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Dungeons and Dragons

Bard Wordsmith Nikki Dawes from the game Daggerheart: a Black femme who uses a wheelchair holds a pen with gold words shooting out of it

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‘Daggerheart’ Is a New, Even Queerer D&D From the Team Behind ‘Critical Role’

The new game Daggerheart is designed for explicit inclusion and metaphorical representation from the top to the bottom.

Rowan Zeoli —

Jul 1, 2025

Critical Role

The Legend of Vox Machina

tv reviews

‘The Legend of Vox Machina’ Gives Us Some Sweet Sapphic Backstory

This week, we got to peek into the lives of Allura and Kima when they were just wee adventurers learning how to work together.

Valerie Anne —

Oct 10, 2024

Critical Role

The Legend of Vox Machina

tv reviews

‘The Legend of Vox Machina’ Adds Even More Queer Characters to Season Three

The third season of Vox Machina is full of epic battles, moving moments, higher stakes, and more gays.

Valerie Anne —

Oct 4, 2024

Critical Role

book features

An Exclusive Preview of “Critical Role: Mighty Nein Origins,” Featuring Our Resident Disaster Lesbian, Beauregard Lionett!

Take a look back at Beau’s life before she was the badass monk (pop pop!) we know and love from Critical Role; see what she got up to before she…

The Critical Role Team —

Jan 29, 2024

Critical Role

Laura and Marisha posing as Imogen and Laudna

tv reviews

“Critical Role” Campaign 3 is Gayer Than Ever

Nic and Valerie discuss how Imogen and Laudna finally kissed, and all the other gay goings-on of Critical Role’s third campaign.

Valerie Anne —

Jul 17, 2023

Critical Role

The Legend of Vox Machina

Legend of Vox Machina: Zahra examines the feather she plucked from Vex's hair

tv show recaps

Season 2 of “The Legend of Vox Machina” Centers Bisexual Twins Vex and Vax

Our favorite adventuring party of mostly-queer idiots is back and the stakes are higher than ever.

Valerie Anne —

Jan 20, 2023

Critical Role

The Legend of Vox Machina

Vex puts her hand on Keyleth's shoulder and Keyleth looks down shyly with a lil smile

tv show recaps

The Casually Queer Finale of “The Legend of Vox Machina”

A lot goes down in these final three episodes of the season, including but not limited to Vex making Keyleth blush.

Valerie Anne —

Feb 22, 2022

Critical Role

The Legend of Vox Machina

tv reviews

“The Legend of Vox Machina” Could Be Gayer But I Love It Anyway

Vox Machina fights off bullies and zombies and…each other in this week’s batch of The Legend of Vox Machina episodes.

Valerie Anne —

Feb 14, 2022

Critical Role

The Legend of Vox Machina

tv show recaps

I’m Loving Every Second of “The Legend of Vox Machina”

Vox Machina makes their way to Whitestone to face some sexy vampire villains.

Valerie Anne —

Feb 7, 2022

Critical Role

Dungeons and Dragons

Still of the entire party from Legends of Vox Machina, standing proudly all in a row

tv show recaps

“The Legend of Vox Machina” Is Here and it’s Already Queer

Critical Role’s animated series The Legend of Vox Machina is here and the cast list alone is queer. Let’s roll.

Valerie Anne —

Jan 28, 2022

Critical Role

Dungeons and Dragons

geekery

Lesbian Love Rolled a Natural 20 on Last Week’s “Critical Role”

Beau and Yasha finally went on their long-awaited date and it was gayer than we could have dreamed.

Valerie Anne —

Feb 23, 2021

Critical Role

Dungeons and Dragons

geekery

The Gayest “Critical Role” Moments of The Past Year

Valerie and Meg look back at Critical Role’s gayest moments in 2020 because queer D&D is their favored terrain.

Valerie Anne —

Jan 11, 2021