Fireside Chat — Season 1

Aired 21 May 2024 • 54 min

Join us in the tavern for our first Beacon Exclusive fireside chat with our legendary game master, Matthew Mercer!

Aired 24 June 2024 • 70 min

Our incredible creative director, Marisha Ray, joins us in the tavern for an exclusive Fireside Chat with Beacon members!

Aired 16 July 2024 • 61 min

Our fearless leader, bard extraordinaire, and true inspiration, Sam Riegel joins us in the tavern for an exclusive Fireside Chat with Beacon members!

Aired 19 August 2024 • 61 min

The immortal executive goth, Taliesin Jaffe, is stepping out of the shadows and joining us in the tavern for an exclusive Fireside Chat with Beacon members!

Aired 23 September 2024 • 59 min

The wonderfully sweet and incredibly talented Ashley Johnson is making her way to the tavern for a Beacon exclusive Fireside Chat and Q+A!

Aired 21 October 2024 • 61 min

Our guiding force and CEO Travis Willingham is making his way to the tavern for Beacon exclusive Fireside Chat and Q+A!

Aired 19 November 2024 • 59 min

The immensely talented storyteller and resident Critical Role Art Dad, Liam O’Brien is headed to the tavern for a Fireside Chat!

Aired 10 December 2024 • 60 min

Our loveable, hilarious, and remarkable friend, Robbie Daymond, is making his way to a Fireside Chat with our Beacon Bits!

Aired 21 January 2025 • 59 min

The one and only chaos-causing, dice-hoarding merch queen, Laura Bailey is heading to the Tavern for a Fireside Chat!

Aired 11 February 2025 • 78 min

Matthew Mercer is returning to the tavern for a special fireside chat to address any lingering questions from our Bells Hells campaign!

Aired 17 March 2025 • 64 min

Our incredible Game Masters from The Re-Slayer’s Take, George Primavera and Nick Williams, are heading to the tavern to answer your burning questions about The Re-Slayer’s Take and the jaw dropping conclusion of Season 2!

Aired 28 April 2025 • 62 min

Join our Wildemount Wildlings Game Master Sam Riegel as he returns to the tavern to discuss the latest adventures at Camp Wildemount, Veth's time as a game show contestant, and anything else the Beacon Discord asks about!

Aired 12 May 2025 • 72 min

Our resident weirdos Ashley Johnson and Taliesin Jaffe are making their way to the Tavern for a joint Fireside Chat to answer all your delightfully strange questions, give you the inside scoop on Weird Kids, and chat about the latest shenanigans in Critical Role land!

Aired 3 June 2025 • 70 min

Daggerheart is out in the world! Join our Senior RPG Producer Elise Rezendes and Game Designer Matthew Mercer as they answer all your burning questions and tell you everything you need to know about Daggerheart!!

Aired 14 July 2025 • 65 min

Our Lore Keepers are in the building! The all knowing Dani Carr and Jared Deiro are the guardians of narrative integrity for all of our shows and their heading to the tavern to answer YOUR burning questions! So if you've ever had a deep question about Critical Role, Age of Umbra, The Midst Cosmos, or any of our subsequent shows, these lore keepers are the ones to ask!

Aired 12 August 2025 • 64 min

Get to know iconic duo and newcomers to Darrington Press, Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford, by joining us at the tavern for a Fireside Chat! They’ll answer questions from our Beacon Discord about TTRPGs, their careers, their creative process, and more.

Aired 21 August 2025 • 66 min

Not one but TWO legendary game masters are heading to the tavern! Brennan Lee Mulligan and Matthew Mercer are here to delve into Campaign 4, discuss the west-marches format, and answer YOUR burning questions directly from the Beacon Discord!

Aired 23 September 2025 • 73 min

Is this a State of the Role? No, it's Marisha Ray and Travis Willingham taking to the tavern for a Fireside Chat! What do our CEO and Creative Director have to say about the past, present, and future of Critical Role? Ask and find out!

Aired 28 October 2025 • 63 min

It's spooky season! So let's talk with our very own spooky boy these days before Halloween. Alexander Ward is our tavern guest this evening and here to orate on everything Overture and Occtis.

Aired 24 November 2025 • 63 min

Liam O'Brien is warming up by the hearth before we take our Thanksgiving break. Get your fill of answers on everything from Campign 4's Halandil Fang to Caleb Widowgast in The Mighty Nein on Prime Video.

Aired 16 December 2025 • 66 min

Executive Producer Sam Riegel has invited Executive Producer Tasha Huo of The Mighty Nein on Prime Video to our festive fireside to talk about everything from Animation to Zadash.

Aired 6 January 2026 • 153 min

Marisha Ray will be soft hosting our first Fireside Chat of the year, we willl have a rotating retinue of crew who will join her in our tavern's hotseat by the hearth. We have producers, camera crew, editors, and more that you may recognize from off-stage yells, short cameos, and the Beacon Discord chat and they are ready your questions!

Aired 10 February 2026 • 61 min

Tyranny is getting toasty in The Tavern! Whitney Moore is here to answer your fireside questions, not only about The Soldiers' table, but her new role as host of Tale Gate!

Aired 31 March 2026 • 76 min

Luis Carazo is scheming for his appearance at The Tavern! Prepare all your burning questions, from Azune to Zerxus, for him now!

Aired 27 April 2026 • 60 min

A Titmouse two-fer in the Tavern! Studio owner Chris Prynoski and Draw Your Weapons GM Josh Knapp are ready for you to sketch up some questions for both our new actual play and animated shows!

Aired 12 May 2026 • 64 min

The OG AWNP podcasters are popping by The Tavern. Prepare your pondering questions for Liam O'Brien and Sam Riegel now!

Aired 23 June 2026