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Critical Role
2x01 Curious Beginnings [1st half]

Yes, I have decided to dive in to the phenomenon that is Critical Role. (If you’ve never heard of it, or have but don’t really know what it is, I’ll spare you my introduction and let you read up for yourself.) (I’ll also spare you my usual long-winded explanation of how I first heard of it and what made me decide to start now.)

What I will say is a bit on why I decided to start here, the beginning of Campaign Two. There’s a lot of episodes of this show, and most run four hours or longer. In total, Campaign One clocks in at 450 hours, Campaign Two hits 565 hours, and there are a few spinoffs and one-shots too. Therefore, I thought I’d start with the currently-running Campaign Three and try to catch up to real-time. Then I realised that campaign is already 85 episodes in, which adds up to almost 352 hours of viewing. Even if you watched one hour a day every day, it would take almost a whole year to watch what’s already happened — by which time there’d be another 160+ hours. Plus, it seems like there’s been some debate and/or controversy about the quality of this campaign compared to previous ones.

All of which made me decide just to dive into the past and start with Campaign Two, which is one of the most-recommended jumping-on points. I just have to accept that, if I like it and keep going, it’s going to be a very (very) long time before I’m caught up…

Oh, and, as I said, the episodes are like four hours long. Ain't doin' all that in one sitting (yet).

[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]