2025 has already been a big year for Critical Role when it comes to television, tabletop games, and books like the spicy Tusk Love and the Vox Machina - Stories Untold short story compilation. Now, another book is about to hit shelves, but it’s definitely not a romance novel aimed at adults. Sam Riegel, known for voicing Scanlan in The Legend of Vox Machina, Nott in the upcoming 2025 TV schedule release of The Mighty Nein, and a decade’s worth of streamed Dungeons & Dragons episodes, wrote an illustrated advice book called Smiley Day! about one of his many characters.
When opening up about the book, he also shared some advice for fans who are excited about all of the upcoming projects. Smiley Day, which releases on September 30, centers on the advice-dispensing empathetic robot known as Fresh Cut Grass and his efforts to help the members of Bells Hells, his chaotic group of friends. Illustrated by Thorn L. Knight, FCG may not have the best advice to apply to real life, but an important message to impart by the end. According to Riegel, he was “really excited” to get to “write something that's maybe more accessible to kids and families.”
