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Dimension 20: City Council of Darkness group shot
Dimension 20 returns with a Vampire: The Masquerade twist and a bloodier vibe than ever

Welcome to Purpee, Oregon, a small town where vampires hunger for blood

The cast of Dimension 20 stands in “the Dome,” their specially-lit set. In front of them is an elaborate diorama.
Dimension 20's next season finally revealed in cryptic new teaser

'The rumors are true: our mayor is a dog'

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Jacob Wysocki, Vic Michaelis, and Zac Oyama sit at the gaming table for an episode of Dimension 20: Gladlands, with a digital background of purple light and tree branches behind them
Dimension 20: Gladlands' cast discuss staying kind and supportive through the apocalypse

How Dimension 20’s latest season builds empathy directly into its rules

An image featuring game master Brennan Lee Mulligan in the middle. In the background are the members of the Soldiers Table.
Critical Role just changed D&D level-ups forever

Level-ups just got cooler

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Dimension 20 Gladlands DM Brennan Lee Mulligan sitting in the D20 dome.
Dimension 20 returns with a Mad Max-inspired trailer and a chiller vibe than Critical Role

The next campaign rolls for initiative on Jan. 7

Matt Mercer and the Acquisitions Incorporated cast
Acquisitions Inc. trading D&D for Daggerheart convinced me to try Critical Role’s RPG

The longest-running live play now uses Critical Role's game system

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A Critical Role image from Polygon. It features a green background of the Critical Role cast, with three mains of the cast across numerous campaigns at its middle. These characters are Beauregard Lionett, Jester Lavorre and Fearne Calloway.
Critical Role founders reveal which character they'd pick if they could only play one forever

Everyone has their favorite PC

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An image featuring Whitney Moore, the Critical Role logo, and Robbie Daymond, posing.
Critical Role Campaign 4 finally hit its real starting point

Every new D&D campaign has a sweet spot and Campaign 4 has found it

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Deborah Ann Woll stands at the head of a schoolhouse's classroom in Tales From Woodcreek
Deborah Ann Woll reveals how she transformed an entire village into a D&D escape room

Tales From Woodcreek is a new way to play Dungeons & Dragons

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three players in a D&D Forgotten Realms Official One Shot
‘Brutal’ official D&D actual play showcases new Forgotten Realms books

Exclusive: Alexander Ward and Ginny Di on playing a Tears of Selûne one-shot

An image featuring Travis Willingham and Sam Riegel, co-creators of Critical Role. They stand in front of a DM (Dungeon Masters) screen, with Willingham looking contemplative, and Riegel cheeky.
Critical Role is making us care about the world of Aramán, one NPC at a time

Get behind us, Ulbid

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Brennan Lee Mulligan looking evil and delighted with the cast of Critical Role in the background
Critical Role kills the first Campaign 4 character (kind of)

Putting the "necro" in necromancer

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An image featuring Brennan Lee Mulligan on top of art from Tomb of Annihilation.
Critical Role Campaign 4 is finally making death interesting in D&D

Death isn't the end in Campaign 4

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Ashen Rider card art from Magic the Gathering
Critical Role Campaign 4 may have fixed my least favorite D&D monster

Finally an interesting take on celestials

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Critical Role goes full Evangelion in Campaign 4 episode 2

A chained angel in a basement? Sounds familiar

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An image featuring Dimension 20's Brennan Lee Mulligan over a key screenshot of Critical Role campaign 4.
Critical Role Campaign 4's puzzling lore was inspired by an iconic TV show

You can blame (or thank) this amazing TV show

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Two cosplayers dressed as a blue tiefling and a green half-orc pose in front of a cut-out of Jester and Fjord from Critical Role.
Here's why there was cosplay for Critical Role season 4 before it even came out

We spoke to cosplayers at the Critical Role wedding pop-up shop about their love for the series.

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Cutouts of Jester and Fjord from Critical Role, hand-in-hand in their wedding finery
Critical Role fans are getting ready for the wedding of the century

Jester and Fjord are getting married today at the Radio City Music Hall live show. What would Critters bring as a wedding gift?

An official Infinity Nikki image showing Nikki with a chinese-inspired outfit.
Stardew Valley collab is coming to Infinity Nikki in September

Cozy and chic

Brennan Lee Mulligen in front of the Critical Role cast
Critical Role to stage the greatest unofficial Dimension 20 crossover imaginable

Dropout star Brennan Lee Mulligan is set to lead the next core campaign for the actual play empire

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