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Critical Role & Sagas of Sundry is a tabletop feed built around improvised story, visible game mechanics, and people thinking through play together. It moves from old-building horror to sewer reconnaissance, phoenix encounters, and roundtable discussions about what makes role-playing work.

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About Critical Role & Sagas of Sundry

Critical Role & Sagas of Sundry works like a rotating archive of tabletop play and conversation. It is dramatic, but not sealed off from the table that creates it. The actual-play episodes often begin with a sharp narrative image: a key in a lock, a garden with darkness under the flowers, a chamber gone cold, a sewer tunnel stretching farther than expected. Then the players start talking. That mix is the show’s pulse. Characters hesitate, accuse, joke, reveal secrets, and make tactical calls while the game master keeps the scene moving. In Sagas of Sundry: Madness, the mood is intimate and uneasy, built around tenants, hidden pasts, suspicious cops, a dead landlord, and a door people were warned not to open. It is horror with ordinary speech still inside it. Starter Kit shifts the frame toward teaching through play, showing how danger, rules, and table decisions shape a mission in games like Phoenix Dawn Command and D&D. A cold attack has a value. A light source helps and hurts. A map is useful until scale betrays it. The Roundtable episodes give the feed another texture entirely. There, guests discuss mechanics, genre, on-camera play, VR, cliffhangers, off-camera play, player arcs, and the strange pressures of performing a home-game art form for an audience. The conversations are loose enough to wander into notebooks, index cards, Spelljammer, or memories of getting into Dungeons & Dragons, but they keep returning to the same question: how does play become story? Fans looking only for polished fiction may find the table chatter very present. That is also the appeal. Critical Role & Sagas of Sundry lets the seams of role-playing stay audible: the joke after a tense beat, the rules call inside a scene, the craft discussion after the adventure, and the shared surprise when a choice changes everything.

Made for: Best for tabletop RPG fans who like improvised drama, horror-tinged stakes, and practical conversation about how games become stories. It also suits listeners curious about on-camera role-playing and campaign craft.

What sets it apart: The feed pairs scene-forward actual play with roundtable craft talk, so the audience hears both the finished drama and the thinking that shapes it. Its range runs from tragic horror to D&D sewers to conversations about genre, mechanics, and playing for cameras.

In their own words

Welcome to Geek & Sundry’s hub for all things RPG! Each week, our collection of deeply nerdy storytellers take you on epic journeys across the multiverse in our critically acclaimed actual play podcasts that use tabletop role-playing games to tell ever-evolving, improvised stories, including the complete collection of Critical Role’s Campaign 1. Current Season: Ten Candles: Eclipse 40 players, one game master, zero survivors. Welcome to Ten Candles: Eclipse, a captivating series based on a game of tragic horror. Join storyteller Ivan Van Norman and a rotating cast of doomed souls as they rage, rage against the dyling of the light. And then get prepared to meet some of the coolest people from…

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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Performed horror and candid craft talk show how tabletop stories are built, paced, and shared around the table.

Critical Role & Sagas of Sundry moves between performed role-playing stories and conversations about the craft behind them. The horror chapters of Sagas of Sundry: Madness build tension from an ominous box, a strange building, hidden pasts, and characters trying to decide whom…

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A forbidden black door if you crave dread; Ross Bryant if your game table needs better ears.

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  • to grow suspicious of an off-limits stairwell alongside tenants with secrets of their own
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Episodes

  1. 1

    Chapter Six: Let the Bodies Hit the Floor | Sagas of Sundry: Dread

    ·41m
  2. 2

    Chapter One: Madness Prologue | Sagas of Sundry: Madness

    ·1h 5m
  3. 3

    Game Mechanics Affecting Story | Roundtable

    ·26m
  4. 4

    Part 6: Ghost of Metal | Starter Kit - Numenera

    ·43m
  5. 5

    Past, Present, and Future with Mark Hulmes, Jasmine Bhullar, and David Nett | Roundtable

    ·25m
  6. 6

    Non-Fantasy Tropes with Jackson Lanzing, Eric Campbell, and Matt Colville | Roundtable

    ·28m
  7. 7

    Part 6: Phoenix Ascendant | Starter Kit: Phoenix Dawn Command

    ·44m
  8. 8

    Introducing: The Glass Cannon Podcast Shadowdark E2 | This Is the Gloaming

    ·1h 33m
  9. 9

    Introducing: The Glass Cannon Podcast Shadowdark E1 | Probably the Moon

    ·2h 25m
  10. 10

    Part 5: Dread in the Deep | Starter Kit: Phoenix Dawn Command

    ·38m
  11. 11

    Part 4: A Phoenix Rises | Starter Kit: Phoenix Dawn Command

    ·36m
  12. 12

    Part 3: The Ancient Price | Starter Kit: Phoenix Dawn Command

    ·39m
  13. 13

    Part 2: A Scourge of Bones | Starter Kit: Phoenix Dawn Command

    ·41m
  14. 14

    Part 1: Into the Flame | Starter Kit: Phoenix Dawn Command

    ·49m
  15. 15

    Part 5: Toward the Whispering Peak | Starter Kit - Numenera

    ·42m
  16. 16

    Part 4: The Kindness of Strangers | Starter Kit - Numenera

    ·38m
  17. 17

    Part 3: The Broken | Starter Kit - Numenera

    ·41m
  18. 18

    Part 2: Ascent to Yesterday | Starter Kit - Numenera

    ·40m
  19. 19

    Part 1: The Ninth World | Starter Kit - Numenera

    ·49m
  20. 20

    Part 6: Sewers Run with Blood | Starter Kit - Advanced D&D

    ·48m
  21. 21

    Part 5: Descent to Danger | Starter Kit - Advanced D&D

    ·40m
  22. 22

    Part 4: What's Lost Is Found | Starter Kit - Advanced D&D

    ·48m
  23. 23

    Part 3: Gangland | Starter Kit - Advanced D&D

    ·41m
  24. 24

    Part 2: A Terrible Transformation | Starter Kit - Advanced D&D

    ·42m
  25. 25

    Part 1: The Inquisitors | Starter Kit - Advanced D&D

    ·49m
  26. 26

    Part 6: An Ending is an Ending | Starter Kit - 7th Sea Edition

    ·37m
  27. 27

    Part 5: The Witch's Vendetta | Starter Kit - 7th Sea Edition

    ·42m
  28. 28

    Part 4: The Captain's Party | Starter Kit - 7th Sea Edition

    ·42m
  29. 29

    Part 3: Enter the Villain | Starter Kit - 7th Sea Edition

    ·41m
  30. 30

    Part 2: Fire on the Water | Starter Kit - 7th Sea Edition

    ·39m
  31. 31

    Part 6: The Big Bad Boss Battle | Starter Kit - D&D Edition

    ·44m
  32. 32

    Part 5: Exploration & the Unexpected | Starter Kit - D&D Edition

    ·40m
  33. 33

    Part 4: Healing & Diplomacy | Starter Kit - D&D Edition

    ·37m
  34. 34

    Part 3: Class Roles & Battle Tactics | Starter Kit - D&D Edition

    ·39m
  35. 35

    Part 2: Combat & Skill Checks | Starter Kit - D&D Edition

    ·48m
  36. 36

    Part 1: Character Creation & Introductions | Starter Kit - D&D Edition

    ·49m
  37. 37

    Chapter Two: Keep the Machine On | Sagas of Sundry: Madness

    ·32m
  38. 38

    Chapter Five: Over and Over and Over | Sagas of Sundry: Dread

    ·37m
  39. 39

    Chapter Four: What is the True Story? | Sagas of Sundry: Dread

    ·38m
  40. 40

    Chapter Three: What Goes Bump in the House | Sagas of Sundry: Dread

    ·43m
  41. 41

    Chapter Two: A Jarring Discovery | Sagas of Sundry: Dread

    ·44m
  42. 42

    Chapter One: It's Just a Camping Trip | Sagas of Sundry: Dread

    ·53m
  43. 43

    Chapter Zero: One Last Trip (International Tabletop Day) | Sagas of Sundry: Dread

    ·2h 19m
  44. 44

    Inside Ten Candles: Eclipse | Series Wrap-Up and Q&A

    ·1h 9m
  45. 45

    The Secret History of Board Games (w/ Tim Clare)

    ·59m
  46. 46

    Chapter Ten: The End of the End | Ten Candles: Eclipse

    ·4h 40m
  47. 47

    How Do Games Like DAGGERHEART Get Made? (w/ Ivan Van Norman)

    ·57m
  48. 48

    Chapter Nine: Lake of Fire | Ten Candles: Eclipse

    ·3h 24m
  49. 49

    The Rudest TTRPG Actual Play Ever?! (w/ Christopher Hastings & Joe Lepore)

    ·1h 1m
  50. 50

    Chapter Eight: An Ashen Wonderland | Ten Candles: Eclipse

    ·3h 52m
  51. 51

    Chapter Seven: A Different Approach | Ten Candles: Eclipse

    ·3h 47m
  52. 52

    The Love of Legends and Lore w/ Will Stark & Omar Timsah | Quests N’ Answers

    ·56m
  53. 53

    Chapter Six: A Voice on the Radio | Ten Candles: Eclipse

    ·3h 51m
  54. 54

    Chapter Five: Towards the Light | Ten Candles: Eclipse

    ·3h 51m
  55. 55

    The Rule of Cool w/ Ify Nwadiwe | Quests N’ Answers

    ·57m
  56. 56

    Chapter Four: Message in a Bottle | Ten Candles: Eclipse

    ·3h 28m
  57. 57

    Chapter Three: God is With You | Ten Candles: Eclipse

    ·2h 57m
  58. 58

    Lost Odyssey: Godfall | Full Presentation

    ·2h 34m
  59. 59

    Reimagining Blood on the Clocktower w/ Becca Scott | Quests N’ Answers

    ·50m
  60. 60

    Chapter Two: The Photograph | Ten Candles: Eclipse

    ·3h 28m
  61. 61

    Chapter One: The Beginning of the End | Ten Candles: Eclipse

    ·2h 37m
  62. 62

    Quests N’ Answers | Inside Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode Ep. 20

    ·56m
  63. 63

    No Gods No Masters | Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode | Episode 20

    ·1h 40m
  64. 64

    Quests N’ Answers | Inside Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode Ep. 19

    ·23m
  65. 65

    Prophet Motive | Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode | Episode 19

    ·1h 40m
  66. 66

    Building Your Own Campaign Setting w/ Johnny Stanton IV | Quests N’ Answers

    ·54m
  67. 67

    Introducing Rude Tales of Magic’s Brand New Campaign

    ·1h 15m
  68. 68

    Quests N’ Answers | Inside Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode Ep. 18

    ·21m
  69. 69

    Wanderer’s Fortune (w/ Becca Scott) | Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode | Episode 18

    ·1h
  70. 70

    Quests N’ Answers | Inside Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode Ep. 17

    ·19m
  71. 71

    Quests N’ Answers | Inside Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode Ep. 17

    ·21m
  72. 72

    The Ritual Room (w/ Becca Scott) | Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode | Episode 17

    ·1h 9m
  73. 73

    Quests N’ Answers | Inside Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode Ep. 16

    ·20m
  74. 74

    Geodepolitics (w/ Becca Scott) | Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode | Episode 16

    ·1h 22m
  75. 75

    Dungeon Master Tips (w/ Amy Vorpahl) | Quests N’ Answers

    ·1h 5m
  76. 76

    Introducing Rotating Heroes

    ·52m
  77. 77

    Quests N’ Answers | Inside Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode Ep. 15

    ·31m
  78. 78

    The Goblin Games | Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode | Episode 15

    ·1h 47m
  79. 79

    Quests N’ Answers | Inside Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode Ep. 14

    ·33m
  80. 80

    A Goblin By Any Other Name | Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode | Episode 14

    ·1h 33m
  81. 81

    Quests N’ Answers | Inside Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode Ep. 13

    ·32m
  82. 82

    Inner Demons (w/ Ross Bryant) | Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode | Episode 13

    ·1h 19m
  83. 83

    Quests N’ Answers | Inside Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode Ep. 12

    ·19m
  84. 84

    Life After Death (w/ Ross Bryant) | Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode | Episode 12

    ·1h 35m
  85. 85

    Goblin Mode Midseason Recap (Episodes 1-11) | Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode

    ·21m
  86. 86

    Introducing: Backwater Bastards

    ·1h 48m
  87. 87

    CelebriD&D with The Suicide Squad's Nathan Fillion, Michael Rooker, & Flula Borg

    ·33m
  88. 88

    Introducing: D&D Legends and Lore | The Legend of Vecna

    ·47m
  89. 89

    CelebriD&D with Game of Thrones' John Bradley (Full Version)

    ·1h 9m
  90. 90

    Quests N’ Answers | Meet the Team Behind Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode

    ·39m
  91. 91

    The Terror Squad Awakens | Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode | Episode 0

    ·1h 53m
  92. 92

    Quests N’ Answers | Inside Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode Ep. 11

    ·37m
  93. 93

    Into the Abysseum | Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode | Episode 11

    ·1h 15m
  94. 94

    Quests N’ Answers | Inside Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode Ep. 10

    ·32m
  95. 95

    Deep Trouble | Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode | Episode 10

    ·1h 35m
  96. 96

    Quests N’ Answers | Inside Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode Ep. 9

    ·25m
  97. 97

    Turbulent Skies (w/ Ify Nwadiwe) | Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode | Episode 9

    ·1h 17m
  98. 98

    Quests N’ Answers | Inside Sagas of Sundry: Goblin Mode Ep. 8

    ·22m
  99. 99

    Part 1: All Hands on Deck | Starter Kit - 7th Sea Edition

    Jason Charles Miller introduces the swashbuckling RPG 7th Sea with creator John Wick as GM.

    ·50m
  100. 100

    How to Be a Better TTRPG Player w/ Ross Bryant | Quests N’ Answers

    Hidden gem

    Host Dan Casey interviews Ross Bryant — improv comedian, MST3K writer, and Improvised Shakespeare Company performer — about TTRPGs as ritual, art form, and communal storytelling on 'Quests N' Answers.' Bryant describes his discovery of tabletop gaming through a GURPS campaign with Chicago improv friends, a group still active today and later absorbed into the Glass Cannon Network.

    ·1h 6m·4 clips
  101. 101

    Chapter Three: Open the Door | Sagas of Sundry: Madness

    Chapter Three of Sagas of Sundry: Madness continues immediately after the landlord's death, with the five tenants interrogated by police officers whose authenticity the group begins to doubt—most notably when the sergeant handcuffs Selena simply for pocketing keys.

    Apr 13, 2026·56m·3 clips
  102. 102

    Chapter Two: Keep the Machine On | Sagas of Sundry: Madness

    Chapter Two of Sagas of Sundry: Madness follows five strangers—painter Fenley, hotel director Jude Marley, actress Abigail, coder Selena, and drifter Emmett—as they meet at a rooftop party hosted by Fenley in a dilapidated apartment building, using a Jenga tower as a sanity and stakes mechanic.

    Apr 6, 2026·32m·2 clips
  103. 103

    Chapter One: Madness Prologue | Sagas of Sundry: Madness

    A narrator introduces a horror story about a gardener of stories, setting the tone for a twisted narrative.

    Mar 30, 2026·1h 5m
  104. 104

    Game Mechanics Affecting Story | Roundtable

    A roundtable discussion with game designers on how game mechanics influence storytelling in tabletop RPGs.

    Mar 23, 2026·26m
  105. 105

    Past, Present, and Future with Mark Hulmes, Jasmine Bhullar, and David Nett | Roundtable

    Hidden gem

    A roundtable on Critical Role & Sagas of Sundry brings together Mark Hulmes (High Rollers game master), Jasmine Bhullar (creator of The Out Crowd), and David Nett (lifelong D&D game master) to discuss their paths into the hobby and the demands of running TTRPG shows on Twitch.

    Mar 16, 2026·25m·1 clip
  106. 106

    Non-Fantasy Tropes with Jackson Lanzing, Eric Campbell, and Matt Colville | Roundtable

    Hidden gem

    A roundtable from Critical Role and Sagas of Sundry brings together comic book writer Jackson Lanzing, video game writer and YouTube GM educator Matthew Colville, and game master Eric Campbell to discuss non-fantasy settings in tabletop RPGs, starting with a shared obsession with a Star Trek RPG system.

    Mar 9, 2026·28m·1 clip
  107. 107

    Part 6: Phoenix Ascendant | Starter Kit: Phoenix Dawn Command

    In this episode of Starter Kit, the phoenixes face an elemental phoenix enemy in a cold chamber as they complete their first mission against the dread.

    Mar 2, 2026·44m
  108. 108

    Introducing: The Glass Cannon Podcast Shadowdark E2 | This Is the Gloaming

    Feb 27, 2026·1h 33m
  109. 109

    Introducing: The Glass Cannon Podcast Shadowdark E1 | Probably the Moon

    Feb 26, 2026·2h 25m
  110. 110

    Part 5: Dread in the Deep | Starter Kit: Phoenix Dawn Command

    Feb 23, 2026·38m
  111. 111

    Part 4: A Phoenix Rises | Starter Kit: Phoenix Dawn Command

    Feb 16, 2026·36m
  112. 112

    Part 3: The Ancient Price | Starter Kit: Phoenix Dawn Command

    Feb 9, 2026·39m
  113. 113

    Part 2: A Scourge of Bones | Starter Kit: Phoenix Dawn Command

    Feb 2, 2026·41m
  114. 114

    Part 1: Into the Flame | Starter Kit: Phoenix Dawn Command

    Jan 26, 2026·49m
  115. 115

    Part 6: Ghost of Metal | Starter Kit - Numenera

    Jan 19, 2026·43m
  116. 116

    Part 5: Toward the Whispering Peak | Starter Kit - Numenera

    Jan 12, 2026·42m
  117. 117

    Part 4: The Kindness of Strangers | Starter Kit - Numenera

    Jan 5, 2026·38m
  118. 118

    Part 3: The Broken | Starter Kit - Numenera

    Dec 29, 2025·41m
  119. 119

    Part 2: Ascent to Yesterday | Starter Kit - Numenera

    Dec 22, 2025·40m
  120. 120

    Part 1: The Ninth World | Starter Kit - Numenera

    Dec 15, 2025·49m
  121. 121

    Part 6: Sewers Run with Blood | Starter Kit - Advanced D&D

    The DM sets the scene for a stealthy sewer exploration in a D&D campaign, emphasizing fun and teamwork.

    Dec 8, 2025·48m
  122. 122

    Part 5: Descent to Danger | Starter Kit - Advanced D&D

    Dec 1, 2025·40m
  123. 123

    Part 4: What's Lost Is Found | Starter Kit - Advanced D&D

    Nov 24, 2025·48m
  124. 124

    Part 3: Gangland | Starter Kit - Advanced D&D

    Nov 17, 2025·41m
  125. 125

    Part 2: A Terrible Transformation | Starter Kit - Advanced D&D

    Nov 10, 2025·42m
  126. 126

    Part 1: The Inquisitors | Starter Kit - Advanced D&D

    Nov 3, 2025·49m
  127. 127

    Part 6: An Ending is an Ending | Starter Kit - 7th Sea Edition

    Oct 27, 2025·37m
  128. 128

    Part 5: The Witch's Vendetta | Starter Kit - 7th Sea Edition

    Oct 20, 2025·42m
  129. 129

    Part 4: The Captain's Party | Starter Kit - 7th Sea Edition

    Oct 13, 2025·42m
  130. 130

    Part 3: Enter the Villain | Starter Kit - 7th Sea Edition

    Oct 6, 2025·41m
  131. 131

    Part 2: Fire on the Water | Starter Kit - 7th Sea Edition

    Sep 29, 2025·39m
  132. 132

    Part 1: All Hands on Deck | Starter Kit - 7th Sea Edition

    Sep 22, 2025·50m
  133. 133

    Part 6: The Big Bad Boss Battle | Starter Kit - D&D Edition

    Sep 15, 2025·44m
  134. 134

    Part 5: Exploration & the Unexpected | Starter Kit - D&D Edition

    Sep 8, 2025·40m
  135. 135

    Part 4: Healing & Diplomacy | Starter Kit - D&D Edition

    Sep 1, 2025·37m
  136. 136

    Part 3: Class Roles & Battle Tactics | Starter Kit - D&D Edition

    Aug 25, 2025·39m
  137. 137

    Part 2: Combat & Skill Checks | Starter Kit - D&D Edition

    Aug 18, 2025·48m
  138. 138

    Part 1: Character Creation & Introductions | Starter Kit - D&D Edition

    Aug 11, 2025·49m
  139. 139

    Chapter Six: Let the Bodies Hit the Floor | Sagas of Sundry: Dread

    Aug 4, 2025·41m
  140. 140

    Chapter Five: Over and Over and Over | Sagas of Sundry: Dread

    Jul 28, 2025·37m
  141. 141

    Chapter Four: What is the True Story? | Sagas of Sundry: Dread

    Jul 21, 2025·38m
  142. 142

    Chapter Three: What Goes Bump in the House | Sagas of Sundry: Dread

    Jul 14, 2025·43m
  143. 143

    Chapter Two: A Jarring Discovery | Sagas of Sundry: Dread

    Jul 7, 2025·44m
  144. 144

    Chapter One: It's Just a Camping Trip | Sagas of Sundry: Dread

    Jun 30, 2025·53m
  145. 145

    Chapter Zero: One Last Trip (International Tabletop Day) | Sagas of Sundry: Dread

    Jun 23, 2025·2h 19m
  146. 146

    Inside Ten Candles: Eclipse | Series Wrap-Up and Q&A

    Jun 16, 2025·1h 9m
  147. 147

    The Secret History of Board Games (w/ Tim Clare)

    Jun 11, 2025·59m
  148. 148

    Chapter Ten: The End of the End | Ten Candles: Eclipse

    Jun 9, 2025·4h 40m
  149. 149

    How Do Games Like DAGGERHEART Get Made? (w/ Ivan Van Norman)

    Jun 4, 2025·57m
  150. 150

    Chapter Nine: Lake of Fire | Ten Candles: Eclipse

    Jun 2, 2025·3h 24m