Critical Role’s founders won’t be making the same mistakes with The Mighty Nein

Streamlining what was originally a tabletop live-play into an animated production is not a simple task. The beauty of D&D is that you can do anything you want within the world you’re placed in, and if the DM and the players are on the same page, a story will unravel. It’s a delicious amount of freedom. Travis Willingham, one of the founders and original cast members of Critical Role, as well as executive producer behind Prime Video’s The Mighty Nein describes it to Polygon during New York Comic Con 2025 as “the anarchy of tabletop.”