If you know Dungeons and Dragons, then you’re probably familiar with Critical Role. What started as voice actors playing a home game turned into a live stream, then a media phenomenon. Through multiple years-long campaigns and hundreds of four-hour episodes, the series has transformed improv gameplay into innovative fantasy storytelling.
In November 2019, the series evolved with an animated adaptation of its first campaign, The Legend of Vox Machina. The Amazon Prime Video animated series, which began as the most funded TV Kickstarter project ever, was recently renewed for a fifth and final season, but Critical Role isn’t stopping there. An adaptation of their second campaign, The Mighty Nein, is on the way, but its new trailer reveals a huge change from the original story. Check it out below:
