign and hint with tidbits about the new campaign

Join Brian W. Foster as he moderates a special episode featuring the cast of Critical Role from the arena at WonderCon 2018. Watch as they dive deep into the adventures of the Critical Role Campaigns and answer your burning questions.

The players of Critical Role talk about campaigns and more in this full panel from C2E2.

The cast of Critical Role (Travis Willingham, Marisha Ray, Talliesin Jaffe, Sam Riegel, Liam O'Brien, Laura Bailey, Matthew Mercer) go straight to the fan Q&A during their panel including what was unexpected from the narrative that affected their character.

As the second campaign of Critical Role got underway, every week Sam Riegel found a fun way to tell everyone about show sponsor D&D Beyond. In February, he composed a catchy jingle that seemed like it just had to be animated in the style of some of the most beloved cartoons from the 1980s.

Brian W. Foster hosts a special Critical Role community Q&A live from San Diego Comic-Con with Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, Liam O'Brien, Sam Riegel, and Taliesin Jaffe. The cast answer fan questions about Vox Machina, the Mighty Nein, and anything and everything Critical Role!

Matthew Mercer sits down with a bottle of port in one hand and an iPad in the other to answer YOUR questions during this special fireside chat live stream. Join him for a fan-guided NPC build (to be used in an upcoming game of Critical Role), enabled by your charitable donations to 826LA!

Trinket and the Sweet Brothers are at it again in the craziest caper this side of Whitestone! Don't miss Marisha Ray's Honey Heist 2: Electric Beargaloo -- featuring Matthew Mercer, Liam O'Brien, Talisin Jaffe, Sam Riegel, and the inimitable Brian W. Foster in an uproarious ursine romp through Grant Howitt's indie RPG.

Join Dungeon Master Liam O'Brien as he takes his guests through a werewolf adventure in Wildemount! The Lorelei siblings return home to discover their castle ransacked, their staff murdered, and their father missing...

Introducing "CR" the new perfume from Critical Role. Not a Real Product

Thanks to generous Critter donations to the Pablove Foundation, game master Sam Riegel takes his friends on the ride of their lives in Grant Showitt's Crash Pandas! Join (most of) the Critical Role gang with special guest Blair Herter in this hilarious one-shot!

Five students at the magical school of Shmogwarts escape detention and learn that they’re more than their 80s themed archetypes!

The Critical Role panel from Saturday, 27 October 2018 at MCM London. Taliesin Jaffe, Marisha Ray, Matthew Mercer, Liam O'Brien, Sam Riegel and Brian W. Foster.

The Critical Role panel at MCM London from Sunday, 28 October 2018. Taliesin Jaffe, Marisha Ray, Matthew Mercer, Liam O'Brien, Sam Riegel and Brian W. Foster.

Tova's back. And she's rounded up five un-bear-ably funny ladies for the ultimate caper... Presenting Honey Heist 3: Tova's Honeys, feat. Noelle Stevenson, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Krystina Arielle, Brittany Walloch-Key, Dani Carr, Laura Bailey & game master Marisha Ray!

It's your turn to Role! Check out the new Mighty Nein Critical Role intro and roll on over to Geek & Sundry's Twitch, YouTube, or projectalpha.com to catch the show!

Special guest Julie Nathanson joins the cast of Critical Role for a hilarious "slay" ride through Dungeon Master Liam O'Brien's "The Night Before Critmas".

After pulling a card from the Deck of Many Things, Grog's soul was stolen and trapped in the Plane of Pandemonium. This is the story of Vox Machina attempting to find and rescue their big buddy, Grog.

After the events of The Search For Grog, Vox Machina are stranded in the Plane of Pandemonium without the necessary components to make it home. Thus, they must search for Bob to recover their components from the thief.

Brought to you by our friends at Chaosium, this special Call of Cthulhu one-shot features Keeper of Arcane Lore Taliesin Jaffe guiding investigators Marisha Ray, Erika Ishii, Phil LaMarr, Travis Willingham, Ashly Burch, and Liam O'Brien through a horrifying adventure.

Vox Machina return to the beaches of Dalen's Closet for the official wedding of Vex'ahlia and Percival, but no wedding ever goes off without a hitch...

Thanks to your generous support of the Legend of Vox Machina Kickstarter campaign, we got to take our dear Travis Willingham through a haunted house and scare the ever-living sh*t out of him as part of a special, unannounced $10M stretch goal.

Five strangers to both each other and the historic mining town of Deadwood are hired to investigate supernatural rumors by a local community pillar.

After being bestowed with mysterious power and a sense of coming dread, our wary clan finds some of Deadwood's residents might not be as frightened as they seem.

On the trail of the puppet master, Arabella faces a devastating choice while the mystery's home grows closer.

Our heroes close in on the Necromancer after another personal loss, and come to realize justice takes many forms.

Live from the Bass Concert Hall in Austin, TX, Taryon Darrington leads a troupe of unlikely miscreants through a dangerous journey in search of glory!

This one-shot takes place 10 years following the end of Campaign 1 and includes some Vox Machina spoilers.

Four teenagers take on the horrors of high school - hormones, social cliques, teen angst... Oh, and they're also monsters

Game Master Matthew Mercer leads a horde of demons on an adventure based on the DOOM Eternal FPS.

Need to study, catch up on some reading, or just need a moment to relax? Come hang out with us for Mighty Vibes and enjoy a carefully curated playlist of chill tunes to help put your mind at ease. For more relaxed vibes, check out ChilledCow, whose videos inspired us to do our own version.

Need to study some betrayer gods, catch up on some reading, learn some new spells, or just relax? Chill out with Mighty Vibes and enjoy a carefully curated playlist of tunes to help put your mind at ease. For more relaxed vibes, check out ChilledCow, whose videos inspired us to do our own version.

Need to study, catch up on some reading, or just need a moment to relax? Come hang out with us for Mighty Vibes and enjoy a carefully curated playlist of chill tunes to help put your mind at ease. For more relaxed vibes, check out ChilledCow, whose videos inspired us to do our own version.

Sit back and join these very best buddies to relax with the chill lofi beats and sweet animation of Mighty Vibes!

Critical Role hosts a custom Diablo-themed adventure about a band of warriors pursuing whispered rumors of something ancient and evil stirring beneath the ruins of Old Tristram.

Take a short rest from your Aramente with the chill tunes and relaxing animation of Mighty Vibes!

Since the Mighty Nein have reached the end of their Campaign 2 adventures, the Critical Role cast sit down for a roundtable-style discussion to dive deeper into each arc and learn all the secrets.

Vox Machina and the Mighty Nein face off in a team deathmatch! Which team of legendary Exandrian heroes will come out victorious? Thank you to all of the incredible Kickstarter backers who unlocked this adventure as part of The Legend of Vox Machina Kickstarter Campaign!

When the last of humanity is in cryostasis on the Ark, it’s up to the intrepid crew of the Nautilus to ferry them to a fresh start on a new planet… If they can make it.

Take a deep lore dive into the history of how Exandria came to be, from the Founding, to the Calamity, to the Age of Arcanum, and beyond -- narrated by Exandria's architect and our very own Game Master Matthew Mercer.

A short video created by Matt Mercer, showcasing the team and players long before the first episode of Critical Role. Includes many iconic scenes mentioned in the series, including Scanlan finding the magic carpet.

Game Master Sam Riegel guides our returning guests masterfully through a battle royale for the ages that goes exactly according to plan… To set the scene:

Five warriors are plucked from Exandria’s timeline and forced to fight in an alternate reality TV show — Garyon Garrington’s Plunder Games. The last contestant standing will be awarded one use of the Wish spell.

GM Matthew Mercer leads a group of the Tarnished comprised of our very own Marisha Ray and Sam Riegel, as well as special guests Krystina Arielle, Brennan Lee Mulligan, and Alexander Ward through the Lands Between.

Sometimes the smallest heroes are also the most stressed out.. Join us for this One Shot as we play our new one-page RPG, A Familiar Problem!

The episode will be run by Marisha Ray and will include an incredible cast of animal familiars: Laura Bailey, Matthew Mercer, and Travis Willingham with special guests Heidi N Closet (Ru Paul’s Drag Race) and Isabella Roland (Dimension 20). This scrappy and stressed out team of familiars will set out on a daring (and chaotic) quest to prove they’re up for adventure.

Check out our brand new opening title sequence for our "It's Thursday Night" Theme Song! We worked with an incredibly talented team of animators to bring our Critical Role Theme Song to life.

After almost three long years…we finally reunited with the Critters at San Diego Comic Con!

Check out our recording of the Q&A panel we had at SDCC! Watch the Critical Role cast answer the burning questions the Critters had for them live and in-person!

Players Laura Bailey, Aimee Carrero, Christian Navarro, Liam O’Brien, and Lou Wilson, are led by game master and sponsorship legend… Sam Riegel on a journey through the information superhighway (aka the internet). PLUS we’ll unveil a special guest that you won’t want to miss!

Picking up several months after the events in Cognouza, The Mighty Nein have all started new chapters in their lives. However, when some discover that there are still old chapters yet to be closed, our unsung heroes must reunite for more stories untold…

The reunion isn't over yet! Picking up several months after the events in Cognouza, our unsung heroes have all started new chapters in their lives. However, when some discover that there are still old chapters yet to be closed, The Mighty Nein must reunite for more stories untold…

Join the voice of Ganondorf himself, Matthew Mercer, as he leads Emily Axford, Omar Najam, Robbie Daymond, Liam O’Brien and Marisha Ray on a wild adventure through Hyrule.