Specials

Critical Role.

This article lists the special episodes such as panel appearances, Q&A sessions, Talks Machina Live, and One Shot adventures of the Critical Role team and special guests.

Specials Set on Exandria

Some specials are considered completely canon. They include:

• "The Story of Vox Machina" (Sx06)
• "The Search For Grog" (Sx42)
• "The Search For Bob" (Sx45)
• "Dalen's Closet" (Sx47)
• "The Adventures of the Darrington Brigade" (Sx49)

Specials that take place within the world of Exandria and may or may not be canon include:

• "Critical Role Extra – The Return of Liam!" (Sx15)
• "Critical Role: Bar Room Blitz" (Sx21)
• "Critical Role: Grog's One-Shot" (Sx26)
• "Trinket's Honey Heist" (Sx27)
• "Honey Heist 2: Electric Beargaloo" (Sx35)
• "Honey Heist 3: Tova’s Honeys" (Sx39)
• "Liam's One Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (Sx36)
• "Stephen Colbert's D&D Adventure with Matthew Mercer" (Sx43)

A chronological listing of the various media content set on Exandria within the Critical Role universe is at Media Chronology.

Q&A Specials

The following are interviews/panels/Q&A sessions with either the full or partial cast:

• "How to Score a Massive Hit" (Sx01)
• "Wizard World Gaming Portland Panel" (Sx07)
• "Critical Role Q&A and Battle Royale!" (Sx08)
• "Critical Role Q&A and Battle Royale: Take II" (Sx10)
• "Critical Role's 'The Dating Game' Panel – SDCC 2016" (Sx13)
• "Critical Role Answers Your Questions at SDCC!" (Sx14)
• "Fireside Q&A with Matthew Mercer" (Sx17)
• "Talks Machina Live With Brian W. Foster And Critical Role! (SDCC 2017)" (Sx20)
• "Talks Machina: Campaign Wrap-up" (Sx31)
• "Talks Machina Fireside Special: Q&A with the Critical Role Cast" (Sx33)
• "Fireside Chat & NPC Build with Matthew Mercer" (Sx34)
• "Fireside Chat with Sam Riegel" (Sx40)
• "End of 2019 Fireside Chat" (Sx50)
• "Explorer's Guide to Wildemount Q&A and Fireside Chat with Matthew Mercer" (Sx53)
• "Critical Role Campaign 2 Wrap Up" (Sx56)

Summaries of One-Shots and Specials

Series No.	Ch. No.	Title	Airdate	Link	Run Time
C1E16a	1	"How to Score a Massive Hit" (Sx01)	15-07-09 16:00 PDT	VOD	0:50:59
A panel scheduled during San Diego Comic-Con 2015 as part of the Nerdist Conival starring the cast of Critical Role at PetCo Park.
C1E26a	2	"Critical Trolls for Extra Life" (Sx02)	15-10-03 21:00 PDT	VOD	3:08:23
Critical Rejects (affectionately titled “Critical Trolls” by our fans) featuring “Vox Moronica’s” Salty Pete, Snugglelord, Ulfgar Fireforge, and a few of the Critical Role regulars.
C1E28a	3	"D&Diesel" (Sx03)	15-10-19	VOD	0:29:45
Created as a marketing promotion for Vin Diesel's upcoming movie, The Last Witch Hunter.
C1E31a	4	"November 2015 Critmas" (Sx04)	15-11-05 19:00 PST	VOD	1:28:57
Part of "Gunpowder Plot" (1x31), which was split into its own video by Geek & Sundry due to technical difficulties.
C1E35a	5	"December 2015 Critmas" (Sx05)	15-12-10 19:00 PST	VOD	1:50:55
Part of "Denouement" (1x35), which was split into its own video by Geek & Sundry due to technical difficulties.
C1E36a	6	"The Story of Vox Machina" (Sx06)	16-01-06	VOD	0:21:44
Narrated by the Critical Role cast and illustrated by Wendy Sullivan Green, "The Story of Vox Machina" covers the party's meeting in Stilben through their acceptance of Allura Vysoren's quest to find Lady Kima of Vord.
C1E43a	7	"Wizard World Gaming Portland Panel" (Sx07)	16-02-20 14:45 PST	VOD	1:08:36
A convention panel streamed live on Twitch.
C1E43b	8	"Critical Role Q&A and Battle Royale!" (Sx08)	16-02-25 19:00 PST	VOD	3:41:10
In the first half of the episode, Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, Travis Willingham, Will Friedle, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, and Wendy Sullivan Green answer questions sent in by the audience. In the second half of the episode, Keyleth, Grog, Zahra, and Kashaw fight one another in a battle to the death.
C1E49a	9	"To the Poop! Goblins: A Critical Role Pathfinder One-Shot" (Sx09)	16-04-18 19:00 PDT	VOD	3:32:01
A special episode of Critical Role sponsored by Paizo's Pathfinder and Syrinscape. With Ashly Burch, Phil LaMarr, Ivan Van Norman, Taliesin Jaffe, Marisha Ray, and Matthew Mercer.
C1E54a	10	"Critical Role Q&A and Battle Royale: Take II" (Sx10)	16-05-26 19:00 PDT	VOD	4:30:59
In the first half of the episode, Matthew Mercer, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O'Brien, and Marisha Ray answer questions sent in by the audience. In the second half of the episode, Percy, Pike, Keyleth, and Vax'ildan fight one another in a battle to the death.
C1E58a	11	"Deadlands One-Shot for MDA Charity!" (Sx11)	16-06-25 17:00 PDT	VOD	2:50:47
A Deadlands RPG one-shot between. It was part of Geek & Sundry's 24-hour fundraising livestream for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
C1E58b	12	"Critical Role EXTRA – Liam's Quest!" (Sx12)	16-06-30 19:00 PDT	VOD	3:12:05
As the guest Dungeon Master for this campaign, Liam O'Brien leads the players—who are playing themselves—through a mundane voice acting session when extraordinary events leave them struggling to survive in a Lovecraftian horror adventure based on popular movies and video games.
C1E60a	13	"Critical Role's 'The Dating Game' Panel – SDCC 2016" (Sx13)	16-07-23 12:30 PDT	VOD	0:53:43
Based on the 1960s TV gameshow The Dating Game, this panel took place as part of the "Camp Conival 2016" events organized by Nerdist and Geek & Sundry at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con.
C1E60b	14	"Critical Role Answers Your Questions at SDCC!" (Sx14)	16-07-23 19:30 PDT	VOD	0:42:07
This Q&A panel took place as part of the "Camp Conival 2016" events organized by Nerdist and Geek & Sundry at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con.
C1E65a	15	"Critical Role Extra – The Return of Liam!" (Sx15)	16-09-01 19:00 PDT	VOD	4:55:47
In this one-shot Dungeons & Dragons adventure created by Dungeon Master Liam O'Brien, several members of the Clasp set off on a heist in Emon's recent past.
C1E94b	16	"Liam's Quest: Full Circle" (Sx16)	17-04-20 19:00 PDT	VOD	4:42:27
In this sequel to "Critical Role EXTRA – Liam's Quest!" (Sx12), Laura, Taliesin, Sam, Travis, Ashley, Marisha, and Matt find themselves lost in time after the battle against Conan O'Brien. As they continue to loop through apocalyptic versions of Los Angeles they must ask themselves what they're willing to sacrifice in order to return everything to normal.
C1E94c	17	"Fireside Q&A with Matthew Mercer" (Sx17)	17-04-25 16:00 PDT	VOD	1:59:27
Matthew Mercer sits down for a Q&A with the chat room and works with them to build a future NPC and enemy encounter.
C1E95a	18	"Talks Machina – Pants Optional Critmas" (Sx18)	17-05-02 19:00 PDT	VOD	1:26:40
Instead of the usual Q&A, the cast decided to have a Critmas session.
C1E98b	19	"Critical Role – Level 17 Battle Royale!" (Sx19)	17-05-25 19:00 PDT	VOD	3:59:03
Grog, Keyleth, Percy, Vex'ahlia, and Taryon fight one another in a battle to the death.
C1E105b	20	"Talks Machina Live With Brian W. Foster And Critical Role! (SDCC 2017)" (Sx20)	17-07-22 10:30 PDT	VOD	0:59:01
It is a live panel of Talks Machina that was recorded at San Diego Comic-Con in 2017. This episode was then broadcast a few days later in the usual Talks Machina time slot on Tuesday.
C1E110b	21	"Critical Role: Bar Room Blitz" (Sx21)	17-08-31 19:00 PDT	VOD	4:06:48
In a bustling tavern nestled on the outskirts of the winter worn village of Jorenn, an unlikely collection of misfits find themselves swept up in a bar room brawl for the ages.
C1E113a	22	"Critical Role One-Shot: Shadow of War – Part 1" (Sx22)	17-10-03	VOD	1:38:26
This episode is the first part of a one-shot taking place in the world of the Middle-Earth: Shadow of War video game.
C1E114a	23	"Critical Role One-Shot: Shadow of War – Part 2" (Sx23)	17-10-09	VOD	1:47:11
This episode is the second part of a one-shot taking place in the world of the Middle-Earth: Shadow of War video game.
C1E115b	24	"Critical Role One-Shot: Thursday by Night" (Sx24)	17-10-19 19:00 PDT	VOD	3:52:48
Taliesin DMs for the first time, leading Laura, Liam, Matt, Marisha, Travis, and Sam on a Vampire: The Masquerade game set in the Geek & Sundry offices.
C1E115d	25	"Critical Role One-Shot: Thursday by Night – Part 2" (Sx25)	17-10-26 19:00 PDT	VOD	3:24:49
Taliesen concludes his Vampire: The Masquerade campaign with the surviving characters as they find their way through the outside world.
C1E115e	26	"Critical Role: Grog's One-Shot" (Sx26)	17-11-02 19:00 PDT	VOD	3:57:43
Travis DMs for the first time, portraying Grog playing a game of "Bunions and Flagons" with Percy, Scanlan, Vax, and Vex.
C1E115g	27	"Trinket's Honey Heist" (Sx27)	17-11-09 19:00 PST	VOD	3:43:26
Marisha DMs for the first time, playing Honey Heist with Matt, Taliesin, Sam, Liam, and Brian.
C1E115i	28	"Critical Role One-Shot: Once Upon a Fairytale Cruise" (Sx28)	17-11-16 19:00 PST	VOD	4:12:37
Sam DMs for the second time, leading Amy Vorpahl, H. Michael Croner, Molly Ostertag, Noelle Stevenson, Stefanie Woodburn, and Yuri Lowenthal on a fairytale singles' cruise.
C1E115k	29	"Critical Role One-Shot: Kobolds, Catacombs and Dragons (Oh My!)" (Sx29)	17-11-30 19:00 PST	VOD	4:08:46
Matt returns to the DM chair, leading Laura, Liam, Taliesin, Travis, and special guest Jennifer Hale on a Hearthstone themed dungeon crawl.
C1E115l	30	"Critical Role One-Shot: Epic Level Battle Royale" (Sx30)	17-12-07 19:00 PST	VOD	4:44:59
Grog, Keyleth, Percy, Scanlan, and Vax fight to the death.
C1E115n	31	"Talks Machina: Campaign Wrap-up" (Sx31)	17-12-14 19:00 PST	VOD	3:53:01
Campaign Wrap-up with Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O'Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, Travis Willingham, Matthew Mercer, Brian Wayne Foster, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Will Friedle, Darin De Paul, Jason Charles Miller, and Noelle Stevenson.
C1E115o	32	"Critmas!" (Sx32)	18-01-04 19:00 PST	VOD	1:02:56
Critmas special featuring Trinket, Travis Willingham, Brian Wayne Foster, Taliesin Jaffe, Liam O'Brien, Laura Bailey and Sam Riegel.
C1E115p	33	"Talks Machina Fireside Special: Q&A with the Critical Role Cast" (Sx33)	18-01-04 19:00 PST	VOD	2:22:41
Q&A with the Critical Role Cast featuring Brian Wayne Foster, Laura Bailey, Sam Riegel, Travis Willingham, Liam O'Brien, Marisha Ray, Matthew Mercer and Taliesin Jaffe.
C2E29a	34	"Fireside Chat & NPC Build with Matthew Mercer" (Sx34)	18-08-07 19:00 PDT	VOD	1:07:39
Matthew Mercer answers questions of the audients and builds an NPC live.
C2E30a	35	"Honey Heist 2: Electric Beargaloo" (Sx35)	18-08-10 19:00 PDT	VOD	2:46:13
"Honey Heist 2: Electric Beargaloo" (Sx35) is the thirty-fifth special episode of Critical Role and sequel to "Trinket's Honey Heist" (Sx27).
C2E32b	36	"Liam's One Shot: The Song of the Lorelei" (Sx36)	18-08-31 19:00 PDT	VOD	4:37:22
Join Dungeon Master Liam O'Brien as he takes his guests through a werewolf adventure in Wildemount! The Lorelei siblings return home to discover their castle ransacked, their staff murdered, and their father missing... (With Laura Bailey, Erica Luttrell, Sam Riegel, TJ Storm, and Travis Willingham)
C2E35a	37	"Crash Pandas: Too Trashed, Too Curious" (Sx37)	18-09-21 19:00 PDT	VOD	2:53:15
Sam Riegel's raucous raccoon speedsters are hitting the road with our special Crash Pandas one-shot!
C2E39b	38	"Critical Role and the Club of Misfits" (Sx38)	18-10-25 19:00 PDT	VOD	2:47:48
Five students at the magical school of Shmogwarts escape detention and learn that they’re more than their 80s-themed archetypes!
C2E42b	39	"Honey Heist 3: Tova’s Honeys" (Sx39)	18-11-23 19:00 PST	VOD	3:10:00
Tova's back. And she's rounded up five un-bear-ably funny ladies for the ultimate caper featuring Noelle Stevenson, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Krystina Arielle, Brittany Walloch-Key, Dani Carr, Laura Bailey, and game master Marisha Ray.
C2E42c	40	"Fireside Chat with Sam Riegel" (Sx40)	18-11-27 19:00 PST	VOD	1:15:02
A kimono-clad Sam Riegel sits down with a glass of wine to answer questions from a titillated home audience, thanks to YOUR support of our recent Pablove Foundation campaign with our buddy Blair Herter!
C2E46a	41	"The Night Before Critmas" (Sx41)	18-12-21 19:00 PST	VOD	4:38:34
Special guest Julie Nathanson joins the cast of Critical Role for a hilarious "slay" ride featuring Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Matthew Mercer, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, Travis Willingham, Julie Nathanson, and Liam O'Brien as the Dungeon Master.
C2E52a	42	"The Search For Grog" (Sx42)	19-02-22 19:00 PST	VOD	4:41:09
After pulling a card from the Deck of Many Things, Grog's soul was stolen and trapped in the Plane of Pandemonium. This is the story of Vox Machina attempting to find and rescue their big buddy, Grog.
C2E63b	43	"Stephen Colbert's D&D Adventure with Matthew Mercer" (Sx43)	19-05-23 19:00 PDT	VOD	0:52:31
Matthew Mercer runs a special one-on-one D&D adventure for Stephen Colbert, shaped by the critters Red Nose Day donations! He leads Stephen through a special adventure in the Menagerie Coast in Wildemount.
C2E65a	44	"Tails of Equestria One-Shot" (Sx44)	19-05-31 19:00 PDT	VOD	3:39:19
GM Mark Hulmes guides Ashley Johnson, Markeia McCarty, Julie Nathanson, Liam O'Brien, and Roger Craig Smith through a ridiculously wholesome My Little Pony: Tails of Equestria adventure!
C2E68a	45	"The Search For Bob" (Sx45)	19-06-23 19:00 PDT	VOD	3:58:15
Vox Machina returns in this special one-shot, canonically taking place immediately following Campaign 1 and the events of "The Search For Grog" (Sx42).
C2E72a	46	"Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Crystal Palace" (Sx46)	19-07-29 19:00 PDT	VOD	4:04:52
Investigators Alexandra Elise O'Neil, Hanako Hayashi, Septimus Goodfellow, Ida Codswell, Dr. Mason Pocket, and Captain Bentley Badger attempt to survive this harrowing scenario that is set in a decadent 1890s London.
C2E76a	47	"Dalen's Closet" (Sx47)	19-08-29 19:00 PDT	VOD	4:09:44
After Vox Machina's journey to the Plane of Pandemonium, they reassemble to celebrate the wedding of Percival and Vex'ahlia in the beautiful coastal resort of Dalen's Closet, filled with warm reunions and a few new faces.
C2E79a	48	"Feast of Legends" (Sx48)	19-10-03 19:00 PDT	VOD	2:38:47
A one shot DM'ed by Sam Riegel, joined by Matt, Marisha, Liam, and Ify Nwadiwe, using sponsored promotional rules and campaign guide. The VOD was removed from the Critical Role Twitch channel and never posted on YouTube.
C2E86a	49	"The Adventures of the Darrington Brigade" (Sx49)	19-11-29 19:00 PST	VOD	4:36:11
Join Taryon Darrington as he leads the Darrington Brigade, a group of unlikely miscreants, through a dangerous journey in search of glory.
C2E88b	50	"End of 2019 Fireside Chat" (Sx50)	19-12-18 17:00 PST	VOD	1:43:52
The cast of Critical Role sits down to answer questions and play some games in a fireside chat to close out 2019.
C2E95a	51	"Cinderbrush: A Monsterhearts Story" (Sx51)	20-02-14 19:00 PST	VOD	4:35:56
Four teenagers take on the horrors of high school – hormones, social cliques, teen angst… Oh, and they’re also monsters.
C2E99a	52	"Doom Eternal One-Shot" (Sx52)	20-03-16 19:00 PDT	VOD	3:42:11
Game Master Matthew Mercer leads a horde of demons on an adventure based on the DOOM Eternal FPS.
C2E99b	53	"Explorer's Guide to Wildemount Q&A and Fireside Chat with Matthew Mercer" (Sx53)	20-03-25 19:00 PDT	VOD	1:43:52
Matthew Mercer answers questions about Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, our new campaign guide with Dungeons & Dragons, in this... special... fireside chat produced and hosted from home by Marisha Ray.
C2E126a	54	"Diablo One Shot" (Sx54)	21-02-20 14:05 PST	VOD	2:15:03
Critical Role hosts a custom Diablo-themed adventure about a band of warriors pursuing whispered rumors of something ancient and evil stirring beneath the ruins of Old Tristram.
C2E139b	55	"The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood - Part I: Death & Taxes" (Sx55)	21-05-24 17:00 PDT	VOD	3:37:05
Game Master Matthew Mercer leads a group of restaurateurs on an adventure inspired by The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood.
C2E141a	56	"Critical Role Campaign 2 Wrap Up" (Sx56)	21-06-17 19:00 PDT	VOD
Since the Mighty Nein have reached the end of their Campaign 2 adventures, the Critical Role cast sit down for a roundtable-style discussion to dive deeper into each arc and learn all the secrets.
C2E141b	57	"Vox Machina vs. Mighty Nein" (Sx57)	21-06-18 19:00 PDT	VOD	4:19:52
Legendary Exandrian heroes Vox Machina and the Mighty Nein face off in an epic TEAM DEATHMATCH! This one-shot was unlocked as part of The Legend of Vox Machina Kickstarter campaign.