Christian Hoffer

1 week ago | enworld.org | Christian Hoffer

French RPG creator and developer François Froideval has passed away at the age of 66. Born in France, Froideval is best known for his work as an early French RPG pioneer, serving as the editor in chief for the French RPG magazine Casus Belli. He moved to the US in 1982, where he worked for TSR for four years as an assistant to Gary Gygax. Froideval co-wrote Oriental Adventures and Monster Manual 2 alongside Gygax.

1 week ago | enworld.org | Christian Hoffer

As people have been reaching out, I wanted to let everyone know that I am no longer working at Critical Role. I couldn't be happier to have worked with such an excellent group of people, who have worked so hard and passionately to create great things. While I am proud of everything the Darrington team has accomplished over the last four years, I am excited to move on to new opportunities.

1 week ago | enworld.org | Christian Hoffer

Hot take but not that hot I think: CR is done with very long campaigns. Everyone thinking C4 will be 3-4 years long but... I think that model is done. I don't think the numbers make sense anymore... their viewership dwindles over the long run and the length becomes this obstacle to getting new viewers because people don't want to put in 2000 hours of watching to catch up (and, yea, I know there's other ways to catch up).

1 week ago | nerdist.com | Christian Hoffer

Critical Role’s transformation from a plucky underdog to an established multimedia brand shows the power of TTRPGs. In March 2015, the then fledgling Geek & Sundry network aired the first episode of Critical Role, an Actual Play series featuring a group of voice actors playing Dungeons & Dragons.

1 week ago | enworld.org | Christian Hoffer

andhave a new home, joining The LA Times was the first to report on the news of the pair joining Darrington in undisclosed roles. According to the article, Perkins and Crawford were approached by Critical Role shortly after news broke that the pair were departing Wizards of the Coast.I was committed to staying with Wizards until after D&D’s 50th anniversary, which gave me lots of time to work on succession planning and exit strategies,” Perkins told the LA Times.