The Critshow
The Critshow is an actual play podcast where a group of friends use tabletop role-playing games to walk the line between humour, horror and heart.
Focused on character-driven storytelling, The Critshow features a variety of systems, from pulse-pounding horror to high fantasy to fast-paced sci-fi and beyond. Whether you’re a seasoned gamer or new to TTRPGs, The Critshow offers engaging narratives, hilarious moments, and captivating arcs that will keep you coming back every Wednesday.
Seasons 1-6: The Other Side of the Coin - Three friends find themselves as the last line of defence between the everyday world and the things that go bump in the night. Using Monster of the Week and other Powered by the Apocalypse games, the team works to save the Omniverse in this dimension hopping story.
Season 7: The Clockwinders – Cadvini is in peril and it’s up to a group of Clockwinders in training to rediscover and repair the movement cores to save their world from the looming threat of destruction by fire, frost, and Fey. Using the Fate system in a world where there are eons of lost history, players unlock a world’s worth of mysterious lore.
The Critshow is edited and produced by Brandon (Rev) Wentz with music by Jake Pierle.
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Awards
Winners of, Best Comedy, Indy Popcon Podcast Awards, Best Games/Hobbies Podcast, Indy Popcon Podcast Awards Nominated for, Multiple years in The Audio Verse Awards, the Crit Awards, and New Jersey Web Fest Actual Play Awards in the categories of Best Actual Play, Best Comedy, and Best GMing.
Press
I just started the actual play podcast The Critshow and it’s very sharp… The players have good chemistry and table sense but special shout-out the GM Rev for keeping things moving, presenting smart hard choices, and illustrating how to GM a 7-9 result better than I’ve ever really understood it before.” – John Rogers (creator of Leverage, The Librarians, Jackie Chan Adventures)
“The Critshow has some of the finest Monster of the Week actual play you can find. They have the perfect balance of fidelity to the game, and production quality, and good times together.” – Sean Nittner, Evil Hat Productions (publisher of Monster of the Week)
“The Critshow is a fun show that gets right to the heart of what Monster of the Week should feel like.” – Michael Sands, creator of Monster of the Week
