Specials
(2015)
Overview
Specials include one-shots, Q&As, chats, and panels.
Cast
as Dungeon Master
Episodes
Critical Role Panel: How to Score A Massive Hit 0.0
July 9, 2015
Critical Role: Critical Trolls for Extra Life! 0.0
October 3, 2015
Critical Rejects (affectionately titled "Critical Trolls" by our fans) featuring "Vox Moronica's" Salty Pete, Snugglelo…
D&Diesel 0.0
October 19, 2015
November 2015 Critmas 0.0
November 5, 2015
December 2015 Critmas 0.0
December 10, 2015
The Story of Vox Machina 0.0
January 6, 2016
Building RPG Encounters! (Game Master Tips) 0.0
January 19, 2016
How to Create Non-Player Characters for RPGs (Game Master Tips) 0.0
January 26, 2016
Preparing for the Unexpected! (Game Master Tips) 0.0
February 2, 2016
Building RPG Social Encounters! (Game Master Tips) 0.0
February 9, 2016
The Rule of Cool! (Game Master Tips) 0.0
February 16, 2016
Critical Role Panel: Wizard World Gaming Portland 0.0
February 20, 2016
RPG Etiquette! (Game Master Tips) 0.0
February 23, 2016
Critical Role Q&A and Battle Royale! 0.0
February 25, 2016
Rewarding Your Players! (Game Master Tips) 0.0
February 26, 2016
Critical Role Invades GameSpot 0.0
March 22, 2016
Critical Sloth 0.0
April 9, 2016
Critical Role x Kinda Funny: Dungeons & Dragons (1) 0.0
April 11, 2016
Critical Role x Kinda Funny: Dungeons & Dragons (2) 0.0
April 12, 2016
Critical Role x Kinda Funny: Dungeons & Dragons (3) 0.0
April 13, 2016
Critical Role x Kinda Funny: Dungeons & Dragons (4) 0.0
April 14, 2016
To the Poop! Goblins: A Critical Role Pathfinder One-Shot 0.0
April 18, 2016
A special episode of Critical Role sponsored by Paizo's Pathfinder and Syrinscape. With Ashly Burch, Phil LaMarr, Ivan …
Critical Role Q&A and Battle Royale: Take II 0.0
May 26, 2016
In the first half of the episode, Matthew Mercer, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O'Brien, and Marisha Ray answer …
Critical Role and GameSpot at E3 2016 0.0
June 16, 2016
Deadlands One-Shot for MDA Charity! 0.0
June 25, 2016
A Deadlands RPG one-shot between. It was part of Geek & Sundry's 24-hour fundraising livestream for the Muscular Dystro…
Critical Role EXTRA – Liam's Quest! 0.0
June 30, 2016
As the guest Dungeon Master for this campaign, Liam O'Brien leads the players—who are playing themselves—through a mund…
Critical Role's 'The Dating Game' Panel – SDCC 2016 0.0
July 23, 2016
Critical Role Answers Your Questions at SDCC! 0.0
July 23, 2016
Critical Role Extra - The Return of Liam! 0.0
September 1, 2016
In this one-shot Dungeons & Dragons adventure created by Dungeon Master Liam O'Brien, several members of the Clasp set …
Setting up your Gamemaster's Screen! (Game Master Tips) 0.0
October 20, 2016
Improv and the Unexpected (Game Master Tips) 0.0
October 27, 2016
Getting Players To Roleplay (Game Master Tips) 0.0
November 3, 2016
How to Customize Creatures (Game Master Tips) 0.0
November 10, 2016
Creating Magical Items (Game Master Tips) 0.0
November 17, 2016
Fixing GM Mistakes! (Game Master Tips) 0.0
November 24, 2016
Player Character Deaths (Game Master Tips) 0.0
December 1, 2016
Frequently Asked Questions about RPGs! (Game Master Tips) 0.0
March 16, 2016
How to Run an EVIL RPG Campaign! (Game Master Tips) 0.0
December 8, 2016
Creating Homebrew Content in RPGS! (Game Master Tips) 0.0
February 23, 2017
Write One-Shot RPG Campaigns! (Game Master Tips) 0.0
March 2, 2017
Roleplaying Against Type in D&D! (GM Tips w/ Matt Mercer) 0.0
March 9, 2017
How to Prevent RPG Game Master Burnout! (GM Tips w/ Matt Mercer) 0.0
March 16, 2017
Talking CRITICAL ROLE Live From WONDERCON! (Talks Machina) 0.0
April 7, 2017
Critical Role Extra - Liam's Quest: Full Circle 0.0
April 20, 2017
In this sequel to "Critical Role EXTRA – Liam's Quest!", Laura, Taliesin, Sam, Travis, Ashley, Marisha, and Matt find t…
Fireside Q&A with Matthew Mercer 0.0
April 28, 2017
Level 17 Battle Royale! 0.0
May 25, 2017
Grog, Keyleth, Percy, Vex'ahlia, and Taryon Darrington fight one another in a battle to the death.
Beyond Critical Role at MomoCon 2017 0.0
May 26, 2017
Talks Machina with Critical Role at MomoCon 2017 0.0
May 27, 2017
Talks Machina with Critical Role at SDCC 2017 0.0
July 22, 2017
Bar Room Blitz - A Sam Riegel One-Shot 0.0
August 31, 2017
In a bustling tavern nestled on the outskirts of the winter worn village of Jorenn, an unlikely collection of misfits f…
Critical Role One-Shot: Shadow of War (1) 0.0
October 3, 2017
This episode is the first part of a one-shot taking place in the world of the Middle-Earth: Shadow of War video game.
Critical Role One-Shot: Shadow of War (2) 0.0
October 9, 2017
This episode is the second part of a one-shot taking place in the world of the Middle-Earth: Shadow of War video game.
Critical Role One-Shot: Thursday By Night (1) 0.0
October 19, 2017
Taliesin DMs for the first time, leading Laura, Liam, Matt, Marisha, Travis, and Sam on a Vampire: The Masquerade game …
Critical Role One-Shot: Thursday By Night (2) 0.0
October 26, 2017
Taliesin concludes his Vampire: The Masquerade campaign with the surviving characters as they find their way through th…
Grog's One-Shot 0.0
November 2, 2017
Travis DMs for the first time, portraying Grog playing a game of "Bunions and Flagons" with Percy de Rolo, Scanlan Shor…
Trinket's Honey Heist 0.0
November 9, 2017
Marisha DMs for the first time, playing Honey Heist with Matt, Taliesin, Sam, Liam, and Brian.
Critical Role One-Shot: Once Upon a Fairytale Cruise 0.0
November 16, 2017
Sam DMs for the second time, leading Amy Vorpahl, H. Michael Croner, Molly Ostertag, ND Stevenson, Stefanie Woodburn, a…
Critical Role Panel: Pax Unplugged 2017 0.0
November 17, 2017
Critical Role One-Shot: Kobolds, Catacombs and Dragons (Oh My!) 0.0
November 30, 2017
Matt returns to the DM chair, leading Laura, Liam, Taliesin, Travis, and special guest Jennifer Hale on a Hearthstone t…
Epic Level Battle Royale One-Shot 0.0
December 7, 2017
Grog, Keyleth, Percy, Scanlan, and Vax fight to the death.
Talks Machina - Campaign Wrap-up 0.0
December 18, 2017
Talks Machina - Fireside Chat 0.0
January 8, 2018
Talks Machina - Live from WonderCon 2018 0.0
March 25, 2018
Critical Role Full Panel - C2E2 2018 0.0
April 8, 2018
Critical Role Answers Your Questions - C2E2 2018 0.0
April 8, 2018
D&D Beyond Official Theme 0.0
June 4, 2018
Talks Machina Live from San Diego Comic Con 2018 0.0
July 25, 2018
Fireside Chat & NPC Build with Matthew Mercer 0.0
August 7, 2018
Honey Heist 2: Electric Beargaloo 0.0
August 10, 2018
In a sequel to "Trinket's Honey Heist" (Sx27), Marisha returns to lead Matthew Mercer, Liam O’Brien, Taliesin Jaffe, Sa…
Liam's One-Shot: The Song of the Lorelei 0.0
August 30, 2018
Join Dungeon Master Liam O'Brien as he takes his guests through a werewolf adventure in Wildemount! The Lorelei sibling…
Visit The Slayer's Cake In Downtown Whitestone 0.0
June 17, 2017
CR: The Perfume from Critical Role 0.0
December 18, 2017
Crash Pandas: Too Trashed, Too Curious 0.0
September 22, 2018
Sam Riegel's raucous raccoon speedsters are hitting the road with our special Crash Pandas one-shot!
Critical Role and the Club of Misfits 0.0
October 25, 2018
Five students at the magical school of Shmogwarts escape detention and learn that they're more than their 80s-themed ar…
Critical Role Q&A - MCM London 0.0
October 31, 2018
Sunday Critical Role Interview @ MCM London 2018 0.0
November 3, 2018
Honey Heist 3: Tova's Honeys 0.0
November 23, 2018
Tova's back. And she's rounded up five un-bear-ably funny ladies for the ultimate caper.
Mighty Nein Intro 0.0
December 6, 2018
The Night Before Critmas 0.0
December 21, 2018
It's Christmas Eve at Santa's workshop, in the final hours of toy production. The North Pole has been hit by a violent …
The Search For Grog 0.0
February 22, 2019
After pulling a card from the Deck of Many Things, Grog's soul was stolen and trapped in the Plane of Pandemonium. This…
Stephen Colbert's D&D Adventure with Matthew Mercer 10.0
May 23, 2019
Dungeon Master Matthew Mercer runs a special one-on-one D&D adventure for Stephen Colbert, shaped by Red Nose Day donat…
Tails of Equestria One-Shot 0.0
May 31, 2019
GM Mark Hulmes guides his players through a ridiculously wholesome My Little Pony: Tails of Equestria adventure!
The Search For Bob 0.0
June 23, 2019
Vox Machina returns in this special one-shot, canonically taking place immediately following Campaign 1 and the events …
Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Crystal Palace 0.0
July 29, 2019
Investigators Alexandra Elise O'Neil, Hanako Hayashi, Septimus Goodfellow, Ida Codswell, Dr. Mason Pocket, and Captain …
Dalen's Closet 0.0
August 29, 2019
After Vox Machina's journey to the Plane of Pandemonium, they reassemble to celebrate the wedding of Percival and Vex'a…
Feast of Legends 0.0
October 3, 2019
A very funny one shot DM'ed by Sam Riegel using Wendys sponsored promotional rules and campaign guide Feast of Legends.
Travis Willingham's Spooktacular 0.0
October 10, 2019
UnDeadwood: Stay Close, Reverend (1) 0.0
October 18, 2019
UnDeadwood: God Don't Play Cards (2) 0.0
October 25, 2019
UnDeadwood: I Got My Wish (3) 0.0
November 1, 2019
UnDeadwood: Goodnight, Miss Miriam (4) 0.0
November 15, 2019
The Adventures of the Darrington Brigade 0.0
November 29, 2019
Join Taryon Darrington as he leads the Darrington Brigade, a group of unlikely miscreants, through a dangerous journey …
Cinderbrush: A Monsterhearts Story 0.0
February 14, 2020
Welcome to the special Valentine's Day Monsterhearts one-shot! Four teenagers take on the horrors of high school - horm…
DOOM Eternal One-Shot 0.0
March 16, 2020
Game Master Matthew Mercer leads a horde of demons on an adventure based on the DOOM Eternal FPS.
Mighty Vibes Vol 1: Lo-fi Beats to Doodle To 0.0
April 26, 2020
Mighty Vibes Vol 2: Chill Tunes to Study/Transcribe Magic To 0.0
May 24, 2020
Mighty Vibes Vol 3: Chill Tunes to Drink Tea/Meditate To 0.0
July 12, 2020
Mighty Vibes Vol 4: Lofi Beats for Best Buddies to Listen To 0.0
February 12, 2021
BlizzConline Presents: A Critical Role Diablo Campaign 0.0
February 20, 2021
Mighty Vibes Vol 5: Lofi Beats with a Light Breeze [Zephrah Radio] 0.0
January 11, 2021
The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood - Death & Taxes (1) 0.0
May 24, 2021
Campaign 2 Wrap Up 0.0
June 17, 2021
Now that the Mighty Nein's Campaign 2 adventures have come to an end, the cast sits down for a roundtable discussion of…
Vox Machina vs. Mighty Nein 0.0
June 18, 2021
Legendary Exandrian heroes Vox Machina and the Mighty Nein face off in an epic TEAM DEATHMATCH!
The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood - A Faulty Foundation (2) 0.0
August 19, 2021
The Nautilus Ark: A Johnson Corp Odyssey 0.0
September 9, 2021
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 …
Mighty Vibes Vol 6 - Lofi Beats to Study with Your Twin to 0.0
September 24, 2021
Exandria: An Intimate History 0.0
October 13, 2021
The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood - The Golden Goose (3) 0.0
October 26, 2021
Dungeons & Dragons: Vox Style 0.0
September 15, 2014
Guest Battle Royale 0.0
January 27, 2022
Elden Ring One-Shot: O Ye of Little Faith 0.0
March 1, 2022
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands One-shot 0.0
March 28, 2022
Dignity: An Adventure with Stephen Colbert 0.0
April 28, 2022
Game Master Matthew Mercer guides an adventure shaped by Critter donations to the Critical Role Foundation for Red Nose…
One Shot – A Familiar Problem: Sprinkle’s Incredible Journey 0.0
June 23, 2022
New Animated Campaign 3 Opening Title | It’s Thursday Night (Critical Role Theme) 0.0
July 1, 2022
San Diego Comic-Con 2022 - Critical Role Q&A Panel 0.0
July 24, 2022
Generation Nord One-Shot 0.0
November 8, 2022
Sponsored by NordVPN, the players were led by game master and sponsorship legend Sam Riegel on a journey through the in…
The Mighty Nein Reunited: Unfinished Business (1) 0.0
November 17, 2022
Picking up several months after the events in Cognouza, The Mighty Nein have all started new chapters in their lives. H…
The Mighty Nein Reunited: Uk'otoa Unleashed (2) 0.0
December 1, 2022
The reunion isn't over yet! Picking up several months after the events in Cognouza, our unsung heroes have all started …
The Legend of Zelda One-Shot - Lookout, Here We Come! 0.0
May 30, 2023
Fireside Chat with Sam Riegel 0.0
November 27, 2018
A kimono-clad Sam Riegel sits down with a glass of wine to answer questions from a titillated home audience, thanks to …
Exandria: An Intimate Appendix | Ruidus and the Gods 0.0
March 16, 2023
Explorer's Guide to Wildemount Q&A and Fireside Chat with Matthew Mercer 0.0
March 25, 2020
Matthew Mercer answers questions about Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, our new campaign guide with Dungeons & Dragons, …
End of 2019 Fireside Chat 0.0
December 18, 2019
The cast of Critical Role sits down to answer questions and play some games in a fireside chat to close out 2019.
San Diego Comic-Con 2023 | Critical Role: Fireside Chat & Cast Q&A 0.0
July 31, 2023
Mortal Kombat 1 One-Shot | Sindel Vs. The Realms 0.0
September 21, 2023
Let's Play Queen By Midnight! 0.0
September 12, 2023
The Mighty Nein Reunion: Echoes of the Solstice 0.0
October 26, 2023
Live from Wembley Arena in London, UK! In the wake of the chaos after the Apogee Solstice, The Mighty Nein join forces …
Persona 5 Tactica One-Shot 0.0
November 18, 2023
Choose Their Adventure...Again! Critical Role Foundation One-Shot to benefit Red Nose Day 0.0
November 29, 2023
Critical Role: Sick Day 0.0
January 18, 2024
Critical Role takes a sick day! With some of the cast out sick the healthy cast does a live stream in their comfiest cl…
Critical Role Creates Characters in Daggerheart 0.0
March 12, 2024
Critical Role plays Daggerheart 0.0
March 12, 2024
Fireside Chat LIVE with Matthew Mercer 0.0
May 21, 2024
Join us in the tavern for our first Beacon Exclusive fireside chat with our legendary game master, Matthew Mercer!
The Menagerie Levels Up with Daggerheart! 0.0
May 14, 2024
The Menagerie characters level up to level 4 after the events of their first one-shot! Watch as the adventurers gain mo…
The Menagerie Returns! 0.0
May 30, 2024
The Menagerie returns! Join game master Matthew Mercer as he leads the cast of Critical Role through a LIVE One-Shot us…
The Menagerie Levels Up! | Levels 4-6 | Daggerheart | Open Beta 0.0
June 13, 2024
The Menagerie characters level up through Levels 5 and 6 after the events of their latest one-shot! Watch as the advent…
Game Masters of Exandria Roundtable 0.0
June 28, 2022
Exandrian GMs sit down for a roundtable discussion of their experiences and best practices for game mastering in Critic…