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Welcome to Geek & Sundry’s hub for all things RPG! Each week, our collection of deeply nerdy storytellers take you on epic journeys across the multiverse in our critically acclaimed actual play podcasts that use tabletop role-playing games to tell ever-evolving, improvised stories, including the complete collection of Critical Role’s Campaign 1.Current Season: Ten Candles: Eclipse40 players, one game master, zero survivors. Welcome to Ten Candles: Eclipse, a captivating series based on a game of tragic horror. Join storyteller Ivan Van Norman and a rotating cast of doomed souls as they rage, rage against the dyling of the light.And then get prepared to meet some of the coolest people from around the gaming world in Quests N’ Answers, our deep dive interview series!Craving even more adventures? Past seasons include:Critical Role Campaign 1 | Vox Machina (C1E1-C115): A band of eight unlikely heroes, find themselves on a quest to save the realm of Exandria from dark magical forces in this epic saga starring Matthew Mercer, Travis Willingham, Laura Bailey, Liam O’Brien, Ashley Johnson, Marisha Ray, and Sam Riegel. The show that inspired Prime Video’s The Legend of Vox Machina animated series.Critical Role Campaign 2 | Mighty Nein (C2E1-C2E19): Set 20 years after the events of Campaign One, a group of seven adventurers coalesce on the continent of Wildemount where they discover ancient evils, sinister plots, and far more than they bargained for. Experience the rest of the story on CriticalRole.com.Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode: Three monstrous minions find themselves in charge for once when the evil necromancer they serve mysteriously disappears. Will they remain in the dungeon or venture into the light to tell their own tale? Find out on Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode with gamemaster Amy Vorpahl and cast members Jason Nguyen, Danielle Radford, and Dan Casey.Relics & Rarities: Created by Deborah Ann Woll (Daredevil, True Blood), this bold episodic fantasy story transports you to a world of magic, murder, and monsters. In a story guided by Woll, using Dungeons & Dragons as a core narrative mechanic, a crew of bold players embark on a quest to stop an unholy prophecy from coming to fruition. Special guests include Matthew Lillard, Kevin Smith, Charlie Cox, and more.Plus, we have a plethora of one-shot adventures under our CelebriD&D banner, with guest stars like Vin Diesel, Joe Manganiello, and many more!Video versions and more information available on https://www.geekandsundry.com

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Recent Reviews

Fudge fries

Why do many ads now?

Only place I can listen to the first 19 episodes of c2 of critical role, ads used to be manageable but are now randomly scattered through the episode and there are way more than there used to be. Usually I wouldn’t complain and just deal with the ads but the random placement interrupted the flow of the episode.
Meledy

10 candles

I am not usually a horror person, but I was entranced and enthralled as I listened to these two horrifying episodes as a break from the actual hellscape in which we are currently living. Thank you for the escape and the voice of the DM will live in my dreams.
Raisin bomb burglar

Harvey

I love the Critical Role and something century goblin mode season six episode one because it’s so funny at the start and I love you😘😘😘😗😗😗
MinutiaeGardens

Not the owners of Critical Role

Pretenders to the throne. They moved on, stop acting like you’re still relevant. Matthew Mercer and CR was one of the only good things to happen to y’all and it shows in how you market yourselves.
Funkyterrance

Too much banter

Has potential but the constant banter interrupts suspension of disbelief.
Psyntologist

No Longer Critical Role. Rebrand or Get Out

This was the original Critial Role podcast when they were part of Geek & Sundry. It was where people could get an audio only version of the broadcast. You need to either change the name and rebrand the channel or go create a new channel for your show instead of riding the coattails of CR.
Pallottik

Life changing

Dude! I don’t even know what to say… My life completely change once I found you guys! You guys are real people who care for the art of story telling and they are pretty freaking good at it. Keep up the good work and I will love to meet you guys in person some day!
Chaotic__one

Yucky

It might be good if you fix the audio and the missing episodes. Besides, Tales From The Stinky Dragon is better by a landslide.
LB phantom

Best Podcast

Just so good, love the distopian comedy vibe, so good lolllllll
👽alein colc👽

Just better

I don’t owe you an explanation
ch3mboi

The Phenomenon that Revived an Industry

Critical Role is the live-play DnD show that breathed new life into an entire genre of tabletop gaming. Is it true that early on some of the technical aspects were less than stellar? Yes, but folks here may forget or not know that initially these folks all played on a set for a live Twitch stream back before Twitch streaming was what it has become today. This was a hobby and a side hustle for a group of professional voice actors, but it rapidly became the reason that thousands (millions?) of people who’d never played DnD or any TTRPG were suddenly enthralled with it. Speaking for myself, I’d been a video game RPG fan in my youth (Final Fantasy FTW) but adulthood, marriage, and kids steadily robbed me of all my hobbies. Then I discovered CR on YouTube just before the pandemic. I don’t like to give too much credit to mere mortals, but Vox Machina became a companion to my long, miserable days stuck at a computer “teaching”. When I literally saw not another face all day long, I would see these doofuses and giggle along with their hijinks and thrill to their victories. For those who wonder about why the podcast cuts off suddenly after the start of campaign 2, CR had been distributing through a network named Geek & Sundry, but they started their own Critical Role Podcast Network and that’s where all their stuff has posted since then. In the meantime I believe Geek & Sundry was bought out by Realm, and they seem to be the ones who choose to put ads at the points of greatest tension in the gameplay. I’ve listened to other Realm podcasts and it’s the same way with them, too. But, if that annoys you, that’s the point, because that’s when you’re most likely to be paying attention. Don’t hate the player, hate the game. As for the sometimes repeated audio snippets, that’s a glitch on Realm’s end, which may have come from compressing the files, or their distribution software, or who knows what. I do know that the YouTube videos playback seamlessly, so you can always see them that way. And these ads are certainly less annoying that the constant barrage of Raid Shadow Legends advertising I got in 2019. Sheesh. So, to the ragamuffin band of adventurers that Matt Mercer himself later called “slapdicks”, three cheers and a huzzah!
i’m in ur walls 😘

Gooooooo

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DnD nerd🤓

🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

Best podcast known to mankind
Happy 1979

Can’t get episode 1 anymore

What happened
martincline

How is this show so popular?!

What… so you only have one mic for the whole group?! This is impossible to listen to… people talking over each other, everyone laughing over people talking… it’s just painful.
Tatharneth

Great show!

Really enjoying this, but why is the podcast not available anymore?
anunams

VOX MOCINA

amazing show, wish apple would let me listen to it
ThomasTheMedic1

Too many ads

Ads just cut off people mid sentence, audio issues with repeating sections. Ads are added in the middle of super emotional conversations that ruin it please fix this. Critical role you go back all the time to add commercials please fix the other stuff while you are there
Devilzshadow696

Yes!

Just yes!!! This group is amazing!!!
Cool guy0009

Amazing

It is amazing
Capt. Tempest

Great Podcast

But I wish you kept putting the episodes on this channel as well. Through out session 1 it was so well crafted that I had to run a similar adventure they are so fun and the book that they’ve published are great and well written that I would recommend them to all DMs. Thanks Matthew Mercer
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Dollar bill boy

It’s Thursday!!!!!!

I started listening to this channel with my dad and it was amazing I love everyone on the show and I love the characters. I recommend this to everyone I know who likes dnd
NotGriims

A classic and D&D phenomenon!

If you are a fan of D&D, or at least a little bit interested in the game. This is a great podcast to listen to! The comedy is great (Altough, the podcast IS explicit-even though the rating says otherwise) and it has actors you may know from games or movies (Matt Mercer voices Cassidy from Over Watch!), the fights are often fast paced, although the boss fights are usually much longer. The players also play characters that are surprisingly fleshed out (Atleast compared to other podcast I’ve seen), and the roleplaying aspect is amazing-They are voice actors, after all. ALSO, this podcast if from when they were part of Geek and Sundry, but then they went independent. If you want to see the other show, just look up the normal critical roll channel. Happy listening!
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Watch this now!!!

As soon as I started to listen to this podcast I loved it is is amazing and I highly suggest listening!!!!
TheGameKillr

Good podcast, but not the best

I just started listening to Critical Role recently, and so far it’s really good! I love listening to not just how the cast plays these campaigns, but the stories themselves is what amazes me. The only thing I’m disappointed at is the cursing. To be honest, I’m not quite sure how this podcast isn’t explicit (or at least in the apps I use). btw, this show is NOT copied!! Some of y’all are just dumb just thinking that!!
Turtleshrugged

Why did I wait?

Getting into this in 2023. Why did I wait so long to give this a go? It has everything you could ever ask for. Adventure, comedy, action, mystery, emotion. Mercer and cast do an absolutely fantastic job of bringing the characters and world to life.
OhKaeNearLA

Is it Thursday yet???

This show reignited my love of tabletop games.
BattMoland

Always good!

I have enjoyed Critical Role for a long time but I find myself coming back to campaign 1 over and over. Watching on YouTube was great but sometimes I find myself just wanting something long-form to listen to on the road or working around the house. The Critical Role Podcast is the perfect fit. Thanks to the cast and crew!
W1CK3DEntity

Bells Hells

I def started with campaign 3 because that’s what campaign they’re on atm. But watching vox machines on prime has me wanting to know alllllll about the troupe of misfits. I can’t wait to start this, I already know it’s gonna slap so I already gave it five stars.
hoo nose

Natural 20!

Matt Mercer, you have critically succeeded at impressing me! The podcast itself is quite amazing, and the only issues I have encountered so far were partially corrupted audio files on Episode 19. If these could be replaced, that would be great! Lovely podcast, has had a CRITICAL ROLE in my own D&D experiences. 10/5 stars. 🎲🏹⚔️🛡️🔮🐻🎲
lucaholliday2032

Great but it could better

I wish it was like the dnd lorecast
Shaggy_1996

Some of y’all are idiots 🤦🏻‍♂️

A few things before my actual review: 1. This podcast is NOT “stolen”. It is their original podcast channel from when they were with Geek And Sundry. 2. Episodes 1-9 of season one are easily found if you just search “Critical Role Season 1” in the search section. 3. Every episode from C2 E20 onward to now is in the other Critical Role channel. That being said, Critical Role is one of the better D&D podcasts out there. Maybe it’s just that it’s the first one I listened to and it’s the one that got me into D&D, but it’s still my personal favorite. Audio wasn’t great at the very beginning of C1, but stick it out. It’s worth it. Trust me. Currently relistening to it from episode 1 onward.
ManEatingMermaid

Aw Yis

This is the Geek and Sundry section of the show before they went solo. Audio is dicey in the beginning and you have to search for some episodes. Stick it out through the Whiterun story arch it’s worth it! And Campaign 2 is awesome on the other CR channel !
WerthyB

Hard to understand

Who knows if the story is good, the sound quality is horrible. Can’t hear half of what’s being said due to background noise and PCs talking over one another. Listened for about 2 minutes, never again unless someone says it gets better. Try Reckless Attack, sound is great, story is fun and unpredictable and the dm and PCs are having a lot of fun
Weee Boi

People Are Dumb

I don’t understand how people really think that this podcast is stolen. Geek and Sundry were the original producers but they switched to producing their own shows. This is an amazing podcast that people here worked hard to help produce. Be nice, and do your research before making a review
Prefer not to say nickname.

Great content, definitely not stolen.

They have two podcasts, some on one and others on the other. Not that one copied the other. So many false thoughts, when people just don’t know the origin. Either way, first D&D podcast I listened to, and still my favorite.
Marcel Marceauceau

-

Need to shift over to/search the other Critical Role podcast source. They cut ties with Geek and Sundry after episode 19 if I’m not mistaken
pmac11111111

Where’s the other episodes?

No more episodes after 19?
jdyejsns

Good

Better to listen to this campaign on Spotify easier to find episodes and they’re all in order
DnD fan102

Stupid.

Super stupid, and they copied someone else’s podcast. Literally, don’t listen to it.👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽. Plus, it’s not clean
josher the great

Pretty good

Pretty good kind of hard to focus on what character is talking or doing with so many of them
BMurph25

Note to new listeners:

Episodes 1-9 can be found at the very bottom of season 1. Unless you want to skip content, don’t start with “K’Varn Revealed”
adventure zone fannnn!!!!!!

Not for me but maybe for you

I didn’t enjoy the first few episodes because it kind of started in the the middle of the quest-ish and the audio wasn’t great. But, it had good characters and I good story. Give it a try
Delorian Time Machine

Great for filling time…also it’s not stolen.

These folks tell a fun story, and are engaging to listen to. If you like or love D&D, if you enjoy a well-produced story, or if you just have long travel stretches that you want to fill with more than talk-radio/music - here’s a fun alternative. Also, for all the commenters saying this is stolen audio, it’s really not. When CR started, they were a group playing a different TTRPG privately and were approached by Geek&Sundry to produce a D&D twitch stream. So this crew changed from the Pathfinder system to 5e and this channel was started to give an audio format to the Twitch streams. Part way into C2, they moved it to a different channel because they officially split from Geek&Sundry and became their own entity. That’s it, that is why there are two channels and why some live here and some there. G&S retains the rights to these episodes.
Thaton3guy19

I’m sorry but I have to

I know this is stolen from them but on their actual podcast I can’t find anything past Season 2 Episode 20. I might just not be looking far enough but that’s where I can’t scroll any further down so I gotta use this. Plus this is organized much nicer, I’m sorry but it is lol
Sw33pz

Stolen

Stolen audio. Grats.
wolfdagfa

Look on youtube this is the channel they upload the d&d sessions to

Yall think someone just reuploded it but if you were smart enough to look on youtube you would see that this is the same channel on youtube idiots
paladinartea

Late to the party but loving this!

I don’t have the time to play a D&D game much anymore, but listening to this podcast while working helps a lot :)
JC that's me

THIS ISN’T THE REAL CR PODCAST THIS IS STOLEN EFFORT

Why someone would poorly steal from the actual CR podcast, then re-upload their stolen audio is BEYOND me!