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Critical Role Concludes Campaign 3 With Epic 8 Hour Finale! New Godly EXU Announced

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Published: January 30, 2025 3:17 PM

Critical Role is wrapping up its third campaign. The acclaimed actual play show has announced an air date wrapping up a three-year-long adventure as well as the end of a chapter in Exandria's history. It is also the show's longest episode to date, clocking in at over eight hours long.

Critical Role Campaign 3's Conclusion

According to an official press release, the finale of Critical Role Campaign 3 will debut on Thursday, February 6, 2025 at 7 PM PT. It will premiere on Critical Role's streaming platform, Beacon alongside the official Critical Role Twitch and YouTube channels.

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As mentioned before, the session will conclude the story of the adventuring party Bells Hells as well as mark an impressive milestone for the actual play series reaching its tenth anniversary. As befitting such an accomplishment, the episode will be about eight-and-a-half hours long.

"This finale for Campaign 3 marks the end of one very epic chapter of Exandrian history,” said Marisha Ray, Creative Director, cast member and co-founder of Critical Role. “But while we celebrate the end of this chapter, I think it's important to know that the story continues with a simple turn of the page. I'm very excited to see what happens next in this story that remains to be written by the incredible emergent storytellers who are picking up the pen."

Ahead of the finale, there will be a be a Live Tale Gate Party at 6 PM PT until the episode begins.

Critical Role will have it's normal Campaign wrap up roundtable where the players, and viewers, will be able to discuss the game and get a peek behind the GMs screen. This discussion will not be taking place directly after the conclusion of the campaign and will instead air after the final episode of the latest EXU entry...

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What is Next For Critical Role?

Just because campaign 3 is over doesn't mean the world of Exandria is out of stories to tell. Critical Role has announced a new four-part saga, Exandria Unlimited: Divergence. As the name implies, this campaign will delve into the events of the Divergence, when the Prime Deities left Exandria in the wake of the horrific Calamity.

Exandria Unlimited: Divergence will be helmed by Dimension 20's own Brennan Lee Mulligan and feature Matt Mercer, Liam O' Brien, Jasmine Don, Alex Ward, and Celia Rose Gooding as players. The show will begin February 13 at 7 PM PT.

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Lastly, Critical Role has a charity one-shot to raise money for those affected by the Los Angeles fires. The one-shot, called Freaky Thursday, will involve the characters of Bells Hells in an interactive story, one where viewers can influence the events. All proceeds will go to the California Community Foundation Wildfire Recovery Fund, the Latino Community Foundation, and the LA Fire Department Foundation.

Freaky Thursday debuts today at 7PM PT on Beacon, Twitch, and YouTube.

Critical Role is one of the most popular Dungeons & Dragons actual play shows in the world. Across ten years of storytelling, the show has become a multimedia empire, spanning official D&D supplements, original TTRPG books like Daggerheart and Candela Obscura, as well as animated adaptations like The Legend of Vox Machina.

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