Critical Role’s Campaign 4, Featuring Brennan Lee Mulligan as Game Master, Premieres Tonight!

The wait is over. Critical Role premieres its highly anticipated Campaign 4 tonight, ushering in a bold new era for the global storytelling phenomenon. For the first time, celebrated creator Brennan Lee Mulligan takes the seat as Game Master for the flagship series, guiding a rotating cast of 13 players through Aramán, a world outside Exandria that’s brimming with danger, wonder, and intrigue.

At the center of this tale is Thjazi Fang, a hero to some and enemy to others, whose looming execution pulls together disparate figures from across his life. As their stories collide, the campaign weaves high-stakes drama, clandestine scheming, and epic fantasy into a saga that asks: Without the gods, what great deeds now fall to us?

For the first time, Critical Role adopts a West Marches-style format in Campaign 4, with three rotating tables (Soldiers, Seekers, and Schemers) offering audiences multiple vantage points as the story unfolds. Drawing on the updated 2024 Dungeons & Dragons rules, alongside homebrew elements from famed game designers Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins, this campaign sets the stage for epic stories of survival, rebellion, and destiny.

You won't want to miss this! Check it out on Thursday, October 2, 2025, at 7:00 PM PT

Where to Watch

Campaign 4 premiere airs Thursday, October 2nd at 7pm Pacific on YouTube & Twitch (@CriticalRole)

For Beacon Members: VOD and Podcast out Thursday, October 2nd at 7pm Pacific

Beacon members will also get exclusive access to all episodes of Critical Role Cooldown for Campaign 4, where the cameras keep rolling and you get a front row seat to the cast's post-show reactions.

Rebroadcasts Friday, October 3rd at 9am Pacific on Twitch

VOD out Monday, October 6th at 12pm Pacific on YouTube

Podcast released in two parts

Part 1 Podcast out Thursday, October 9th at 5am Pacific

Part 2 Podcast out Tuesday, October 14th at 5am Pacific

Visit Critical Role’s website or follow along on Instagram at @Critical_Role, TikTok at @CriticalRole, and Critical Role’s newsletter to stay up-to-date.

Who

Helmed by award-winning creator, Game Master, and storyteller Brennan Lee Mulligan, Campaign 4 will be played using Dungeons & Dragons (2024 rules), as well as some homebrew from Darrington Press’s own Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins, and features Critical Role founders Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Matthew Mercer, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham alongside Luis Carazo, Robbie Daymond, Aabria Iyengar, Whitney Moore, and Alex Ward.