when did the first episode of critical role air
Critical Role Matthew Mercer serves as the show's Dungeon Master, running an ongoing campaign that is the basis for the show. The campaign began two years prior to the series as a one-time simplified Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition game for Liam O'Brien's birthday.[2][3] The group enjoyed this initial game so much that they continued to play, switching to Pathfinder,[4][5][6][7] and continuing their story as the Super High Intensity Team. Felicia Day had heard about their private home game from Ashley Johnson and approached the group about doing it on-stream with Geek & Sundry.[5][7] In order to streamline gameplay for the live show, the game's characters were converted from Pathfinder to Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition before the web series began airing on March 12, 2015.[8]