Critical Role

My husband tried to get me to watch CR at the beginning of C3. I was like “why would I watch people sit around and play DnD?” Then later we listened the podcast while the car, and for whatever reason I got hooked. I went back (bc I had been a half a year behind) and rewatched and listened to every C3 episode that was out and am now on time with the new ones. Plus I have ventured to the other campaigns and LOVE them. We’ve watch the animated show together and can’t wait for the new season of that. It has also piqued my interest in playing DnD myself-though I never had before. I am even developing a story to GM. This group of people seem so genuine and fun, I wish I could be their friends in real life! lol it would rock! Thank you for sharing your story and please keep doing it!

Started playing D&D in 82 while stationed in Germany. Loved the game, I’ve been playing off and on since then. Found critical Role when I was looking for a pod cast to listen too. I’ve listen to all the sessions for both campaigns watched a few live shows. On my second time through second campaign, already went through campaign 1 again.

Let me start by saying I love this show! The storytelling aspects, the characters, and the quality voices all make this the best dnd podcast out there. Unfortunately the cast being surrounded by high gain microphones make all the other sounds amplified in a very big way. I can hear Ashley open the bag of chips and start munching and crunching away. I can hear Sam unscrew the the top of his flask and take a drink. I can hear liquid being poured into a cup. When I hear these sounds, it takes me completely out of the moment and makes me instantly turn the podcast off. I can only come back when I’m prepared to endure the sounds that I know will make me want to actually scream. Edit: Just turned off C2E42 due to them coming back from the break to Talison talking with a mouth full of food and just chewing directly into the mic. I got past that, but then the candy/snack wrapper sounds started and I just couldn’t take it. It’s literally all I hear.

I started listening at beginning of campaign 2, and campaign 3 is still great. Also enjoy the other content like Candella Obscura, and the animated series on Netflix.