Critical Role (2015)

Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Action & Adventure
Comedy
Drama

Is it Thursday yet?

Overview

Critical Role is a weekly actual play series that uses tabletop role-playing game mechanics as a means to explore and develop stories from the vast fantasy worlds of Exandria, Aramán, and beyond, with sweeping narratives intricately woven through collaboration between Game Masters and players.

Ashley JohnsonCreator
Liam O'BrienCreator
Matthew MercerCreator
Marisha RayCreator
Taliesin JaffeCreator
Laura BaileyCreator
Travis WillinghamCreator
Sam RiegelCreator

StatusReturning Series

TypeScripted

Original LanguageEnglish

Network

Seasons

Specials

2014 | 196 Episodes

Specials of Critical Role premiered on September 15, 2014

Specials include one-shots, Q&As, chats, and panels.

Campaign 1: Vox Machina

2015 | 115 Episodes

Campaign 1: Vox Machina of Critical Role premiered on March 12, 2015

Campaign One, or The Campaign of Vox Machina, is the first campaign of Critical Role. It follows a group of adventurers, Vox Machina, first in their adventures across the continent of Tal'Dorei and eventually the larger world of Exandria and other Planes of Existence.

Campaign 2: The Mighty Nein

2018 | 141 Episodes

Campaign 2: The Mighty Nein of Critical Role premiered on January 11, 2018

Set in the magical world of Exandria, on the continent of Wildemount, Critical Role's Mighty Nein campaign is the story of a group of motley and chaotic adventurers who find themselves caught in the middle of a war between two nations.

Campaign 3: Bells Hells

2021 | 121 Episodes

Campaign 3: Bells Hells of Critical Role premiered on October 21, 2021

Set in the magical world of Exandria, on the continent of Marquet, Critical Role’s third campaign is the story of an eccentric band of adventurers who find themselves entangled in fey chaos within the city of Jrusar and embroiled in the ancient mysteries surrounding the red moon Ruidus.

Campaign 4

2025 | 10 Episodes

Campaign 4 of Critical Role premiered on October 2, 2025

Hero to many. Enemy to some. When Thjazi Fang is marked for execution, various figures from across his remarkable life unite to uncover the truth behind his grim fate. In a land still suffering from the fallout of dead gods and living in the shadow of a tumultuous rebellion, these disparate people will come together across the fractured world of Aramán and connect in ways they never imagined. As hope and victory fade, a question hangs over Aramán. Without the Gods, what great deeds now fall to us? And who, or what, shall grab their crown for themselves?