For the past several years, the long-runningÂCritical Rolehas proven to be one of the internet’s most popular destinations for all thingsÂDungeons & Dragonswith its cast of well-known voice actors including Laura Bailey, Travis Willingham, and Ashley Johnson. The group’s ongoing campaigns and podcasts have sparked new life into the hobby of tabletop roleplaying games, and now the group is expanding even further by publishing upcoming games of their own.Critical Role has officially announcedthat the company will be launching a new publishing division devoted to tabletop games called Darrington Press. According to the official announcement, Darrington Press will be an extension of Critical Role’s love of tabletop and roleplaying games, with the company being headed by Ivan Van Norman, who has previously worked on producing and developing tabletop games and was a producer on Wil Wheaton’s online seriesÂTableTop. Matthew Mercer will also serve as one of the heads of the company as its creative advisor.
A few of the games coming from Darrington Press in the future were officially revealed inthe company’s announcement blog post. The first game from Darrington Press is calledÂUk’otoa, which is “a tactical game of semi-cooperative card play” between warring factions of sailors on the high seas. The game will be arriving in Q1 2021, followed by three other upcoming games scheduled to release throughout the rest of 2021:Critical Role Adventures,ÂSyndicult, andÂGuardians of Matrimonia.
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Critical Role started broadcasting their first campaign in 2015 on Twitch, and since then the series has taken off in popularity on YouTube, through their podcasts, and in live appearances and specials. Since then, the series has also expanded to different mediums including graphic novels, campaign books, art books, and an upcoming animated series on Amazon Prime Video.
