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Escape From The Past

With Andrew Harshman

An analysis of the minis used on CR.

This episode with have more red lighting, more red flocking, and the continued use of many a custom player character mini (as can be expected from Critical Role guest episodes).

Grab ya character sheets and finest math rocks, it's time for Crit Role Miniature Rollout Campaign 3 Episode 58!

Woo-hoo-hoo, now this is a dandy multi-dimensional battle map. Loving this color scheme. Not only is there custom overhead lighting, the color scheme is also on the autumn foliage, the mushrooms on the trees, and the red fleshy set piece miniature. -and of course the red Dwarven Forge Dungeons of Doom wall pillars.

Manufacturing-wise, the dungeon tiles are Dwarven Forge, the bushes are Monster Fight Club, and the trees are from Printable Terrain.

Best and Worst Mini of the Ep

The coveted DOUBLE AWARD of Best Mini and Worst Mini of the episode goes to the Greater Star Spawn Emissary. It earns the best miniature for its Cthulhu mythos theming and truly immense table presence.

It is a very striking model sculpt amongst other striking sculpts. The Wizkids Ravenloft set is full of cool pieces.

And it wins the award for Worst Mini because it's downright gross. Like, did they have to use so many snouts? One or two dog snouts I can understand, but nearly a dozen?? Good grief. Too many doggo snoots. It is clearly inspired by the 80s remake of The Thing.

Very good inspiration, but also very gross inspiration.

With Andrew Harshman

An analysis of the minis used on CR.

Will you look at this glamorous lighting! Makes a great map look even better! And infinitely cheaper than stocking duplicate dungeon tiles in different color schemes.

It's time for Crit Role Miniature Rollout Campaign 3 Episode 57!

CUH-lassic Mats by Mars/Dwarven Forge map build combo! -that and a few buildings. Aesthetically, cool map. Also, mechanically pretty cool. These long tree log things physically have a significant impact on the grid. I always appreciate a large, impactful map features. So often, terrain features go unused or have little to no influence on how encounters play out. So I like it when they are big and distinct, like this.

Best Mini of the Ep

Dwarven Forge Oracle Pool

It's always cool, in the Oracle Pool. Who's ready for a poooool party?? The Oracle predicts everyone will have a blast! Yo get a load of this beautifully ornate terrain piece. So sleek, so pretty, so symmetrical -and all hand sculpted! That is oh so impressive. Ain't no copy/paste/transform wizard cheats at work here. Really dig this piece.

Worst Mini of the Ep

Random Red Fluff

Oh my word, what a mess all this red flock is gonna make. Hopefully Critical Role has a shop vac 'round the studio to clean up all these shreds of red leafy paprika material. My distaste for this sort of map additive is very related to my person distaste of flocking in general. But regardless of your aesthetic preferences, ya gotta admit a map fulla flock is gonna be flocking messy.

See ya next sesh!