Brennan Lee Mulligan to GM Critical Role Campaign 4

Critical Role's fourth campaign will launch on October 2nd, with Brennan Lee Mulligan behind the GM Screen. Critical Role announced that Mulligan, best known as the DM for Dropout's Dimension 20, will be the Game Master for the entirety of Campaign 4. The announcement was made this evening ahead of tonight's live show in Indianapolis, with Mulligan running a campaign in a brand new world assumably created just for the show. Critical Role stated that more cast announcements and other details about the campaign, such as what game system it will use, will be revealed in the coming months.

Mulligan has worked with Critical Role in the past, with both of his Exandria Unlimited miniseries having received high praise from fans. The news is also a major shakeup as this will be the first time that a full-length Critical Role campaign has not featured Matt Mercer or the world of Exandria. Both Mercer and Exandria are "taking a break" according to a press release, although Mercer is working on a second Age of Umbra miniseries that will assumably be released sometime in 2026.

 

[overgeeked]

Todd Kenreck thinks it's Daggerheart. He doesn't say he has inside info, but he knows a ton of these people, so I wouldn't be surprised if he has gotten more hints than the rest of us.

I would be surprised and disappointed if it’s not Daggerheart. That would show a distinct lack of confidence in their own game…which would not be great for sales.

 

[Not a Decepticon]

I would be surprised and disappointed if it’s not Daggerheart. That would show a distinct lack of confidence in their own game…which would not be great for sales.

Didn't Daggerheart sold out all physical copies already?

 

[overgeeked]

Didn't Daggerheart sold out all physical copies already?

Three print runs according to Darrington Press. If CR lacks enough confidence in their own game to run it as a full campaign the customers will notice.

“It’s such a great game that you should play it while we keep playing this other game” is an atrocious sales pitch.

 

[darjr]

I’ve had some frustration with the card box. As a quick solution I’m using the insert upside down in the box and just open the box upside down. Now cards don’t slip out. I’ll try a more permanent solution later.

 

[Scribe]

alongside yesterday's announcement about Keith Baker being delivered by Todd Kenreck

Sorry what was this?

 

[overgeeked]

I’ve had some frustration with the card box. As a quick solution I’m using the insert upside down in the box and just open the box upside down. Now cards don’t slip out. I’ll try a more permanent solution later.

Yeah. A lot of people are saying the card storage is a problem. I’m probably going with a three-ring binder and card sheets (or whatever they’re called).

 

[overgeeked]

Sorry what was this?

Keith Baker and Jenn Ellis are developing a setting for Daggerheart.

“New Daggerheart World by Creators of Eberron and More: Finally, we have Keith Baker and Jenn Ellis’s new world in Daggerheart! From the minds of fan-favorite RPG worlds like Eberron and innovative tabletop games like Phoenix Dawn Command, Illimat, and the Adventure Zone Storytelling Game, Twogether Studio’s Keith Baker and Jenn Ellis are partnering with us to make their next grand world using Daggerheart. Expect thrilling worldbuilding and brilliant new player option designs from this powerhouse team.”

 

[Arilyn]

Matt will be running Age of Umbra2 so even if Campaign 4 does stick with D&D, Daggerheart is not getting abandoned. Having said this, DH as the game of choice in the next camlaign would be cool for them. (I don't actually watch Critical Role but yay for more DH).

 

[Scribe]

Keith Baker and his partner are developing a setting for Daggerheart.

Interesting!

 

[Not a Decepticon]

Matt will be running Age of Umbra2 so even if Campaign 4 does stick with D&D, Daggerheart is not getting abandoned. Having said this, DH as the game of choice in the next camlaign would be cool for them. (I don't actually watch Critical Role but yay for more DH).

If Matt will be running Daggerheart and Brennan, who had three times now ran a "side story" for Critical Role will stick to D&D, it may also send a message that now Daggerheart show is the "main" show, and D&D campaign, as a whole, is just the "side story".