Critical Role Productions
Multimedia production company
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| April 3 2025 | Wildemount Wildlings, a three-episode limited series spin-off of the main Critical Role series, premiered on Beacon. |
| 2025 | Critical Role announced a live tour celebrating their tenth anniversary, which will take place in cities across the United States and Australia. |
| March 25 2025 | Premiered Weird Kids, a video podcast talk show hosted by Ashley Johnson and Taliesin Jaffe, exclusively on Beacon. |
| February 11 2025 | The Chronicles of Exandria: The Mighty Nein Part Two is scheduled for release, written by Dani Carr in collaboration with the Critical Role cast, from the perspective of NPC Iva Deshin. |
| November 2024 | The cast reprised their roles as Vox Machina in a concurrent arc focused on destroying the Malleus Key. |
| October 16 2024 | Narrative Telephone was rebooted in a monthly video format, initially releasing on Beacon with a YouTube release two weeks later. |
| October 9 2024 | Unend, an audio drama set decades after Midst and Moonward, premiered with weekly Wednesday episodes. |
| October 8 2024 | Critical Role: Bells Hells – What Doesn't Break prequel novel by Cassandra Khaw released, focusing on Laudna's backstory. |
| September 30 2024 | Tales From The Stinky Dragon's third campaign, titled Kanon, premiered on Beacon. |
| September 10 2024 | The second season of The Re-Slayer's Take podcast premiered. |
| May 2024 | The Washington Post reported a 125% increase in YouTube viewership since 2019, with the channel peaking at over 188 million views in the previous year. |
| May 2024 | Critical Role Productions launched Beacon, their subscription video on-demand streaming service. |
| May 2024 | Critical Role launched podcast episodes for the second campaign to be released on the same day as the stream, exclusively for Beacon subscribers. |
| May 2024 | Critical Role announced their new subscription streaming service Beacon, aimed at maintaining creative control and reducing reliance on third-party platforms. |
| May 21 2024 | Fireside Chats, a monthly 'ask me anything' style talk show exclusively for Beacon subscribers, premiered. |
| May 20 2024 | The first season of The Re-Slayer's Take, an all-ages actual play podcast set in Exandria, began airing and ran until August 19, 2024. |
| April 2024 | Riegel's character FCG sacrificed themselves to save the Bells Hells in Episode 91. |
| March 12 2024 | Critical Role ran a live playtest of Daggerheart on their Twitch and YouTube channels, coinciding with their ninth anniversary. |
| February 2024 | Critical Role added the option for YouTube subscribers to access video-on-demand (VOD) immediately after the live stream. |
| February 2024 | Critical Role announced the open beta playtest of Daggerheart, their new roleplaying game system, scheduled to begin on March 12, 2024. |
| December 2023 | Critical Role began assisting in the development of the video game Tales of Kenzera: Zau by Surgent Studios. |
| August 2023 | Critical Role released Exquisite Exandria: The Official Cookbook, which became a bestseller in multiple lists. |
| July 2023 | Critical Role Productions removed almost all content featuring former host Foster from its channels. |
| March 2023 | Metapigeon, Critical Role's production banner, acquired the space-western science fiction podcast Midst, marking their first external intellectual property acquisition. |
| January 2023 | Announcement of an animated television adaptation for the second campaign titled 'Mighty Nein' for Amazon Prime Video. |
| January 5 2023 | Critical Role responds to the leaked Open Game License 1.1 draft, supporting the tabletop gaming community and independent creators. |
| 2022 | The Critical Role Foundation won two Shorty Impact Awards: Gold Honor in 'Best Fundraising Campaign' and Audience Honor in 'Best Influencer & Celebrity Partnership' for their Red Nose Day campaign with Stephen Colbert, which raised over $423,000 - a 252% increase from the 2019 campaign. |
| 2022 | Critical Role introduced a new aftershow called 4-Sided Dive. |
| November 1 2022 | Critical Role: The Mighty Nein – The Nine Eyes of Lucien prequel novel by Madeleine Roux released, focusing on Lucien's backstory. |
| June 2022 | Announcement of the prequel novel 'Critical Role: The Mighty Nein – The Nine Eyes of Lucien' by Madeleine Roux. |
| June 2022 | Critical Role launches Scanlan Shorthalt Music record label, releasing their first album 'Welcome to Tal'Dorei'. |
| April 2022 | Signed a multi-year deal with SiriusXM, granting worldwide ad sales rights and enabling Stitcher to distribute the podcast across all podcast platforms. |
| January 28 2022 | 'The Legend of Vox Machina' animated series premiered on Amazon Prime Video, with its soundtrack also released digitally. |
| 2021 | A new set was designed by professional amusement park designers Shaun Ellis and Polly Hodges for the third campaign, featuring a return to a common table, enhanced set designs, improved lighting, effects, and individual microphones for each actor. |
| 2021 | The Routledge Handbook of Remix Studies and Digital Humanities published an analysis of the Critical Role Wendy's sponsorship, discussing the community's reaction to the political implications of the collaboration. |
| 2021 | Critical Role Productions was nominated as a Finalist in the Games category at the Shorty Awards. |
| 2021 | Another book in the Critical Role series was published, further developing their book collection. |
| November 30 2021 | Critical Role: Vox Machina – Kith & Kin prequel novel by Marieke Nijkamp released, focusing on the twins Vex'ahlia and Vax'ildan. |
| October 2021 | Business Insider reported that Critical Role's official Twitch channel had 828,000 followers and 13,530 active subscribers, while the YouTube channel had 1.4 million subscribers. |
| October 21 2021 | Third campaign commenced streaming. |
| October 21 2021 | Critical Role premiered their third campaign, launching a new storyline with a fresh party of adventurers set in the world of Exandria. |
| October 21 2021 | Third campaign of Critical Role premiered, marking a significant milestone for the production company. |
| August 2021 | Brian W. Foster left the company, effectively ending Talks Machina and Between the Sheets shows. |
| June 3 2021 | Campaign Two finale aired, lasting just over seven hours and being the longest episode to date. |
| 2020 | CNBC reported Critical Role's significant role in introducing new audiences to Dungeons & Dragons and helping to revitalize the role-playing game. |
| 2020 | Critical Role successfully adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic, continuing their show safely without anyone getting sick and becoming one of the most-watched streams on Twitch. |
| December 2020 | Announcement of a comic anthology exploring side stories of NPCs to be published by Dark Horse Comics. |
| October 2020 | Critical Role announced Darrington Press, a new board and card game publishing imprint. |
| October 20 2020 | Release of the coffee table book 'The World of Critical Role: The History Behind the Epic Fantasy' by Liz Marsham. |
| September 2020 | Critical Role Productions launched the Critical Role Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Ashley Johnson was named president, with Matthew Mercer, Eduardo Lopez, Rachel Romero, and Mark Koro serving as officers and board members. |
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