One of the gospels of playing Dungeons & Dragons is to never split the party. And yet, Critical Role is doing exactly that for its upcoming fourth campaign - but for a good reason. In a big change from the three previous campaigns that the titans of actual play ran, Campaign 4 will have Brennan Lee Mulligan replace Matthew Mercer as the Dungeon Master, the story is set in a brand new fantasy world of Mulligan's creation, five new players are joining the cast, and the game will be what's known as a "West March" campaign. When the campaign begins on October 2, the 13 players will split into three different groups all on their own quests (with the potential for crossover) as they traverse across the mythical land of Aramán.
"We're all fans of that kind of storytelling, whether we've watched Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, or other kinds of epic fantasy series," Critical Role's Sam Riegel tells GamesRadar+ during an interview with the cast. "It's so fun to be able to check in on characters in different phases of their journey and wonder how and when those journeys will intersect and how their quests will become one quest."
