Critical Role Critical Role's New Show - Exandria Unlimited!

Critical Role is launching a new 8-week D&D 5E campaign on June 24th called Exandria Unlimited.

"Exandria Unlimited is the newest eight episode mini-campaign brought to you by, and existing within, the same world as Critical Role. Following a fresh-faced and freshly formed crew of characters, this adventure begins in Emon, a city still recovering from the scars of the Chroma Conclave attack nearly 30 years later."

What You Need to Know Before Watching Exandria Unlimited | Critical Role

critrole.com

The show features Matt Mercer (as a player not DM), Aabria Iyenger (who will be the DM for this show), Aimee Carrero (who currently plays She-Ra), Robbie Daymond (voice of Marvel's animated Spider-man), Ashley Johnson (co-founder of Critical Role), and Liam O'Brien (also from the main Critical Role show).


I am so hyped for this!

HYPE: Exandria Unlimited Premieres June 24th! | Critical Role

critrole.com

 

[BRayne]

Matt did guest on a pair of Dimension 20 sidequests, Escape from the Bloodkeep which was a Tolkien parody from the view of the villains where he played the Witch King expy, and Pirates of Leviathan where he played a cursed pirate.

 

[darjr]

Dungeon Master is in his twitter profile!

 

[Morrus]

DUNGEON MASTER Trademark of WIZARDS OF THE COAST LLC - Registration Number 1815460 - Serial Number 74264094 :: Justia Trademarks

fantasy role-playing games and board games, and game accessories; namely, booklets containing role-playing game scenarios, and computer game programs

trademarks.justia.com

Yes. As I said “DM“ is not a trademark. Trademarks are very specific. You have to apply for - and pay for - each one.

 

[R_Chance]

Yes. As I said “DM“ is not a trademark. Trademarks are very specific. You have to apply for - and pay for - each one.

What you mean no one has trademarked "DM"? I mean Direct Message / Direct Messaging (DMing) is so important in social media...

Sorry, I couldn't resist. We all have a jargon that applies to our jobs / hobbies and we assume everything relates to that.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

What you mean no one has trademarked "DM"? I mean Direct Message / Direct Messaging (DMing) is so important in social media...

Sorry, I couldn't resist. We all have a jargon that applies to our jobs / hobbies and we assume everything relates to that.

"Slide into your DMs" gets weird pretty fast when applied to D&D.

 

[Iry]

"Slide into your DMs" gets weird pretty fast when applied to D&D.

Matt made an infamous joke about that during a live Q&A.

 

[Parmandur]

Dungeon Master is in his twitter profile!
View attachment 138112

I don't think there is any attempt.to "de"D&D" their show, but they are pretty smart about compartmentilizing anything remotely IP related...in formal channels.

 

[Sunsword]

It is interesting that they're using the term Game Master, not Dungeon Master. The info page does say it's still D&D 5E though.

Does WotC own Dungeon Master?

 

[overgeeked]

I may not matter that much, but I always use the term Game Master, be it D&D, Savage Worlds or Call of Cthulhu. I'm never into rule system / setting specific versions of GM.

I've always liked referee or Keeper better. Any version of "master" seems too authoritarian and reminds me of the Doctor Who villain.

Anyone willing to guess at the numbers on EXU? Most of the one shots eventually do about the same as the regular campaign episodes but start slow, numbers wise. But Undeadwood kinda tanked. It went from 1.5 million for the first episode down to 480k for the finale. That finale still pulled bigger numbers than any other live/actual play streams, but it's about half to a quarter of what regular CR episodes and one shots do. I think that's because it was edited, honestly. Random episode pull, the Call of Cthulhu one shot (Oct 2019) has 2 million views and C2E123 (Feb 2021) has 1.1 million.

 

[overgeeked]

Does WotC own Dungeon Master?

Yes, they do. It's a trademarked phrase.

TESS Trademark Search.

Also, apparently someone is trying to trademark "slide into my dms".

But "DM" is not trademarked by Wizards of the Coast.