Critical Role ended its Campaign 2 adventure with The Mighty Nein earlier this year, but it's time for Campaign 3 to begin, and it's only a few weeks away.
As announced as part of today's State of the Role, Critical Role's third campaign will premiere on Twitch and YouTube on October 21 at 7 pm PT with a live episode. Players can expect the entire Critical Role cast to return, meaning Matthew Mercer, Ashley Johnson, Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham, Sam Riegel, Laura Bailey, and Liam O'Brien will all resume their spots as a bunch of nerdy-ass voice actors sitting around a table playing Dungeons and Dragons. Critical Role has teased to expect some new faces throughout Campaign 3, but has not announced specific guests yet.
Season 3 will see a new group of adventurers joining up in Marquet, set in the world of Exandria. Campaign 3 will take place after the events of Exandria Unlimited and the Mighty Nein campaign.
In addition to airing live on Twitch and YouTube, the premiere will also be simulcast in 20 cities in select Cinemark Theatres locations throughout the United States that night. More information can be found on Cinemark's website.
New episodes of Critical Role Campaign 3 will air, as the show previously has, on Thursdays at 7 pm PT on Twitch and YouTube. Twitch subscribers get immediate access to VODs of episodes, while they'll also be available to all others each following Monday on YouTube at 12 pm PT. The show is also available in audio form on podcast platforms.
Critical Role's second campaign ended earlier in 2021, but the group has been far from quiet since then. Exandria Unlimited, the first Critical Role limited series, recently aired and included a brand-new set of adventurers and a canon story set in the CR timeline. And Critical Role has expanded in a number of different directions beyond the weekly D&D live stream, with new shows on Twitch and YouTube, comic books, a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign, and even board games.
On the last of those, the company's new board and card game publishing arm, Darrington Press, recently released its first game, Uk'otoa, and production continues on the Vox Machina animated series that went from its impressive Kickstarter run to being picked up for multiple seasons by Amazon.
Jonathon Dornbush is IGN's Senior Features Editor, PlayStation Lead, and host of Podcast Beyond! He's a proud Critter and the dog father of a BOY named Loki. Talk to him on Twitter @jmdornbush.