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Critical Role Announces Persona 5 Tactica One-Shot

Critical Role welcomes Persona 5 Tactica into its tabletop role-playing format with an upcoming one-shot inspired by the game and helmed by Liam Oā€™Brien.

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Like all of Critical Roleā€™s core cast, Oā€™Brien harbors an impressive career in video game voice-over, lending his talents to the Persona franchise for multiple titles as Akihiko Sanada. Critical Roleā€™s first promotional image for the one-shot features Oā€™Brien donning an outfit inspired by his Persona character, with a later post teasing some of the playerā€™s looks. Oā€™Brien invites fellow Persona alum Robbie Daymond, Xanthe Huynh and Matthew Mercer to the table alongside Krystina Arielle and Jared Goldstein.

Though Mercer, a prolific video game performer in his own right, predominately serves as Critical Roleā€™s stalwart Game Master, the channelā€™s one-shot specials often offer a rotating cast of in-house and guest GMs. Oā€™Brien has helmed several previous one-shots for Critical Role, including ā€œLiamā€™s Quest.ā€ ā€œThe Song of Lorelaiā€ and “The Night Before Critmas,” the holiday special that laid the groundwork for Travis Willingham’s Bells Hells character Chetney Pock O’Pea.

The Persona 5 Tactica one-shot marks Oā€™Brienā€™s second GM experience in the realm of promotional video game one-shots that have become increasingly popular on Critical Roleā€™s channel, having previously run ā€œThe Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood – Part III: The Golden Goose.ā€

The cast of video game voice actors that make up Critical Roleā€™s crew contributes to an overall channel voice that constantly blends a passion for gaming into its tabletop setting. The upcoming Persona 5 Tactica one-shot is one of many video game tie-ins Critical Role has produced over the years, with past adventures including “Mortal Kombat 1 One-Shot: Sindel vs. The Realms.” “Hearthstone One-Shot” and “Elden Ring One-Shot: O Ye of Little Faith.”

The position of Critical Roleā€™s core cast and frequent collaborators within the gaming industry allows for one-shots that capitalize on their personal credits such as the Tears of the Kingdom One-Shot, helmed by Ganondorf actor Mercer, or Ashly Burch reprising her Borderlands character as the GM of “Tiny Tinaā€™s Wonderlands One-Shot”.

Critical Roleā€™s Persona 5 Tactica one-shot will stream live on Twitch and YouTube on Friday, Nov. 17 at 7 PT, celebrating the game the day after its release. VOD of the one-shot will be available the next day for those unable to tune-in live, with a podcast version arriving Nov. 24.


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Nerd at large, Tara McCauley's happiest playing or writing about tabletop role playing games. Tara joined The Escapist in October 2023 as a freelance contributor. She covers such TV shows as Fargo and games/fandoms like Dungeons & Dragons. In addition to The Escapist, Tara has gushed about her favorite pop culture topics at CBR, MXDWN, and Monstrous Femme. When she's not writing or rolling dice, Tara can be found catching up on her favorite sitcoms, curled up with a horror comic, or waxing poetic about the WNBA.