Dungeon Master

Matthew Mercer as the Dungeon Master.

The **Dungeon Master** (**DM**), or **Game Master** (**GM**), is the planner, narrator, and referee of a tabletop role-playing game.

## **Dungeon Masters of *Critical Role***

Matthew Mercer is the DM of the first, second, and third *Critical Role* campaigns and some of the special episodes as well. Other people sometimes take over as the DM for a one-shot game or miniseries. Aabria Iyengar was the Dungeon Master of *Exandria Unlimited*, marking the first time someone besides Mercer was the Dungeon Master of a full *Critical Role* campaign, albeit a miniseries. She later was Dungeon Master of the sequel, *Exandria Unlimited: Kymal*.

### **List of Dungeon Masters**

* Matthew Mercer
	+ Campaign One: Vox Machina
	+ Campaign Two: The Mighty Nein
	+ Campaign Three: Bells Hells
	+ "Critical Trolls for Extra Life" (Sx02)
	+ "D&Diesel" (Sx03)
	+ "*Critical Role* Q&A and Battle Royale!" (Sx08)
	+ "To the Poop! Goblins: A *Critical Role* *Pathfinder* One-Shot" (Sx09)
	+ "*Critical Role* Q&A and Battle Royale: Take II" (Sx10)
	+ "*Deadlands* One-Shot for MDA Charity!" (Sx11)
	+ "*Critical Role* – Level 17 Battle Royale!" (Sx19)
	+ "Critical Role One-Shot: Shadow of War – Part 1" (Sx22)
	+ "Critical Role One-Shot: Shadow of War – Part 2" (Sx23)
	+ "Critical Role One-Shot: Kobolds, Catacombs and Dragons (Oh My!)" (Sx29)
	+ "Critical Role One-Shot: Epic Level Battle Royale" (Sx30)
	+ "The Search For Grog" (Sx42)
	+ "Stephen Colbert's D&D Adventure with Matthew Mercer" (Sx43)
	+ "The Search For Bob" (Sx45)
	+ "Dalen's Closet" (Sx47)
	+ "The Adventures of the Darrington Brigade" (Sx49)
	+ "Cinderbrush: A Monsterhearts Story" (Sx51)
	+ "Doom Eternal One-Shot" (Sx52)
	+ "Diablo One Shot" (Sx54)
	+ "The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood - Part I: Death & Taxes" (Sx55)
	+ "Vox Machina vs. Mighty Nein" (Sx57)
	+ "Elden Ring One-Shot: O Ye of Little Faith" (Sx65)
	+ "Dignity: An Adventure with Stephen Colbert" (Sx67)
	+ "The Mighty Nein Reunited Part 1" (Sx73)
	+ "The Mighty Nein Reunited Part 2" (Sx74)
* Liam O'Brien
	+ "Critical Role EXTRA – Liam's Quest!" (Sx12)
	+ "Critical Role Extra – The Return of Liam!" (Sx15)
	+ "Liam's Quest: Full Circle" (Sx16)
	+ "Liam's One Shot: 'Song of the Lorelei'" (Sx36)
	+ "The Night Before Critmas" (Sx41)
	+ "The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood - Part III: The Golden Goose" (Sx62)
* Sam Riegel
	+ "Critical Role: Bar Room Blitz" (Sx21)
	+ "Critical Role One-Shot: Once Upon a Fairytale Cruise" (Sx28)
	+ "Crash Pandas: Too Trashed, Too Curious" (Sx37)
	+ "Feast of Legends" (Sx48)
	+ "Guest Battle Royale" (Sx64)
	+ "Generation Nord" (Sx72)
* Taliesin Jaffe
	+ "Critical Role One-Shot: Thursday by Night" (Sx24)
	+ "Critical Role One-Shot: Thursday by Night – Part 2" (Sx25)
	+ "Call of Cthulhu: Shadow of the Crystal Palace" (Sx46)
* Travis Willingham
	+ "Critical Role: Grog's One-Shot" (Sx26) (in-character as Grog Strongjaw)
* Marisha Ray
	+ "Trinket's Honey Heist" (Sx27)
	+ "Honey Heist 2: Electric Beargaloo" (Sx35)
	+ "Honey Heist 3: Tova’s Honeys" (Sx39)
	+ "The Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood - Part II: A Faulty Foundation" (Sx58)
	+ "A Familiar Problem: Sprinkle's Incredible Journey" (Sx68)
* Laura Bailey
	+ "Critical Role and the Club of Misfits" (Sx38)
* Mark Hulmes
	+ "Tails of Equestria One-Shot" (Sx44)
* Ashley Johnson
	+ "The Nautilus Ark: A Johnson Corp Odyssey" (Sx60)
* Brian Wayne Foster
	+ *UnDeadwood*
* Aabria Iyengar
	+ *Exandria Unlimited*
	+ *Exandria Unlimited: Kymal*
* Ashly Burch
	+ "Tiny Tina's Wonderlands One-Shot" (Sx66)
* Brennan Lee Mulligan
	+ *Exandria Unlimited: Calamity*

## **References**

1. ↑ Hype: Fall Programming Schedule on CritRole.com
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2  Dungeon Master on Wikipedia

## **External links**

* Dungeon Master on Wikipedia
* Gamemaster on Wikipedia
* Dungeon Master on The *Forgotten Realms* Wiki (note)