Critical Role

IT HAS BEGIN! It’s a new world, a new campaign, and a new game master at the helm but WE’RE. JUST. GETTING. STARTED.

With Campaign Four, we’re venturing beyond our world of Exandria to explore the uncharted lands of Aramán. So whether you’ve been here for a decade or are just discovering Critical Role for the first time, you can jump right in for an epic new story.

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?

New Campaign

Campaign Four will follow the tradition of our previous three campaigns – nerdy-ass voice actors playing Dungeons and Dragons.

However, this time we’ll be playing with 2024 rules! You’ll even see a few custom subclasses thanks to Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins – our newest members of Darrington Press. We have lots of surprises in store.

We’ll also be switching the format of Campaign Four to a West Marches style campaign! The first four episodes will serve as our Overture – we’ll set up the story and introduce the characters before breaking off into smaller groups, allowing you to explore this vast and wondrous world through the perspectives of three distinct rotating tables: the valiant Soldiers, the vigorous Seekers, and the veiled Schemers. As their fates intertwine, this allows us to delve deeper into Aramán – a world of wonder with sorcery stemming from the graveyard of the gods.

You’ll surely recognize this style of storytelling featuring multiple groups of protagonists from iconic fantasy tales like The Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones.

The Main Cast of Campaign Four

Campaign Four of Critical Role follows a stellar cast of players including Laura Bailey, Luis Carazo, Robbie Daymond, Aabria Iyengar, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Matthew Mercer, Whitney Moore, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, Alexander Ward, and Travis Willingham, with Brennan Lee Mulligan weaving this grand tale as our Game Master.

When & Where?

Campaign Four will premiere Thursday, October 2nd with instant access on Beacon.tv and streamed to our YouTube and Twitch channels.

VOD:

• Beacon members will receive instant access to our VODs at 7pm Pacific on the day the episode is released!
• The VOD will also be available on YouTube the following Monday at 12pm Pacific.

Podcasts:

• Beacon members will receive instant access to the full podcast episode at 7pm Pacific on the day the episode is released!
• The ad-supported podcast version will also be available on your preferred podcast platform at 5am Pacific in two parts: the first one week after the premiere, and the second shortly after on the following Tuesday.

Critical Role Cooldowns: Beacon members will also get exclusive access to all episodes of Critical Role Cooldown for Campaign Four, where the cameras keep rolling and you get a front row seat to the cast’s post-show reactions!

Fireside Chat with Matthew Mercer & Brennan Lee Mulligan!

Join us TONIGHT for a special Fireside Chat where both Brennan Lee Mulligan and Matthew Mercer will be joining us LIVE from the tavern to deep dive more into Campaign Four, discuss the West Marches format, and answer your burning questions directly from the Beacon Discord!

Now…our Fireside Chats are typically a Beacon Exclusive show…BUT since this is an extra special episode, we are making this Fireside Chat available for everyone!

This livestream will start TONIGHT (August 21st) at 7pm Pacific on Beacon, YouTube and Twitch, so be sure to tune in!

While we embark on this new journey through Aramán, we also want to assure you that Exandria isn’t going anywhere! There are still stories to be told and we’ve still got plenty more to share between our live shows, animated series, comic books, novels, Critical Role Abridged (with all new artwork in a shortened format), and more!

Critical Role has always been about friends telling incredible stories together and Campaign Four will bring even more friends to our table for our most ambitious story so far!

Is it Thursday yet?