Oct. 22: Critters All Over the World

Adventurers raised money for VP Harris in the 2024 election, Critical Role traveled the world to perform live shows, and Italian game-makers took over the internet. All that and more in the Oct. 22 edition of Critical Hit News.

News You May Have Missed….

GameHole Con was this weekend, with vendors and sellers presenting their products to gamers at the convention center in Madison, WI. No big news revelations with this event, but lots of fun pictures that came out of it.

Critical Role announced several live shows for next year to celebrate CR’s 10-year anniversary. These include the first Daggerheart one-shot set in Exandria at the 2025 GenCon and shows in NYC, Chicago and Australia. The NYC show is expected to be Fjord and Jester’s wedding. A lot of the tickets will be available to Beacon members early.

Chris Perkins, one of the more prominent faces in 5e’s publishing material, was promoted to Creative Director at Wizards of the Coast. Perkins confirmed the promotion, stating that it was a more “behind-the-scenes” role and that players may not see him as much.

Wizards posted a preview of the new DM’s Screen that accompanies the Dungeon Master’s Guide. I don’t use DM screens due to playing online, but it's still nice to see it.

Travis McElroy, the “Middle-est” brother from The Adventure Zone, will appear as a guest at the Broadway-based Twenty-Sided Tavern. I would have preferred Griffin, but we’ll take what we can get.

Our Brilliant Ruin, Student Hermitage’s Victorian-inspired TTRPG about monsters and society, is getting its own comic book published by Dark Horse. OBR is a smaller game that’s made quite a bit of noise in the TTRPG community with the successful launch of its first book and the audio-drama podcast it is currently running.

The Good Time Society hosted a one-shot titled “Adventurers for Harris” on Sunday in hopes of raising funds for Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign. The game was DMed by Jasmine Bhullar (NY by Night) and included the players Sean Astin, Aabria Iyengar, Anjali Bhimani, Bex Taylor-Klaus, and Becca Scott. Players were encouraged to donate $35 or more in order to influence the game through specific voting opportunities. It’s the latest effort presented by the TTRPG community to support the Democratic candidate.

Guides and Recommendations

Why are a lot of award-winning games in the indie TTRPG space coming from Italy? Thomas Manuel from Indie RPG Newsletter has the scoop at Rascal News.

If you’re a tabletop game maker, the Tabletop Arts Fund seeks submissions for its 2025 Arts Fund and Actual Play grants. It's a good opportunity for creators and those wanting a chance to kickstart their projects. Or maybe recommend it to somebody who would really benefit from it.