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Crit Juice: Dungeons, Dragons, Drinking

80 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 6 years ago - ★★★★★ - 138 ratings

A podcast and video series following professional actors & comedians playing Dungeons and Dragons while under the influence.

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Episodes

5E: 115

November 09, 2017 23:16 - 1 hour - 64.7 MB

Part 2 of new audio from the live recording (8) from Saving Throw Show hosting Crit Juice! Sorry about the couple of audio cuts, we got excited.

5E: 114

November 09, 2017 23:11 - 1 hour - 62 MB

New Audio from the live recording (8) from Saving Throw Show hosting Crit Juice! Sorry about the couple of audio cuts, we got excited.

5E: 113

October 18, 2017 00:11 - 2 hours - 90.7 MB

Audio issues continued when recording this stream, sorry for any confusion that the cuts may cause!

5E: 112

October 17, 2017 23:51 - 1 hour - 58.5 MB

Audio issues continued when recording this stream, sorry for any confusion that the cuts may cause!

5E: 111

October 13, 2017 21:51 - 2 hours - 86.9 MB

Audio issues continued when recording this stream, sorry for any confusion that the cuts may cause!

5E: 110

October 13, 2017 21:20 - 1 hour - 56.8 MB

Quite a few audio issues when recording this stream, sorry for any confusion that the cuts may cause!

5E: 109

September 26, 2017 23:26 - 1 hour - 57 MB

Surprise! Yet more audio for you!

5E: 108

September 22, 2017 00:13 - 1 hour - 64 MB

A new episode!

5E: 107

September 21, 2017 23:03 - 2 hours - 85.1 MB

The rolls!   Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Matt Cook DM'd By: David Crennen

5E: 106

July 14, 2017 16:08 - 1 hour - 65.4 MB

Cleaning up the mess.   Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss DM'd By: David Crennen

5E: 105

May 31, 2017 04:22 - 1 hour - 23.4 MB

Only a few at the table, but AWESOME gameplay!   Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss, Matt Cook, Brian McGrath, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen

5E: 104

May 04, 2017 17:14 - 1 hour - 69.3 MB

But, like, seriously, we will write descriptions soon.   Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss, Matt Cook, Brian McGrath, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen

5E: 103

May 03, 2017 23:04 - 1 hour - 65.6 MB

New audio things   Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss, Matt Cook, Brian McGrath, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen

5E: 102

April 11, 2017 19:26 - 58 minutes - 54 MB

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeey   Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss, Matt Cook, Brian McGrath, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen

5E: 101

April 06, 2017 18:54 - 1 hour - 61 MB

How are you all doing?   Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss, Matt Cook, Brian McGrath, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen

5E: 100

March 20, 2017 02:29 - 1 hour - 60.5 MB

Hi Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss, Matt Cook, Brian McGrath, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen

5E: The Prologue 003

March 14, 2016 14:35 - 1 hour - 68.8 MB

Everyone at Crit Juice is excited to start playing D&D 5th Edition. The new journey is now Underway as we get into our first—but surely not last—5th Edition bar fight. Brought to you by: King Harbor Brewing! Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss, Matt Cook, Brian McGrath, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen Help Crit Juice keep rolling, and DONATE!

5E: The Prologue 002

February 26, 2016 18:53 - 1 hour - 61.3 MB

Everyone at Crit Juice is excited to start playing D&D 5th Edition. Listen in as we build our characters and start the new journey! You all are the best. Brought to you by: King Harbor Brewing! Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss, Matt Cook, Brian McGrath, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen Help Crit Juice keep rolling, and DONATE!

5E: The Prologue 001

February 19, 2016 01:22 - 1 hour - 60.6 MB

Everyone at Crit Juice is excited to start playing D&D 5th Edition. Listen in as we build our characters and start the new journey! You all are the best for being so patient. Brought to you by: King Harbor Brewing! Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss, Matt Cook, Brian McGrath, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen Help Crit Juice keep rolling, and DONATE!

Episode 056: Falsely Beheld

December 08, 2015 01:04 - 49 minutes - 34 MB

This seems like a really big baddie. Brought to you by: King Harbor Brewing! Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss, Matt Cook, Brian McGrath, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen Help Crit Juice keep rolling, and DONATE!

Episode 055: The Real Life Crit Fail

November 13, 2015 22:40 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MB

In a very, very intense recording session of Crit Juice the team has to make some world-shattering decisions. We'd love for you to be a part of them, but the recording device fell off the table, ejecting the batteries and losing the recording. Here's everything but that hour. <3 Brought to you by: King Harbor Brewing! Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss, Matt Cook, Brian McGrath, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen Help Crit Juice keep rolling, and DONATE!

Episode 054: Drama Dragons

August 06, 2015 02:44 - 46 minutes - 43 MB

Way too drunk and way too late, this podcast has finally made its way through the ether! Get the hankerchiefs ready... Brought to you by: King Harbor Brewing! Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss, Matt Cook, Brian McGrath, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen Help Crit Juice keep rolling, and DONATE!

Episode 053: Nodebreakers

June 19, 2015 13:48 - 41 minutes - 28.4 MB

There's never been a better time for the players to start a game buzzed on delicious ale! Arience had to make a hefty decision that will forever shape the history of Thunderblood, and now others find out that they'll have to make similar choices! The action is quick and intense as our heroes begin tackling the energy nodes of fate!  Brought to you by: King Harbor Brewing! Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss, Matt Cook, Brian McGrath, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen...

Episode 052: History in the Making

April 22, 2015 17:23 - 46 minutes - 32 MB

There's no break in the action as our heroes attempt to escape the fey. No time for a full description, you guys have waited enough as is!   Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss, Matt Cook, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen Help Crit Juice keep rolling, and DONATE!

Episode 051: No Fey King Way

March 07, 2015 02:56 - 40 minutes - 28 MB

Sure we're on a paradise island, but can we leave yet? We're drunk! Join the adventurers as they attempt to get of the Fey Isle!   Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss, Brian McGrath, Matt Cook, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen Help Crit Juice keep rolling, and DONATE!

Episode 050: Out of the Frying Pan into the Feywild

February 18, 2015 19:50 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MB

The arch-fey of rot is dead, and now the five kings of the fey forest have gone berserk! It's up to our heroes to stop them in this, our 50th episode of CRIT JUICE! We want to sincerely and most humbly thank all of you. Those of you who have listened, tweeted, drank along with, hopped into a #pregame, rolled a dice and thought of us. Those who came to live events, or wrote disturbingly erotic fan fiction about our characters (... and sometimes us... ) to those of you who let us ride along w...

Episode 049: Royal Rumble

February 03, 2015 18:17 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MB

We might just all be kings as our adventurers take on the Arch-Fey of Rot. The boys are back and this time, it's Dealer's Choice as they've each brought in some of their favorite beers. With The Federation of the Fey on its heels, it's up to our heroes to restore some semblance to the land of magic.   Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss, Brian McGrath, Matt Cook, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen Help Crit Juice keep rolling, and DONATE!

Episode 048: Three Men and a Gnome (& A Dwarf, Dragonborn, & Doc)

January 16, 2015 20:31 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MB

Our adventurers find themselves stuck with a gnome in the Bumbledark. Through caverns and tunnels, they'll have to find their way to the Gnome King. Will they be able to convince the gnomes to stop their enslavement of the Light Pixies, or will this be the blow-out fight that everyone has been waiting for!?!  (This episode brought to you by: MacLeod Ale!)  Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss, Brian McGrath, Matt Cook, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen Help Crit Juic...

Episode 047: Critmas Comes Early For Cook

December 29, 2014 17:41 - 45 minutes - 30.9 MB

WARNING: This podcast is intended for a mature audience The Critmas spirit is upon us as the Crit Juice boys start the session heavily intoxicated from a #PREGAME #TEAMEXTREME where Wolf and Gralford went head to head. Now they must find a way to escape the Lich's Dungeon, but not before Gub grabs some toilet readings...   (This episode brought to you by: MacLeod Ale!)  Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss, Brian McGrath, Matt Cook, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen...

Episode 046: I've... Had... The Fight of My Life...

December 05, 2014 20:30 - 43 minutes - 30 MB

WARNING: This podcast is intended for a mature audience We're not sure what we expected when we went into a lich's dungeon, but we're getting rolled. It could be the delicious beer, or it could be Doc's inability to heal. But this fight is INTENSE! Baston gets even more #swoll and Daniel Acker makes more puns than you'll know what to do with! (This episode brought to you by: MacLeod Ale!)   Special Guest: IVAN VAN NORMAN! Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss, Brian McGrath ...

Episode 045: What Prom is Complete Without Whips and Chains?

November 21, 2014 21:50 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MB

WARNING: This podcast is intended for a mature audience The group finds themselves back in the Lich's dungeon, but it reminds Gub of his prom. Will he be able to pull it together and get the job done, or will he slow dance the night away as the rest of the party perishes? (This episode brought to you by: MacLeod Ale!)   Special Guest: IVAN VAN NORMAN! Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss, Brian McGrath DM'd By: David Crennen     Help Crit Juice keep rolling, and DONATE!

Episode 044: Beware Hairy Men of Short Stature

November 07, 2014 23:07 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MB

WARNING: This podcast is intended for a mature audience Z'hana takes us to the secret tavern to meet her friends, and things, as expected take a turn for the worse. Find out how why Gub has to apologize for a puppet show in this episode! (This episode brought to you by: Magic Hat!)    Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Matt Cook, Tom Fonss, Brian McGrath, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen     Help Crit Juice keep rolling, and DONATE!

Episode 43: Claudia Black Plays Us Like A Lute

October 17, 2014 20:35 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MB

This is the episode you've been waiting for. Definitely for an immature, mature audience.   Brought to you by Dwarven Foundry  and Magic Hat

Behind the Crit: DungeonScape Beta Play Session: Nerd Tested, Crit Juice Approved

September 20, 2014 21:10 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MB

WARNING: This podcast is intended for a mature audience We never intended to release this audio, but you guys wanted it, and we have a hard time saying "no" to a group of awesome people that are super attractive. So here it is! The Crit Juice 5th Edition DungeonScape Beta One Off! (This episode brought to you by: Magic Hat!)    Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Matt Cook, Tom Fonss, Brian McGrath, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen     Help Crit Juice keep rolling, and D...

Episode 042: Jillian Bell and Kridolf Touch Our Butts

August 02, 2014 14:45 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MB

WARNING: This podcast is intended for a mature audience Gralford and Kridolf sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-(M-A-R-K?)-I-N-G!  Will these sorrow crossed lovers continue their tryst, or will their love be cut short by an evil lich that is rumored to haunt this town? All this and more in this week's episode of CRIT JUICE! (This episode brought to you by: Magic Hat!)    Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Matt Cook, Tom Fonss, Brian McGrath, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen     ...

Episode 041: "Your Mother's the Monster" and Other Crennen Bedtime Stories

July 11, 2014 15:37 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MB

WARNING: This podcast is intended for a mature audience It's early morning, but that hasn't stopped us before! The boys gather for a round of early D&D, or as we like to call it, #MonstersAndMimosas. With an in-house bartender and special guest, 22 Jump Street's Jillian Bell, we hop right into the action, and see the return of everyone's favorite long-eared sorcerer, Dar'Jjeeki! (This episode brought to you by: Magic Hat!)    Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Matt Cook, Tom Fonss, ...

Episode 040: The Beatles Row Row Row the Boats

June 20, 2014 22:10 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MB

WARNING: This podcast is intended for a mature audience This will be the 40th episode of Crit Juice to grace your ears, and we've come such a long way. Arience, once prince now a king seeks to win the hand of a princess and the respect of his subjects. Wolf, once alone, finds himself part of a pack. And Gralford... still does the same amount of damage he did 39 episodes ago. But will the Shadowfell prove to be the Shadow-fall of our heroes? Only one way to find out... (This episode brought...

Episode 039: It's Some America's Funniest Video Shit

June 06, 2014 18:46 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MB

WARNING: This podcast is intended for a mature audience In this episode, we find our adventurers sent on another quest by the elf,Il Muir. Will they blindly follow his lead, or will they branch out on their own as they edge closer to the Eternal Forest. Also, with Dar'Jjeeki obsessed with chomping on a blade of grass, will Arience make his move and finally say those three magic words? (Not "Casting Magic Missile) (This episode brought to you by: Magic Hat!)    Starring: Daniel Acker, Mat...

Episode 038: Prince Meets Crowned Prince

May 23, 2014 16:23 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MB

WARNING: This podcast is intended for a mature audience We last left our adventurers in Lordan, the city on the edge of the Eternal Forest. Now we cut to the action, bringing you up to speed with a SHINY NEW EPISODE recorded only last week! With Dar'Jjeeki's Matt Cook landing a massive TV gig, will the Princess be meta-impressed, or will Arience's charms win her over?! Also what is #TEAMEXTREME?! (This episode brought to you by: Magic Hat!)    Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom ...

Episode 037: Warren Deathslayer Bryant is a Bitch

April 26, 2014 01:56 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MB

WARNING: This podcast is intended for a mature audience OKAY, it's a shorter episode, but we're SO BUSY! So enjoy a drunken slosh as our adventurers face a new foe! Plus, we learn all about Newton's law of Dwarven Physics! (This episode brought to you by: Los Angeles Ale Works!)    Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Matt Cook, Tom Fonss, Brian McGrath, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen   Help Crit Juice keep rolling, and DONATE!

Episode 036: Pow! Bam! Holy Batman Knowledge!

April 11, 2014 20:34 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MB

WARNING: This podcast is intended for a mature audience Without so much a bite of coronation cake, our heroes continue to fight for their right to party against a shifting ominous cloud and its cadre of phasedrakes. Now in the sweet spot of drunken oblivion, our players roll for the fate of their characters! Will they succeed, or will David's promise of character death prove true!? (This episode brought to you by: Los Angeles Ale Works!)    Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Matt Co...

Episode 035: Coronation Hesitation

March 28, 2014 19:14 - 38 minutes - 26.1 MB

WARNING: This podcast is intended for a mature audience After an amazing live show at The Groundlings Theatre, Crit Juice returned to an all-new recording studio with Los Angeles Ale Works on tap for Record Session 011! David brings in new mechanics, Gary takes more shots, and everyone reminds you what year it is as Arience celebrates his bar mitzvah... er... coronation.  (This episode brought to you by: Los Angeles Ale Works!)    Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Matt Cook, Tom Fo...

Episode 034: Tom Crits! We Lose Our Minds!

March 02, 2014 23:19 - 39 minutes - 27.2 MB

WARNING: This podcast is intended for a mature audience With no barmaid to cut us off, the Crit Juice crew has imbibed wayyyy too much alcohol. We drunkenly slosh our way through the conclusion of the Assault on Everstorm Palace. Arience plans a duel with his doppleganger, and Gub dances with the devil in the brown bagged bottle. (This episode brought to you by: Magic Hat!)    Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Matt Cook, Tom Fonss, Brian McGrath, and Gary M Soldati With Special Gue...

Episode 033: Duel On! No! Nope! Duel Off!

February 14, 2014 18:37 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MB

WARNING: This podcast is intended for a mature audience Whiskey, Tequila, Gin, and Beer have the players battling to keep their wits as the party fights to stay alive. In this episode, Arience throws down the gauntlet, Dar'Jjeeki makes his move, and Tom tries to remember who Tom is and where Tom is at. Special Guest Lee Newton goes round for round with the heavyweights as the Assault on Everstorm Palace continues! (This episode brought to you by: Magic Hat!)    Starring: Daniel Acker, Ma...

Episode 032: The Mortar and The Pestle Avail on iTunes

January 31, 2014 22:01 - 39 minutes - 26.9 MB

WARNING: This podcast is intended for a mature audience The Attack on Everstorm Palace continues as the mysteriously charismatic Lee Newton keeps our players on their toes with a slew of insane traps and #DoveSwords. Will they be able to sway her to their side, or will the old adage "The House Always Wins" ring true? Also, how many shots has Tom Fonss had?  (This episode brought to you by: Magic Hat!)    Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Matt Cook, Tom Fonss, Brian McGrath, and Gar...

Episode 031: Is Lee Newton The Land?

January 17, 2014 22:31 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MB

WARNING: This podcast is intended for a mature audience We started off with shots, and now we're ready to roll. This episode promises to amaze with SIX DRINKING GOD RULES, SHOTS, and LEE NEWTON. Will we make it out of this game with our livers intact, or will the Drinking Gods finally take their toll and make our game one player shy?  (This episode brought to you by: Magic Hat!)    Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Matt Cook, Tom Fonss, Brian McGrath, and Gary M Soldati With Specia...

Episode 030: Go in Quiet...KA-BOOM!

January 03, 2014 17:41 - 37 minutes - 26 MB

WARNING: This podcast is intended for a mature audience Everstorm Palace is under attack by... the King of Thunderblood?  Arience leads the charge (invisibly) as our heroes drunkenly fight for the greater good. Unfortunately for them, it's the NIGHT OF A THOUSAND CRIT FAILS and we end up with one of our drunkest sessions to date. You won't want to miss Gralford's voice, the race to 5 individual crit fails, and all kinds of fuzzy math as we chug and guzzle delicious grog late into the night!...

Episode 029: We Had Birthday Cake!

December 20, 2013 22:41 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MB

WARNING: This podcast is intended for a mature audience Gub is on the back of a Phasedrake and the king is dead! How can we top the last episode? Guess we'll all just drink to find out. THE NIGHT OF A THOUSAND CRITS continues! (This episode brought to you by: Magic Hat!)    Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Matt Cook, Tom Fonss, Brian McGrath, and Gary M Soldati DM'd By: David Crennen Help Crit Juice keep rolling, and DONATE!

Episode 028: Phase Drake and Regicide

December 06, 2013 23:09 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MB

WARNING: This podcast is intended for a mature audience Rain falls on a slick mountain road as four phase drakes circle our heroes. The King of Thunderblood has been slain. Everyone stands naked, and it seems like only a matter of time before someone glimpses a sight of another's "codpiece area." Will DM David make them roll for natural endowment? Will the wily Dar'Jjeeki find his way back to the table? Will the cursed dice return? And what causes fan-favorite Gub to disappear from our plan...

Episode 027: I'm Seeing Double! Four Ariences!

November 22, 2013 21:44 - 50 minutes - 35 MB

WARNING: This podcast is intended for a mature audience, and gets a bit crass. So is Arience Arience? We may never know, but today we come face to face with an imposter as well as Handsome Gary's love for puns, MattB's 90s music references, and newcomer satyr, Noomi, makes a questionable stealth check! Will the party ever crit during combat again?  (This episode brought to you by: Magic Hat!)    Starring: Daniel Acker, Matt Buchholtz, Tom Fonss, Brian McGrath, and Gary M Soldati with Spe...