Can Critical Role's New Show Succeed? Re-Slayer's Take Review! 

So what do you think? Are you interested in giving The Re-Slayer's Take a listen? Would you preferr it to be video instead? Let us know!

Another option for my commute to work? Great! Audio is great for driving/commuting

Video killed the radio star

I haven't listened to it yet, but I really like what I've heard about. I'm a huge fan of Worlds Beyond Number, not only due to the cast, but especially due to the shorter format and sound production.

im in for audio and video.

Excited to share it with my sprout.

I watched a lot of TAZ and Godsfall. Shorter well edited podcasts are quite immersive and can be a lot of fun.

Depends but I also listen to cr campaigns while driving or while working so it's "audio only" the question is it entertaining and engaging

Does Worlds Beyond Numbers work for Brennan/Abryia/Erika/Lou? If they tell a good story, they'll have an audience.

Im a CR fan for the last 4 years. but i only watch CR content.....watched a couple episodes of Candella and ive watch the Daggerheart stuff. I know they are trying to expand their brand and i don't blame them. I just love the cast and 5E so thats what i mainly care about. I work so it hard enough to keep up with the main show let alone the multitude of other ones they have. I will always be a Critter!

Agree with the “unknown” of it being catered to an all-ages. It’s nice you included the statistics, I was literally thinking about how many teens nowadays listen to podcasts, and I have no idea lol. It is a little weird though since you said they don’t heavily explain D&D but it caters to a younger audience, and maybe newer people? I’d think they’d wanna explain the details so teens could feel more comfortable with it, but maybe they are strictly aiming at an audience that is already aware of D&D. I’ll give it a try later today on my commute and see if I like it, I do prefer dark humor, occasional dirty joke, and even heavy concepts in character arcs so idk if this will really intrigue me or anyone else, but I’m open to try. Personally with the recent campaign being a mess, I’ve been listening to other groups more. EDIT: nvm lol it’s behind their new paywall 😅 looks like i’ll wait i guess

I love audio only. I'm enjoying worlds beyond number and it's only audio.

I haven't signed up for Beacon and I'm not sure I will. As much as I love CR, I'm on a strict budget most months. I really don't understand what the "Re" part of Re-Slayers means. I can't figure out the play on words there. I know what The Slayer's Take is, it's just the Re part I don't get. But I LOVE audio fiction, so I'd listen to it for sure.

I have listened to all of campaign 1 and 60-odd episodes of campaign as audio-only. I just don't have the time to watch that much streamed content as video. So more audio? No problem.

When i listened to CR i did it thru the podcast version on Spotify. I don't have time to watch a 3 to 4 hour show every week. An hour long one seems more doable.

Probably wont be for me, but i know people it could work for pretty well

Considering how often the actual CR falls into meandering, I love that there's a podcast with the concentrated story

they animatic short animatics for YT / Titkok

This would be something that I would be interested in but I probably won't buy a beacon subscription just to listen to this one podcast. They need more stuff like this.

I'll check it out as I typically only listen to the CR content.

Interesting they went with d&d . I still believe they won’t abandon d&d and I’m really curious if they will convert to 5.5. I applaud them for always trying new stuff to make money

I’m surprised they didn’t try to do daggerheart and promote it through the podcast instead of dnd

If they do it as a classic radio play maybe it will work, if its just 2+ hours of them talking with nothing else going on? I don't know, i don't think we have the attention span? But i wish the new kids luck

I love podcasts and listen to them in the car all the time. This also isn’t the first actual play podcast that’s family-friendly. I think what they’re probably going for isn’t kid-centric but something that you can listen to and not worry about what your kids overhear. I’ll give it a shot.

Have we seen anyone actually make money. long term, from APs outside of CR and Dimension 20?

Ill give it a crack

Sometimes, when listening to this channel, I wonder if there is any news other than Critical Role happening. I mean, it's a thing, but geeze. I love the format, but as a non Critical Role fan, it gets really hard to hit play some days. Thanks anyway.

I tend to listen to actual plays anyway. My daughter has a hard time watching for more than 30 minutes at a time, so this might make sense for her.

It's not bad it's a little more hokeier than a stinky dragon but it's still good

Having listened to the 3 episodes on Beacon, I don't think their biggest risk is the all-ages rating, I think their biggest challenge is their choice to make it more audiodrama than actual play. I really enjoyed the characters and the way they interact with each other and the world of Exandria, it felt natural... However the rest feels extremely scripted or at least re-recorded for clarity and brevity. There's no interactions between the players beyond in-game RP and the narration by the players feels very bland and isolated, which sometimes feels like they're not improvising, they're reading a script. I'm not saying it was all scripted but I could see them using segments of actual play for the in-game segments and re-recording/re-writing the way the players present their actions. I quite enjoyed it and will keep listening but I definitely wasn't expecting it to be like this since they marketed it as an actual play show and not an audiodrama with some rolling and improv occasionally.

I never understood the appeal of video actual plays anyway, who has the time to actively watch something for a 4 hours?

It might work. But it has none of what appeals to me about critical role. Nothing at all.

I will be honest. There is too much content from Critical Role for me... I dont even have time to keep up with current campaign. I didnt see Candela Obscura yet even tho I really want. I just dont have soo much free time these days. But I hope this will get audience and be a hit without me... I also hope that Critical Role will not get to the point that you would have to see or hear everything everything from then to understand what is happening in the campaign! This was the main reason I stopped to watch Marvel...

The best D&D Podcast is Tale of the Manticore is hands down. If you haven't checked ti out, you should.

It will fail.

0:31 I'll go ahead and translate TCS's shill-speak: This podcast doesn't involve any legitimate TTRPG or game, but still wants to take advantage of the TTRPG audience for their improv/radio drama hybrid. MIDST didn't garner enough of an audience to make them confident they can succeed at any programming that doesn't have at least a light "mist" of D&D steaming off its carcass.

I despise audio only. Won't be listening.