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Don\u2019t bother rolling for initiative; just clear your schedule on Wednesday, November 19, because The Mighty Nein<\/a><\/em> is a must-watch for fans of dark fantasy. The new animated series from Critical Role<\/em> and Prime Video is well worth your time, whether you\u2019re a longtime member of the Critter fandom<\/a> or you\u2019ve been living under a twenty-sided rock<\/a>. To give you an inside look at what you can expect, here\u2019s our review of Prime Video\u2019s newest Critical Role<\/em> series, The Mighty Nein<\/em>.<\/p>\n The eight-episode adaptation of Critical Role\u2019s second actual play D&D campaign<\/a> is like rolling a dirty 20: nearly perfect, but still immensely satisfying. The result is a show that is alternately heartwarming, heart-wrenching, and \u201choly shit\u201d inducing, thanks in no small part to Titmouse\u2019s excellent animation of The Mighty Nein<\/em> and composer Neal Acree\u2019s \u201cTron<\/em> meets fantasy\u201d score.<\/a><\/p>\n Set approximately 20 years after the events of Critical Role\u2019s first animated series, The Legend of Vox Machina<\/em>, The Mighty Nein<\/em> TV series delivers a deeper, darker, and more daring story than its predecessor. Compared to Vox Machina,<\/em> The Mighty Nein<\/em> feels less like a traditional fantasy saga of powerful heroes meeting in a tavern to go on adventures together and more like a band of miscreants, misfits, and malcontents being swept away by the tides of history, desperately clinging to a bit of flotsam.<\/p>\n When the brazen theft of a sacred artifact known as the Luxon Beacon pushes two powerful empires to the brink of war, it\u2019s up to a ragtag group of misfits to save the day. Sort of. When it comes to Prime Video\u2019s The Mighty Nein<\/em>, the eponymous \u201cheroes\u201d are often anything but heroic. And that\u2019s what makes the show so damn good. Well, that and the animators going absolutely sicko mode at least once an episode.<\/p>\n