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So, having learned about the existence of a Weird Kids playlist on Spotify earlier this week, I decided it was time I went back to my old hobby of recreating Critical Role's playlists on YouTube, for those that prefer to watch them there. I went through all the old ones and put back in all the songs that had been deleted and then put back on YouTube since last I checked for them, put together the new playlist as well, and then made a masterlist post on Tumblr linking to all of them. I finished in time to watch the backstage stream, but I admit by the time I went to dinner, I'd forgotten about the big announcement supposedly happening, until the Beacon notification popped up on my mobile devices. Although I ended up watching the announcement on YouTube, since of course Beacon was not loading at that moment...
I honestly didn't even think they were going to announce Campagin 4, let alone that they were going to do everything they did with it. I think we all figured that if there was a major change, it was going to be them switching to Daggerheart. But to do what they're doing instead, to have Brennan Lee Mulligan running the game, set in a completely different world, with other changes to the cast...this is more than a new campaign. This is them being a completely different show than what they've been.
And I don't think that's a bad thing. Watching the end of the campaign three, I think it must be admitted that things were getting a little stagnant, and weaker in many ways, even as the sheer scale of the ending would've made it hard to top if they'd tried another full campaign in Exandria. It might be better to leave that world to the side-shows and one-shots (and the animation) at least for a little while. Hopefully the quality and feeling of play around the table will remain intact, because that still remains their greatest strength. Also, by having Brennan Lee Mulligan with his unabashed leftism running things, in this day and age, that's also taking a position, and maybe one they need to take.
The backstage video got me really looking forward to seeing the one-shot as well. Though I'll have to wait until it hits Beacon for that.
I honestly didn't even think they were going to announce Campagin 4, let alone that they were going to do everything they did with it. I think we all figured that if there was a major change, it was going to be them switching to Daggerheart. But to do what they're doing instead, to have Brennan Lee Mulligan running the game, set in a completely different world, with other changes to the cast...this is more than a new campaign. This is them being a completely different show than what they've been.
And I don't think that's a bad thing. Watching the end of the campaign three, I think it must be admitted that things were getting a little stagnant, and weaker in many ways, even as the sheer scale of the ending would've made it hard to top if they'd tried another full campaign in Exandria. It might be better to leave that world to the side-shows and one-shots (and the animation) at least for a little while. Hopefully the quality and feeling of play around the table will remain intact, because that still remains their greatest strength. Also, by having Brennan Lee Mulligan with his unabashed leftism running things, in this day and age, that's also taking a position, and maybe one they need to take.
The backstage video got me really looking forward to seeing the one-shot as well. Though I'll have to wait until it hits Beacon for that.
