Critical Role is an American web series in which a group of professional voice actors play Dungeons & Dragons. The show started streaming partway through the cast's first campaign in March 2015. Campaign one ended in October 2017 after 115 episodes, and campaign two started in January 2018 and ended in June 2021 after 141 episodes. A number of one-shots were aired in the hiatus between the two campaigns. The limited series Exandria Unlimited began airing in June 2021 after campaign two was completed. The series is broadcast on Thursdays at 19:00 PT on the Critical Role Twitch and YouTube channels, with the video on demand becoming available to Twitch subscribers immediately after the broadcast. The VODs are made available for the public on Critical Role's website and uploaded to their YouTube channel on the Monday after the live stream. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the show had broadcast live, but has been pre-recorded since its return for episode 100 of Campaign Two.
| Genre | Fantasy, Dungeons & Dragons |
| Created by | Matthew Mercer |
| Based on | Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition |
| Starring | Matthew Mercer, Ashley Johnson, Travis Willingham, Laura Bailey, Liam O'Brien, Taliesin Jaffe, Marisha Ray, Orion Acaba, Sam Riegel |
| Theme music composer | Jason C. Miller |
| Opening theme | "Critical Role Theme Song", (Campaign 1), "Critical Role Too", (Campaign 2, episodes 1–43), "Your Turn to Roll", (Campaign 2, episodes 44–141) |
| Ending theme | "Twin Elms" (Campaign 1), "Welcome to Wildemount" (Campaign 2) |
| Composer(s) | Jason C. Miller, Kevin MacLeod, Justin E. Bell, Colm McGuinness, Sean Feica, Midnight Syndicate |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 115 (Campaign 1), 141 (Campaign 2) |
| Location(s) | Los Angeles, California |
| Running time | Approximately 180–360 minutes per episode |
| Production company(s) | Geek & Sundry (2015–2018), Critical Role Productions LLC (2018–present) |
| Original network | Twitch, YouTube |
| Related shows | Talks Machina, Critical Recap, Between the Sheets, Handbooker Helper, All Work No Play, MAME Drop, Pub Draw, Travis Willingham's Yeehaw Game Ranch |
Over Critical Role
Live-streaming series on Twitch of a group of voice actors playing the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. The streams are then uploaded to the affiliated YouTube channel.
Prestaties van Critical Role
Critical Role was also the named of the studio owned by the cast. The Streamy and Webby Award-nominated series was created by Matthew Mercer.
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