The concept of live-play Dungeons & Dragons is relatively new; people have been sharing war stories from their campaigns for as long as the game has existed, but the advent of live-streaming has facilitated a live audience and ever-increasing production values. Critical Role and Dimension 20 are by far the most popular live-play series out there, but there are hundreds of groups now streaming and uploading their own campaigns.
Anjali Bhimani—an actor known for her roles in Avowed (Yatzli), Overwatch (Symmetra), Starfield (Commander Natara) and more—is a regular live-play participant, starring in the Critical Role spin-off Exandria Unlimited and Dimension 20's The Ravening War. In an interview with Popverse, Bhimani gave her take on the future of the live-play medium.
"I think we're already seeing it," she begins. "Because for the longest time - by the longest time, I mean, in that 10–15 years since Acquisitions Incorporated started it - it was the basic actual play, the basic thing. But now, we've seen that. And Deb [Deborah Ann Woll of Daredevil fame] says this all the time: nobody needs another Critical Role. Everybody wants to see something new and different and unique to...
