Critical Role Models
A podcast to learn from the greats
A conversation between two nerdy-ass podcasters, who sit around & talk about Dungeons & Dragons, specifically how you can level up your game by learning from the greats, Critical Role. We enjoyed having these conversation so much on our own, and they felt so valuable, that we wanted to share them with the world. Enjoy!
Our Story
We fell in love playing Dungeons & Dragons. Classic story of DM falls in love with player. We watched Critical Role together and we would have these fun conversation about how we could take what we were learning from CR and apply it to our home games. Then, one day, Dev had this epiphany on her drive home: why not record these conversations so others could learn from them?
We noticed that there weren't any commentary podcasts out there that deconstructions how CR does what they do. We thought this would fill a real need in the CR online community. We hope that we can help to combat the "Matt Mercer Effect" by meeting players where they are and showing steps you can take to level up your game.
Meet Josh and Dev
Josh DMs their home game, Dev runs a game for her work. We both find ways to incorporate our love for D&D into our career and daily lives.
Actor and Team Builder
Joshua Selesnick
Josh has a BA in English from Oberlin College. He fell in love with D&D and acting after college while living in the SF Bay Area. There he studied the Meisner Technique from various playhouses and intensives. He has extensive leadership and team management from Landmark Worldwide and a deep passion for personal transformation.
He is the founder of Playing for Keeps which has led him into the professional of team building and he now serves a global tech company and is proudly sharing D&D with teams across the globe.
Librarian and Fantasy Author
Dvorah Lewis
Dev has a BA in English with an emphasis on Creative Writing and a Masters in Library & Information Science. She has been able to marry her two passions by creating an active-learning exercise that blends historical artifacts with TTRPGs.
In her free time, when creativity strikes, she writes her fantasy trilogy. She has also drafted a one-shot based on her first novel. Coming to the shelves of a library near you! She is so thankful she has found D&D as an outlet to express her creativity in a way she never knew she could.
Shout Outs
Thank you to our talented contributors
Thank you Amy Santana for your art!
You can find Amy on Instagram @pastripink
And thank you to Sarah Melody Vinci for our music and for providing technical/emotional support for the podcast.