Critical Role is returning to Gen Con in 2025 as part of a five-city “world tour.” Variety had the exclusive details on Critical Role’s 2025 plans, which will consist of shows in Chicago, New York City, and Fishers, IN, as well as two shows in Australia. The US shows coincide with three conventions – C2E2, Gen Con, and NYCC. This marks the largest number of live shows Critical Role has held in a calendar year and coincides with the Actual Play show’s 10th anniversary.
Critical Role hosted annual live shows at Gen Con pre-pandemic but haven’t been to the tabletop convention since 2019. The new one-shot is interesting in that it uses the Daggerheart game system set to be released next year but will still be set in the world of Exandria, the setting for Critical Role‘s individual campaigns and many of its one-shots. The NYCC show will focus on Jester and Fjord’s wedding, which hints that the two characters will survive their upcoming crossover with the main campaign. In the latest episode (so SPOILERS), Fjord brushed off an attempt at a quick wedding ceremony ahead of a particularly dangerous mission.
Details on each individual show can be found below:
Chicago, April 10 (Wintrust Arena)
: CR will host a “unique live one-shot experience,” where the audience will vote to decide which of the original main campaign characters the founding members of Critical Role will play for the evening, with Mercer leading the story as game master. The founding cast will also attend C2E2 for a weekend of signings, photo ops and a panel discussion.
Sydney, June 19 (ICC Sydney Theatre) and Melbourne, June 25 (Rod Laver Arena): For each of these live one-shots, party members from two separate Critical Role campaigns – played by the founding members – will join forces as they fight a common threat, threaded together by game master Mercer. Comedian and musician Tom Cardy will emcee both events.
Indianapolis/Fishers, Ind., Aug. 2 (Fishers Event Center): This event will be Critical Role’s first one-shot set in the world of Exandria and powered by Darrington Press’s upcoming role-playing game, Daggerheart.
New York City, Oct. 7 (Radio City Music Hall): The final show on Critical Role’s tour will feature two of the Mighty Nein lovebirds, Jester and Fjord, embarking on their greatest adventure yet: marriage! The following weekend, the CR founders will attend 2025 New York Comic Con for signings, photo ops and a panel discussion.
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