The World of Critical Role, Liz Marsham
The World of Critical Role, Liz Marsham
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The World of Critical Role
The History Behind the Epic Fantasy

Author: Liz Marsham, Cast of Critical Role, Critical Role

Narrator: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Felicia Day

Unabridged: 10 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/20/2020

Synopsis

Dive deep into the history of the world’s most popular fantasy RPG livestream with the cast of Critical Role in this definitive guide.

From its unassuming beginnings as a casual home game between friends to the role-playing phenomenon it is today, Critical Role has become the stuff of legend. These pages chronicle how a circle of friends who all happen to be talented voice actors built the most-watched tabletop role-playing livestream of all time.

Discover richly written insights into the locations, characters, and adventures featured in the hundreds of episodes across Critical Role’s two campaigns, Vox Machina and the Mighty Nein. Go behind the scenes with exclusive interviews with Dungeon Master Matt Mercer and the entire Critical Role cast as they explore their characters’ most triumphant moments and darkest hours. And celebrate the massive community of Critters who support and expand the show’s world through a highlighted tour of the crafts, cosplay, and art they create every day.
 
Featuring a foreword from the cast and the inside story you won’t find anywhere else, this audiobook is your indispensable guide to Critical Role. The adventure begins!

About The Author

Liz Marsham writes books of all types for readers of all ages. She began her storytelling career as an editor at DC Comics and Disney Publishing. As a D&D character, she would most likely be a warlock: She can do a couple of cool things in a row, but then she needs a nap. She runs a tiny fiefdom in Southern California with her husband, son, two cats, and what she insists is a “perfectly reasonable” number of dice.Founded by veteran voice actors Matthew Mercer, Ashley Johnson, Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham, Sam Riegel, Laura Bailey, and Liam O’Brien, Critical Role has grown from a weekly improv storytelling campaign set in an ever-evolving world to a media company centered on connecting with communities in new and meaningful ways, including fiction (Critical Role: Vox Machina—Kith & Kin) and nonfiction (The World of Critical Role) books on the New York Times bestseller list, comic books (Vox Machina Origins, Tales of Exandria), graphic novels (The Mighty Nein Origins series), collectibles, tabletop and role playing games, podcasts, live events, and a critically acclaimed animated series, The Legend of Vox Machina.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jared on November 02, 2020

It’s a good dive into Critical Role. A good chunk of the book talks about the specifics of campaign 1 and 2, as well as the characters of those campaigns. For fans of Critical Role there doesn’t feel like too much new information which disappointed me. Most of the cast bios were what was said on Betw......more

Goodreads review by Evgeniya on October 29, 2020

Well, first of all, the art and the photos are stunning, you have to admit that. As for the actual content of the book... I believe the promised "deep dive" into Critical Role doesn't happen in this book. This book is not an entry guide for the people that are new to CR, it's way too spoilery - there......more

Goodreads review by Vanessa on September 17, 2020

"Everything that we've ever wanted to do in our lives is make characters and stories that people care about. And the end of this campaign was sort of the culmination of realizing that our creative dreams had come true." - Sam Riegel There's always a risk with these kinds of books that they'll gen......more

Goodreads review by Michael on October 23, 2020

An enjoyable read for any Critical Role fan. Much of the book is dedicated to the in-fiction goings on in Exandria.I would have liked to see a greater focus on the people and behind the scenes stories surrounded the CR journey. The art is lovely throughout.......more

Goodreads review by Shelleyrae on November 23, 2021

As a teen my friends and I had a brief obsession with board games, and then graduated to tabletop RPG (role play games). We made an attempt at Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, borrowing bits and pieces from someone’s uncle, but we all found it a little too complicated to make sense of on our own, so w......more

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