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."

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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

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[silentdante]

i would think they use game master because the person running the game has control of what happens, if they get rules wrong, or want to change things.they might want to say "i know you random twitter person do it this way, but our game master does it their way" as just a slight comeback to everyone that says they are doing their fun wrong.
it's probly better for just generalization and the fact they are more a roleplay game then a dungeon delve game.

 

[robus]

Seems like a very smart play by the CR team. Showcase an apparently stellar GM, use “Matt as a player” as an additional hook, and give their channel some content while the core group regroups and Matt has some time to get a starting scenario (and initial big bad threat) worked out for campaign 3.

A bit surprised there wasn’t a subtitle as this also seems like the start of a great program of substitute content.

 

[Disgruntled Hobbit]

Dungeon Master is in his twitter profile!
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There's a difference in what people will say on their personal Twitter and what they will say in an official promo and advertisement

Using trademarked terms might lead people to mistakenly believe it is an official stream
Which is the definition of trademark infringement

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

My point was that for official advertisements and press releases, they probably tried to avoid trademarked terms
Which extended to abbreviations
Cause if you're using "game master" a bunch you're not going to abbreviate it as "DM"

"Game master" is used a lot more on critrole.com than "dungeon master"
Even "dungeons & dragons" and dungeons and dragons" are only mentioned a dozen times

 

[darjr]

Here he calls himself Dungeon Master way back in 2016 on geek and sundry

 

[Parmandur]

Here he calls himself Dungeon Master way back in 2016 on geek and sundry

But they titled the show "GM Tips." So, not anything new.

 

[Lycurgon]

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.

I don't like that Private Messages has changed to Dungeon Masters. Whenever I see DM I am often initially confused about why people are talking about D&D for a few seconds until my brain catches up.

 

[CleverNickName]

I don't like that Private Messages has changed to Dungeon Masters. Whenever I see DM I am often initially confused about why people are talking about D&D for a few seconds until my brain catches up.

In the world of civil engineering, the "DM" is the project's Design Manager. So I can relate to the confusion...it's been years, and my brain still glitches for a second or two whenever someone asks me to "check with the DM about the tunnel."

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

In the world of civil engineering, the "DM" is the project's Design Manager. So I can relate to the confusion...it's been years, and my brain still glitches for a second or two whenever someone asks me to "check with the DM about the tunnel."

Especially since you should really be checking with the dwarf.

 

[FrozenNorth]

I don’t envy Aabria for the big shoes she has to fill, but I am excited to tune into the first show.

 

[wicked cool]

Strange speculation on Sam as hes probably one of the more enthusiastic players and loves jabbing Matt . I don't think hes missed more than 1 or 2 total sessions in combined campaigns

I have a feeling this show makes a lot of money and they are all getting a piece of it

I'm glad its sometimes prerecorded with comments off

im curious how much is left in the wrapup as what I considered the wraup was kind of long

also curious as campaign one characters are going to battle campaign 2 characters