D&D players raise millions in real-life campaign against ‘corporate elite’ Brennan Lee Mulligan’s Dungeons and Dragons push is part of a wider trend using tabletop games for political action The Guardian - US · Jul 16
I had my doubts about Critical Role's new 13-player D&D campaign, but its latest episodes have me fully bought into its grand, ambitious promise Three parties, one city, high stakes. PC Gamer · Jun 22
Critical Role finally releases a full-scale map of Campaign 4's main city, and I'm deeply jealous to not have their personal cartographer at my table The inevitable Aramán campaign setting is gonna slap. PC Gamer · May 20
Brennan's latest trick on Critical Role is actually one he's done before—breaking with D&D tradition to let players choose when they level up, instead of just after they've taken a really good nap "A fun little way to keep things spicy." PC Gamer · Dec 19, 2025
I've watched 1000+ hours of D&D podcasts, here's what Critical Role 4 should learn from Dimension 20 and new DM Brennan Lee Mulligan Mulligan might be playing in Mercer’s sandbox, but he’s brought his own spade and he’s making different castles GamesRadar · Dec 5, 2025
One of the most shocking moments in Critical Role's 4th D&D campaign was planned from the jump—yet with enough left to chance that Alexander Ward 'did leave the table thinking I'd really f*cked up' Necr-oh no-mancer. PC Gamer · Oct 29, 2025
Critical Role's 4-episode overture had me clenching my cheeks through some of the most intense D&D I've ever seen, and I'm not convinced I'll be surviving Campaign 4 Mercy me, Brennan. PC Gamer · Oct 24, 2025
Insider Trading: Brennan Lee Mulligan On Making A Career Out Of Dungeons & Dragons We sat down with Dimension 20 creator, Brennan Lee Mulligan, as he reflects on his soaring career. Pedestrian.tv · Oct 24, 2025
Critical Role's Whitney Moore says she's 'made the mistake of thinking that I could out-troll' prank extraordinaire Sam Riegel at the table "We're in a race to the bottom to see who can be the voice of reason first." PC Gamer · Oct 23, 2025
Critical Role 4 DM Brennan Lee Mulligan confirms the D&D campaign's big bad, and I've got a feeling no amount of natural 20s is gonna beat this one I know DMs that use subtexts, and they're all cowards GamesRadar · Oct 23, 2025
Critical role 4 newcomer says she's in "a race to the bottom" with one of her co-stars: "I made the mistake of thinking I could out-troll him" Tyranny and Wicander are causing problems on purpose GamesRadar · Oct 23, 2025
Critical Role 4 fans are celebrating an easily-missed piece of D&D expertise that helped manage the 13-player chaos of the campaign's first episode Aabria Iyengar's DM experience proved very important GamesRadar · Oct 9, 2025
To celebrate Critical Role 4, Matt Mercer hid an important message to new DM Brennan Lee Mulligan inside a gifted pair of hand-forged swords "He’s just the sweetest guy of all, man. He’s the best." GamesRadar · Oct 7, 2025
Critical Role: Campaign 4's first 13-player ensemble episode is chaotic, messy, and gripping D&D—and I feel like I've just seen a magician pull a fully-formed rabbit out of a hat All my interests have aligned at once. PC Gamer · Oct 3, 2025
PC Gamer · Sep 30, 2025 Critical Role's new DM wants you to know he's absolutely fine running a D&D game for 13 people and 3 groups: 'This is my favorite thing in the world' "I have to keep reporting to people that my mental health is at an all time high."
The Guardian - AU · Sep 29, 2025 ‘Laughing at a libertarian crypto dragon? That rules’: Brennan Lee Mulligan on how Dungeons & Dragons took over the world The games master has accrued millions of fans and sold out Madison Square Garden with his shows where he plays D&D live with guests. He’s still ‘bewildered’ by the success
GamesRadar · Sep 26, 2025 Critical Role Campaign 4 is told like Game of Thrones with multiple storylines, and Matt Mercer says it tackles fantasy narratives in a "much more realistic way" Critical Role Campaign 4 adds "a really fun complexity" to its storytelling
PC Gamer · Sep 19, 2025 Critical Role's new D&D campaign trailer has given me unshakable faith that whatever Brennan Lee Mulligan does with his galaxy brain and 13 players is going to be great I have complete and unshakable faith.
PC Gamer · Aug 22, 2025 Critical Role's next D&D campaign will have 13 players and 3 parties—and I have no idea where Brennan is getting this energy from We're going West Marches, baby.
Inverse · Aug 5, 2025 The World’s Biggest D&D Campaign Is Changing Forever The world of 'Critical Role' isn't just starting a new chapter, we're in a whole new book.
PC Gamer · Aug 4, 2025 Dimension 20's Brennan Lee Mulligan will DM Critical Role's next campaign, bravely sacrificing his budding American Girl Doll shoes career and presumably a lot of sleep I promised myself I would cry but it's just not happening.
International Business Times UK · Jul 17, 2025 The Odd Reason Brennan Lee Mulligan Is Leaving Dropout - Is He Really Making Shoes For American Girl Dolls? Brennan Lee Mulligan announces he's leaving Dropout to make American Girl doll shoes — but is it real or just a viral Game Changer sketch?
GamesRadar · Mar 18, 2025 "I'm not trying to escape s**t": Brennan Lee Mulligan on why D&D isn't escapism to him The Dimension 20 DM opens up about his preferred style of game
GamesRadar · Mar 14, 2025 "He's right to think it's cool, because it is": D&D legends Matt Mercer and Brennan Lee Mulligan on Divergence, sharing worlds, and what they want next from Exandria Unlimited We catch up with Matt Mercer and Brennan Lee Mulligan post-Divergence
GamesRadar · Mar 14, 2025 Matt Mercer thanks "lifelong threat of imposter syndrome" for keeping him and Brennan Lee Mulligan grounded, despite still thinking "People like it, what the hell?" Matt Mercer and Brennan Lee Mulligan talk about how to stay cool in the limelight