The Business: Critical Role Bends The Knee

Oh no, CR Bros, you ain't feeling so good.

Critical Roll is a business that leans far more into Mass Media Entertainment than Tabletop usually does.

That means NORMIES. Normies, Casuals, and Tourists are the folks that matter here, and Normies Run On Brand. That means, in Tabletop, you stick with The Dominant Network Effect and thus you bend the knee to The Only Game That Matters.

Normies are not going to buy Le Indie Darling. Normies will not play Le Indie Darling. No, it doesn't matter how many Hollywood Whores you get to shill for it; they won't buy, and they won't buy because they won't play- this is not Lifestyle Brand Conspicious Consumption To Signal Social Status.