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.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Polygon isn't being definitive:

Critical Role and Wizards of the Coast are still working together, and Mercer & Co.’s recently announced Campaign 4 will likely be using the D&D system like the three previous ones.

 

[TiQuinn]

Polygon is reporting that Critical Role will be using D&D for campaign 4.

DnD and Critical Role have entered the TTRPG Cold War era and I'm thrilled

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They’re saying it’s “likely” but that’s just an educated guess.

 

[overgeeked]

I'd love to know what they're basing this on...

That’s not what the article says. Here’s the quote.

“Mercer & Co.’s recently announced Campaign 4 will likely be using the D&D system like the three previous ones.”

It’s a guess, like everyone else’s.

 

[SkidAce]

That’s not what the article says. Here’s the quote.

“Mercer & Co.’s recently announced Campaign 4 will likely be using the D&D system like the three previous ones.”

It’s a guess, like everyone else’s.

I'd only say "likely" if I had some indicators or intel.

If I was guessing, I'd say "in my opinion" or "I think".

But, I've been told that I'm overly precise with words so...

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I'd only say "likely" if I had some indicators or intel.

If I was guessing, I'd say "in my opinion" or "I think".

But, I've been told that I'm overly precise with words so...

You would think commercial websites would have a similar level of ambition in their writing, but it's not always true. (Another argument for more competition in the marketplace, to raise the floor of what the audience expects.)

 

[JConstantine]

Polygon is reporting that Critical Role will be using D&D for campaign 4.

DnD and Critical Role have entered the TTRPG Cold War era and I'm thrilled

After acquiring the top DnD creative talents, Critical Role keeps expanding its hold on TTRPGs, but Wizards is ready to answer with a new strategy

www.polygon.com

People have already pointed out that it's a guess, but it's worse than that. Not only is there no official info from CR themselves, no inside knowledge, no leak, the author offers nothing backing up their claim. When people here have speculated about whether they'll use D&D or Daggerheart for C4, they've given some form of rationale for their view - "They lose viewers when they don't play D&D", "If they don't use Daggerheart, it shows a lack of confidence in their own product", etc. - this individual hasn't even had the good sense to do that. An LLM trained on ENWorld posts would churn out better slop than that article.