Specials Episodes
1. Critical Role Panel: How to Score A Massive Hit
2. Critical Role: Critical Trolls for Extra Life!
Critical Rejects (affectionately titled "Critical Trolls" by our fans) featuring "Vox Moronica's" Salty Pete, Snugglelord, Ulfgar Fireforge, and a few of the Critical Role regulars.
3. D&Diesel
4. November 2015 Critmas
5. December 2015 Critmas
6. The Story of Vox Machina
7. Building RPG Encounters! (Game Master Tips)
8. How to Create Non-Player Characters for RPGs (Game Master Tips)
9. Preparing for the Unexpected! (Game Master Tips)
10. Building RPG Social Encounters! (Game Master Tips)
11. The Rule of Cool! (Game Master Tips)
12. Critical Role Panel: Wizard World Gaming Portland
13. RPG Etiquette! (Game Master Tips)
14. Critical Role Q&A and Battle Royale!
15. Rewarding Your Players! (Game Master Tips)
16. Critical Role Invades GameSpot
17. Critical Sloth
18. Critical Role x Kinda Funny: Dungeons & Dragons (1)
19. Critical Role x Kinda Funny: Dungeons & Dragons (2)
20. Critical Role x Kinda Funny: Dungeons & Dragons (3)
21. Critical Role x Kinda Funny: Dungeons & Dragons (4)
22. To the Poop! Goblins: A Critical Role Pathfinder One-Shot
A special episode of Critical Role sponsored by Paizo's Pathfinder and Syrinscape. With Ashly Burch, Phil LaMarr, Ivan Van Norman, Taliesin Jaffe, Marisha Ray, and Matthew Mercer.
23. Critical Role Q&A and Battle Royale: Take II
In the first half of the episode, Matthew Mercer, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O'Brien, and Marisha Ray answer questions sent in by the audience. In the second half of the episode, Percy, Pike, Keyleth, and Vax'ildan fight one another in a battle to the death.
24. Critical Role and GameSpot at E3 2016
25. Deadlands One-Shot for MDA Charity!
A Deadlands RPG one-shot between. It was part of Geek & Sundry's 24-hour fundraising livestream for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
26. Critical Role EXTRA – Liam's Quest!
As the guest Dungeon Master for this campaign, Liam O'Brien leads the players—who are playing themselves—through a mundane voice acting session when extraordinary events leave them struggling to survive in a Lovecraftian horror adventure based on popular movies and video games.
27. Critical Role's 'The Dating Game' Panel – SDCC 2016
28. Critical Role Answers Your Questions at SDCC!
29. Critical Role Extra - The Return of Liam!
In this one-shot Dungeons & Dragons adventure created by Dungeon Master Liam O'Brien, several members of the Clasp set off on a heist in Emon's recent past.
30. Setting up your Gamemaster's Screen! (Game Master Tips)
31. Improv and the Unexpected (Game Master Tips)
32. Getting Players To Roleplay (Game Master Tips)
33. How to Customize Creatures (Game Master Tips)
34. Creating Magical Items (Game Master Tips)
35. Fixing GM Mistakes! (Game Master Tips)
36. Player Character Deaths (Game Master Tips)
37. Frequently Asked Questions about RPGs! (Game Master Tips)
38. How to Run an EVIL RPG Campaign! (Game Master Tips)
39. Creating Homebrew Content in RPGS! (Game Master Tips)
40. Write One-Shot RPG Campaigns! (Game Master Tips)
41. Roleplaying Against Type in D&D! (GM Tips w/ Matt Mercer)
42. How to Prevent RPG Game Master Burnout! (GM Tips w/ Matt Mercer)
43. Talking CRITICAL ROLE Live From WONDERCON! (Talks Machina)
44. Critical Role Extra - Liam's Quest: Full Circle
In this sequel to "Critical Role EXTRA – Liam's Quest!", Laura, Taliesin, Sam, Travis, Ashley, Marisha, and Matt find themselves lost in time after the battle against Conan O'Brien. As they continue to loop through apocalyptic versions of Los Angeles they must ask themselves what they're willing to sacrifice in order to return everything to normal.
45. Fireside Q&A with Matthew Mercer
46. Level 17 Battle Royale!
Grog, Keyleth, Percy, Vex'ahlia, and Taryon Darrington fight one another in a battle to the death.
47. Beyond Critical Role at MomoCon 2017
48. Talks Machina with Critical Role at MomoCon 2017
49. Talks Machina with Critical Role at SDCC 2017
50. Bar Room Blitz - A Sam Riegel One-Shot
In a bustling tavern nestled on the outskirts of the winter worn village of Jorenn, an unlikely collection of misfits find themselves swept up in a bar room brawl for the ages.
51. Critical Role One-Shot: Shadow of War (1)
This episode is the first part of a one-shot taking place in the world of the Middle-Earth: Shadow of War video game.
52. Critical Role One-Shot: Shadow of War (2)
This episode is the second part of a one-shot taking place in the world of the Middle-Earth: Shadow of War video game.
53. Critical Role One-Shot: Thursday By Night (1)
Taliesin DMs for the first time, leading Laura, Liam, Matt, Marisha, Travis, and Sam on a Vampire: The Masquerade game set in the Geek & Sundry offices.
54. Critical Role One-Shot: Thursday By Night (2)
Taliesin concludes his Vampire: The Masquerade campaign with the surviving characters as they find their way through the outside world.
55. Grog's One-Shot
Travis DMs for the first time, portraying Grog playing a game of "Bunions and Flagons" with Percy de Rolo, Scanlan Shorthalt, Vax'ildan, and Vex'ahlia.
56. Trinket's Honey Heist
Marisha DMs for the first time, playing Honey Heist with Matt, Taliesin, Sam, Liam, and Brian.
57. Critical Role One-Shot: Once Upon a Fairytale Cruise
Sam DMs for the second time, leading Amy Vorpahl, H. Michael Croner, Molly Ostertag, ND Stevenson, Stefanie Woodburn, and Yuri Lowenthal on a fairytale singles' cruise.
58. Critical Role Panel: Pax Unplugged 2017
59. Critical Role One-Shot: Kobolds, Catacombs and Dragons (Oh My!)
Matt returns to the DM chair, leading Laura, Liam, Taliesin, Travis, and special guest Jennifer Hale on a Hearthstone themed dungeon crawl.
60. Epic Level Battle Royale One-Shot
Grog, Keyleth, Percy, Scanlan, and Vax fight to the death.
61. Talks Machina - Campaign Wrap-up
62. Talks Machina - Fireside Chat
63. Talks Machina - Live from WonderCon 2018
64. Critical Role Full Panel - C2E2 2018
65. Critical Role Answers Your Questions - C2E2 2018
66. D&D Beyond Official Theme
67. Talks Machina Live from San Diego Comic Con 2018
68. Fireside Chat & NPC Build with Matthew Mercer
69. Honey Heist 2: Electric Beargaloo
In a sequel to "Trinket's Honey Heist" (Sx27), Marisha returns to lead Matthew Mercer, Liam O’Brien, Taliesin Jaffe, Sam Riegel, and Brian W. Foster through another game of Honey Heist.
70. Liam's One-Shot: The Song of the Lorelei
Join Dungeon Master Liam O'Brien as he takes his guests through a werewolf adventure in Wildemount! The Lorelei siblings return home to discover their castle ransacked, their staff murdered, and their father missing...
71. Visit The Slayer's Cake In Downtown Whitestone
72. CR: The Perfume from Critical Role
73. Crash Pandas: Too Trashed, Too Curious
Sam Riegel's raucous raccoon speedsters are hitting the road with our special Crash Pandas one-shot!
74. Critical Role and the Club of Misfits
Five students at the magical school of Shmogwarts escape detention and learn that they're more than their 80s-themed archetypes!
75. Critical Role Q&A - MCM London
76. Sunday Critical Role Interview @ MCM London 2018
77. Honey Heist 3: Tova's Honeys
Tova's back. And she's rounded up five un-bear-ably funny ladies for the ultimate caper.
78. Mighty Nein Intro
79. The Night Before Critmas
It's Christmas Eve at Santa's workshop, in the final hours of toy production. The North Pole has been hit by a violent strain of flu. Only a small crew of seven remaining healthy elves has been put together at the last minute to finish making the toys.
80. The Search For Grog
After pulling a card from the Deck of Many Things, Grog's soul was stolen and trapped in the Plane of Pandemonium. This is the story of Vox Machina attempting to find and rescue their big buddy, Grog.
81. Stephen Colbert's D&D Adventure with Matthew Mercer
Dungeon Master Matthew Mercer runs a special one-on-one D&D adventure for Stephen Colbert, shaped by Red Nose Day donations! Join Matt as he leads Stephen through a special adventure in the Menagerie Coast in Wildemount.
82. Tails of Equestria One-Shot
GM Mark Hulmes guides his players through a ridiculously wholesome My Little Pony: Tails of Equestria adventure!
83. The Search For Bob
Vox Machina returns in this special one-shot, canonically taking place immediately following Campaign 1 and the events of "The Search For Grog".
84. Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Crystal Palace
Investigators Alexandra Elise O'Neil, Hanako Hayashi, Septimus Goodfellow, Ida Codswell, Dr. Mason Pocket, and Captain Bentley Badger attempt to survive this harrowing scenario that is set in a decadent 1890s London.
85. Dalen's Closet
After Vox Machina's journey to the Plane of Pandemonium, they reassemble to celebrate the wedding of Percival and Vex'ahlia in the beautiful coastal resort of Dalen's Closet, filled with warm reunions and a few new faces.
86. Feast of Legends
A very funny one shot DM'ed by Sam Riegel using Wendys sponsored promotional rules and campaign guide Feast of Legends.
87. Travis Willingham's Spooktacular
88. UnDeadwood: Stay Close, Reverend (1)
89. UnDeadwood: God Don't Play Cards (2)
90. UnDeadwood: I Got My Wish (3)
91. UnDeadwood: Goodnight, Miss Miriam (4)
92. The Adventures of the Darrington Brigade
Join Taryon Darrington as he leads the Darrington Brigade, a group of unlikely miscreants, through a dangerous journey in search of glory.
93. Cinderbrush: A Monsterhearts Story
Welcome to the special Valentine's Day Monsterhearts one-shot! Four teenagers take on the horrors of high school - hormones, social cliques, teen angst... Oh, and they're also monsters.
94. DOOM Eternal One-Shot
Game Master Matthew Mercer leads a horde of demons on an adventure based on the DOOM Eternal FPS.
95. Mighty Vibes Vol 1: Lo-fi Beats to Doodle To
96. Mighty Vibes Vol 2: Chill Tunes to Study/Transcribe Magic To
97. Mighty Vibes Vol 3: Chill Tunes to Drink Tea/Meditate To
98. Mighty Vibes Vol 4: Lofi Beats for Best Buddies to Listen To
99. BlizzConline Presents: A Critical Role Diablo Campaign
100. Mighty Vibes Vol 5: Lofi Beats with a Light Breeze [Zephrah Radio]
101. The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood - Death & Taxes (1)
102. Campaign 2 Wrap Up
Now that the Mighty Nein's Campaign 2 adventures have come to an end, the cast sits down for a roundtable discussion of every arc of their journey.
103. Vox Machina vs. Mighty Nein
Legendary Exandrian heroes Vox Machina and the Mighty Nein face off in an epic TEAM DEATHMATCH!
104. The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood - A Faulty Foundation (2)
105. The Nautilus Ark: A Johnson Corp Odyssey
When the last of humanity is in cryostasis on the Ark, it’s up to the intrepid crew of the Nautilus to ferry them to a fresh start on a new planet… If they can make it. Ashley Johnson DMs.
106. Mighty Vibes Vol 6 - Lofi Beats to Study with Your Twin to
107. Exandria: An Intimate History
108. The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood - The Golden Goose (3)
109. Dungeons & Dragons: Vox Style
110. Guest Battle Royale
111. Elden Ring One-Shot: O Ye of Little Faith
112. Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands One-shot
113. Dignity: An Adventure with Stephen Colbert
Game Master Matthew Mercer guides an adventure shaped by Critter donations to the Critical Role Foundation for Red Nose Day 2022, starring special guest Stephen Colbert.
114. One Shot – A Familiar Problem: Sprinkle’s Incredible Journey
115. New Animated Campaign 3 Opening Title | It’s Thursday Night (Critical Role Theme)
116. San Diego Comic-Con 2022 - Critical Role Q&A Panel
117. Generation Nord One-Shot
Sponsored by NordVPN, the players were led by game master and sponsorship legend Sam Riegel on a journey through the information superhighway (aka the internet).
118. The Mighty Nein Reunited: Unfinished Business (1)
Picking up several months after the events in Cognouza, The Mighty Nein have all started new chapters in their lives. However, when some discover that there are still old chapters yet to be closed, our unsung heroes must reunite for more stories untold…
119. The Mighty Nein Reunited: Uk'otoa Unleashed (2)
The reunion isn't over yet! Picking up several months after the events in Cognouza, our unsung heroes have all started new chapters in their lives. However, when some discover that there are still old chapters yet to be closed, The Mighty Nein must reunite for more stories untold.
120. The Legend of Zelda One-Shot - Lookout, Here We Come!
121. Fireside Chat with Sam Riegel
A kimono-clad Sam Riegel sits down with a glass of wine to answer questions from a titillated home audience, thanks to YOUR support of our recent Pablove Foundation campaign with our buddy Blair Herter!
122. Exandria: An Intimate Appendix | Ruidus and the Gods
123. Explorer's Guide to Wildemount Q&A and Fireside Chat with Matthew Mercer
Matthew Mercer answers questions about Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, our new campaign guide with Dungeons & Dragons, in this... special... fireside chat produced and hosted from home by Marisha Ray.
124. End of 2019 Fireside Chat
The cast of Critical Role sits down to answer questions and play some games in a fireside chat to close out 2019.
125. San Diego Comic-Con 2023 | Critical Role: Fireside Chat & Cast Q&A
126. Mortal Kombat 1 One-Shot | Sindel Vs. The Realms
127. Let's Play Queen By Midnight!
128. The Mighty Nein Reunion: Echoes of the Solstice
Live from Wembley Arena in London, UK! In the wake of the chaos after the Apogee Solstice, The Mighty Nein join forces yet again to deal with the rolling dangers suddenly unleashed…
129. Persona 5 Tactica One-Shot
130. Choose Their Adventure...Again! Critical Role Foundation One-Shot to benefit Red Nose Day
131. Critical Role: Sick Day
Critical Role takes a sick day! With some of the cast out sick the healthy cast does a live stream in their comfiest clothes and make their Bells Hells characters using the Baldur's Gate 3 character builder.
132. Critical Role Creates Characters in Daggerheart
133. Critical Role plays Daggerheart
134. Fireside Chat LIVE with Matthew Mercer
Join us in the tavern for our first Beacon Exclusive fireside chat with our legendary game master, Matthew Mercer!
135. The Menagerie Levels Up with Daggerheart!
The Menagerie characters level up to level 4 after the events of their first one-shot! Watch as the adventurers gain more experience, increase their abilities, and choose new domain deck cards.
136. The Menagerie Returns!
The Menagerie returns! Join game master Matthew Mercer as he leads the cast of Critical Role through a LIVE One-Shot using the Daggerheart system!
137. The Menagerie Levels Up! | Levels 4-6 | Daggerheart | Open Beta
The Menagerie characters level up through Levels 5 and 6 after the events of their latest one-shot! Watch as the adventurers gain more experience, increase their abilities, and choose new domain deck cards.
138. Game Masters of Exandria Roundtable
Exandrian GMs sit down for a roundtable discussion of their experiences and best practices for game mastering in Critical Role's world of Exandria.
139. Fireside Chat LIVE with Marisha Ray
Our incredible creative director, Marisha Ray, joins us in the tavern for an exclusive Fireside Chat with Beacon members!
140. Fireside Chat LIVE with Sam Riegel
Our fearless leader, bard extraordinaire, and true inspiration, Sam Riegel joins us in the tavern for an exclusive Fireside Chat with Beacon members!
141. Fireside Chat LIVE with Taliesin Jaffe
The immortal executive goth, Taliesin Jaffe, is stepping out of the shadows and joining us in the tavern for an exclusive Fireside Chat with Beacon members!
142. Fireside Chat LIVE with Ashley Johnson
The wonderfully sweet and incredibly talented Ashley Johnson is making her way to the tavern for a Beacon exclusive Fireside Chat and Q+A!
143. Fireside Chat LIVE with Travis Willingham
Our guiding force and CEO Travis Willingham is making his way to the tavern for Beacon exclusive Fireside Chat and Q+A!
144. A Daggerheart Critmas Story: Session Zero
The cast of Critical Role roll up their characters in Daggerheart ahead of the upcoming Daggerheart Critmas Story Live Show in Camden, NJ on December 7th.
145. Fireside Chat LIVE With Liam O'Brien
The immensely talented storyteller and resident Critical Role Art Dad, Liam O’Brien is headed to the tavern for a Fireside Chat!
146. Daggerheart First Look: Worldbuilding with Critical Role - Live from PAX Unplugged
Critical Role founders and Daggerheart contributors take the stage at PAX Unplugged LIVE at 4pm ET to showcase key features of Daggerheart in an interactive, collaborative panel focused on the campaign frame Beast Feast.
147. Daggerheart Critmas Story LIVE - Backstage Pass
Join Marisha Ray LIVE on Beacon for an exclusive backstage tour before our Daggerheart Critmas Story Live Show! Explore our retro-fabulous set and share special moments with the cast as they prepare for this epic holiday adventure!
148. Fireside Chat LIVE with Robbie Daymond
Our loveable, hilarious, and remarkable friend, Robbie Daymond, is making his way to a Fireside Chat with our Beacon Bits!
149. A Daggerheart Critmas Story | VIP Pre-Show
Check out our VIP Pre-Show of “A Daggerheart Critmas Story” as the cast adds the finishing touches to their characters with our VIP Audience and answers some burning questions!