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The Legend of Vox Machina

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What began as a simple game of Dungeons & Dragons for a friends’ birthday turned into a sensational actual-play series that spawned legions of fans, a record-breaking Kickstarter, and now an animated adaptation streaming on Prime Video.

Critical Role: The Legend of Vox Machina follows the heroes of the Critical Role webseries’ first campaign in an action-packed, funny, and occasionally crude adventure. Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson, Liam O’Brien, Marisha Ray, Sam Riegel, and Travis Willingham all reprise their roles as the heroes of Vox Machina. Dungeon Master Matthew Mercer doesn’t have to do every other voice in the TV show, though, as he’s joined by an all-star cast of voice actors in the series, now in its second season.

  1. Episode 4 Week 4 (The Killbox / Belly of the Beast / The Hope Devourer)
    The Legend of Vox Machina Season-Finale Recap: Up Umbrasyl’s Bumbasyl TLOVM ends its sophomore season on a somewhat unsatisfactory note despite some remarkable highlights and a trip into a dragon’s rectum.
  2. Episode 3 Week 3 (The Fey Realm / Echo Tree / A Test of Pride)
    The Legend of Vox Machina Recap: Actually, Split the Party The Legend of Vox Machina continues to smartly deviate from what happened in Critical Role.
  3. Episode 2 Week 2 (Those Who Walk Away / Pass Through Fire / Into Rimecleft)
    The Legend of Vox Machina Recap: Epic Quests and Poop Accompaniment Nothing like a black dragon to mess up your quest-completion win streak.
  4. Episode 1 Week 1 (Rise of the Chroma Conclave / The Trials of Vasselheim / The Sunken Tomb)
    The Legend of Vox Machina Season-Premiere Recap: Dragons and a Dungeon Amazon’s adaptation of the beloved Dungeons & Dragons web series seems more comfortable in its second season.

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