Critical Role Professor DM interviews Critical Role Cast

[billd91]

For example, Matt always has elaborate 3D terrain models ready for battles—does that mean everyone knows what’s coming ahead of time, or does he really keep a vault of just-in-case builds? Probably some mix of both.

Based on the interview, we know he DOES often have some prepped encounters and terrain builds that don't make it into the game because the game heads in a different direction. That said, I'm sure some game sessions are more predictable than others and can support more reliable prep and that means less wasted prep work and the potential for more elaborate scenery.

 

[wicked cool]

Based on the interview, we know he DOES often have some prepped encounters and terrain builds that don't make it into the game because the game heads in a different direction. That said, I'm sure some game sessions are more predictable than others and can support more reliable prep and that means less wasted prep work and the potential for more elaborate scenery.

I pictured one of those bakery tray holders with finished boards which amazes me

 

[Mannahnin]

I pictured one of those bakery tray holders with finished boards which amazes me

Yeah, Travis described it as a big locked closet with tons of shelves.

 

[Parmandur]

Who are the bigger ones? How many and how many views are they getting?

Legends if Avantris, 2 billion views as opposed to Critical Role's 1.1 billion:


Notwvly, unlike CR, LoA is switching to Daggerheart.

There is a whole universe of actual plays out there: Critical Role is a successful example, but they are not alone. No one stream playing one game or another ia going to make or break anything.

 

[darjr]

Legends if Avantris, 2 billion views as opposed to Critical Role's 1.1 billion:


Notwvly, unlike CR, LoA is switching to Daggerheart.

There is a whole universe of actual plays out there: Critical Role is a successful example, but they are not alone. No one stream playing one game or another ia going to make or break anything.

Are there many others?

Also didn’t some of CRs twitter views numbers become public?

Hmmm. Looking.

 

[darjr]

Eh. I think saying they are bigger than CR based on this metric is a stretch.

I don’t recall watching or hearing about them before Todd’s video. I probably have but I def don’t remember.

 

[TiQuinn]

Based on the interview, we know he DOES often have some prepped encounters and terrain builds that don't make it into the game because the game heads in a different direction. That said, I'm sure some game sessions are more predictable than others and can support more reliable prep and that means less wasted prep work and the potential for more elaborate scenery.

I’m betting he keeps a few likely ones prepped based on where the group is going, including some pieces that he can drop in - standard swamp encounter, standard forest encounter, etc.

 

[Parmandur]

Eh. I think saying they are bigger than CR based on this metric is a stretch.

Less of a stretch than saying that actual play streams are "mostly CR", especially when WotC is talking about their impact.

It ks a big ecosystem.

 

[SlyFlourish]

Legends if Avantris, 2 billion views as opposed to Critical Role's 1.1 billion:


Notwvly, unlike CR, LoA is switching to Daggerheart.

There is a whole universe of actual plays out there: Critical Role is a successful example, but they are not alone. No one stream playing one game or another ia going to make or break anything.

I hear about Legend of Avantris a lot but I think a lot of those views are shorts, not actual liveplay campaign videos. I could be wrong, of course. Looking at their top-viewed videos, they have a handful above a million views. Critical Role has pages of videos with more than a million views.

I know there are other liveplay series out there – lots of them – but I bet it's a huge exponential curve on actual viewers per show that quickly trails off when you get out of the top three or four liveplay shows.

I think its a safe bet that Critical Role is holding the vast amount of total viewership and a handful of other shows are up there but then the tail falls off quickly.

But, if you think the others are bigger, I'm probably not going to convince you.

 

[Neonchameleon]

I did not say 'failure'. That is you using that term. I said that every other fantasy RPG based off of D&D was a 'fantasy heartbreaker' and would not be as successful or as well-known as D&D.

The thing is Daggerheart is in no sense a heartbreaker. A heartbreaker needs to break the designer's heart. And Daggerheart is successful beyond wildest expectations as can be seen by the problems keeping it on shelves (I think the goal was measured in Candela Obscura).

Here in the UK it's out of stock both in the Crit Role store and Amazon and Startplaying has it in third place behind 5e and PF2e. Despite one book, no first party adventures, and only having been out a few months.

Calling Daggerheart a fantasy heartbreaker is like calling PF1e a fantasy heartbreaker. Which ... no. Neither break their designers hearts. And Daggerheart is waaaay further from D&D than most heartbreakers; the players don't even use d20s much

Edit: by your definition Shadowrun is a fantasy heartbreaker; elves, dragons, magic, and corporate offices as a dungeon-equivalent.