Critical Role Campaign Four (Web Video)
INDIANA, AUG 2 – Brennan Lee Mulligan replaces Matthew Mercer as Game Master, leading Critical Role Campaign 4 in a new world, marking a fresh direction for the series starting October 2.
- On Thursday, October 2nd, 2025, Campaign 4 will premiere with Brennan Lee Mulligan as Game Master after he signed a new three-year deal with Dropout.
- Earlier this year, Matthew Mercer signaled he would step back from the Game Master role for Campaign 4, marking the first full-length campaign without him or the world of Exandria, amid fan speculation.
- Nearly filling Madison Square Garden, Mulligan will be the Game Master for Critical Role Campaign 4, supported by his success with Dimension 20, as announced this year.
- Following the reveal, Marisha Ray said 'Everything about Campaign 4 is fresh; new world, new tone, new possibilities', and Willingham praised Mulligan's 'passion and drive for worldbuilding is infectious'.
- In the coming months, Critical Role will reveal cast and campaign details, with Mulligan hinting that the game system is 'scheduled and on route'.
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When it comes to dominating the TTRPG scene, Critical Role can’t stop, won’t stop. Having mainstreamed Dungeons & Dragons actual play, adapted their campaigns into popular animated series, and launched their own tabletop system in this year’s Daggerheart, it’d be easy to think the CR gang might be out of surprises. Then Brennan Lee Mulligan showed up.
Critical Role's Matt Mercer is giving up control of a core pillar of the crew's booming business
Critical Role's Matt Mercer is relinquishing control of their fourth campaign to D20's Brennan Lee Mulligan.Anna Webber/Getty Images for Prime VideoCritical Role's long-awaited fourth campaign kicks off on October 2.One big change is that CR's chief creative officer, Matt Mercer, will not be the game master.Mercer is handing over control of the long-term campaign to Dimension 20's Brennan Lee Mulligan.Critical Role's chief creative officer and l…
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