A new era for Critical Role is here. Campaign 4 features a new world, a rotating cast, and a new GM with a West Marches-style campaign.
Critical Role is shaking up its formula for Campaign 4, promising fans a new world, a new cast structure, and a fresh take on its beloved tabletop roleplaying game.
They announced today that their highly anticipated next campaign will feature a new setting, a West Marches-style of gameplay, and an expanded cast that includes some new faces alongside the original founders.
A New World and an Expanded Cast
The new campaign will be set in the world of Aramán, a completely new setting outside of the familiar world of Exandria. While the eight founders – Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Matthew Mercer, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham – are returning, they’ll be joined by Luis Carazo, Robbie Daymond, Aabria Iyengar, Whitney Moore, and Alex Ward. This large cast will be led by guest Game Master Brennan Lee Mulligan.
The campaign will use the updated Dungeons & Dragons (2024 rules), with additional homebrew content from Darrington Press’s own Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins.
An Innovative Gameplay Structure
Breaking from its traditional single-table format, Campaign 4 will use a West Marches-style structure. The first four episodes, or “Overture,” will bring all 13 cast members together in intersecting scenes. After that, the story will split into three rotating tables: the Soldiers, the Schemers, and the Seekers. This approach will allow the campaign to explore overarching themes and genres from multiple perspectives.
“When creating the worlds that we build and explore in all of our content at Critical Role, we have always held strong to the belief that we should use the system that best supports the story we want to tell,” said Marisha Ray, Creative Director, co-founder, and cast member of Critical Role. “We are certainly spoiled for choice when it comes to TTRPG systems that the cast knows and loves, so we are very excited to explore more of both Daggerheart and Dungeons and Dragons in our near (and hopefully distant) future.”
How to Watch Critical Role Campaign 4
Critical Role Campaign 4 will premiere on October 2 and be available with instant access on Beacon.tv. The episodes will also stream on Critical Role’s YouTube and Twitch channels, with the video-on-demand (VOD) available for everyone the following Monday.
For those who prefer podcasts, episodes will be released in two parts: the first a week after the premiere, and the second the following Tuesday. Beacon members will also get exclusive access to Critical Role Cooldown, where the cast’s post-show reactions are captured.