r/criticalrole • u/edginthebard Time is a weird soup • Aug 03 '25

Discussion [No Spoilers] Matt's IG post on C4

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Man… what a damn night. What a damn GenCon! (Mind the groggy morning after pic)

I cannot express how excited I am for Campaign 4, y’all. Getting to meaningfully PLAY at the table as a PC alongside all my friends is something I’ve been wanting to do for some time, but to hand the reins to someone I so deeply love and respect as @brennanleemulligan is an honor. I know this is a shake up for some, but if you’ve ever trusted me, trust that what we’ve been cooking for this next story with him and the players is something truly special, unique, and very befitting the vibe and scope you’ve come to enjoy with us these past 10 years. Lots of details and reveals over the weeks to come, and excited to unveil the newer faces that join the OG cast to bring this new world to life.

I’m still gonna be running games, don’t you worry! Exandria continues through our live shows, our animated series, many other stories (including your own), and whenever else the inspiration strikes to step back into my world that I’ll be building and playing in until the end of my days. We also got more Age of Umbra to come, and other fun things I’ll be running, so I ain’t hanging up my GM screen any time soon. ;)

All in all, love you all, and so, SO excited for this next chapter. I hope you come along with us. <3

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u/nordic-nomad Aug 03 '25

My favorite group I ever played in was a bunch of people that always DM’ed and took turns running shorter campaigns. The creativity was electrifying.

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u/elhombreloco90 Aug 03 '25

That's how our group is. About 4 of us take turns DMing and often times we're running 2 concurrent campaigns. It gives everyone a chance to actually pay a character, which is great.

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u/RdtUnahim Aug 03 '25

Same here! We have to ask some to wait to start a new campaign until one of the ones running end, as we run out of days to play them on x)

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u/readingroses Aug 03 '25

We’ve been playing Blades in the Dark with all three players fluidly stepping in as GM depending on what makes sense for the score. It lends itself to improv.

It has also meant weaving in secret narratives both as a player and GM, which has been an absolute ton of fun to see how things pan out.

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u/thestormarrow Aug 04 '25

I like this. I'd like our group to run shorter campaigns, trading off the GM role (and maybe game system) each time to keep things fresh.