HYPE: CRF & eBay Live Present: TGiT (Thank Goodness it’s Thursday)

A Totallyyy Radical ’90s Daggerheart One-Shot for Charity!

Booyah! Thank Goodness it’s Thursday because the Critical Role Foundation & eBay Live are bringing you a blast from the past! 

You’re just days away from stepping into the freshest throwback ever—because the Critical Role Foundation is teaming up with eBay Live to bring you a nostalgic ’90s‑themed Daggerheart one‑shot, TGiT, streaming live AND auctioning off incredible items! You’ll have the chance to bid live on rare merch from Critical Role, cast memorabilia, signed art, and best of all, donate to a great cause! All of your wonderful donations and auction dollars will benefit NCWIT, The National Center for Women & Information Technology, CRF’s new charity partner. So, dust off your MC Hammer pants, scrunchies, slap on a slap bracelet, and get set for a fantasy adventure filled with radical quests, radical gear, radically good vibes and some of your favorite 90’s celebrities!

The Briggety Break Down

What’s Happening?

Toss out the TV Guide because on Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 7pm PT CR & eBay Live are taking over your eBay Live, Critical Role’s Twitch & YouTube, and  Beacon.TV screens with some Critical Role cast members and special guest dabbling in fabled Daggerheart gameplay—but this time, with all the flair of the 1990s. Think grunge, y2k, neon, and most importantly CHARITY! Funds will be raised via eBay Live auction and Tiltify to support NCWIT and the Critical Role Foundation’s emergency relief efforts. 

What is eBay Live?

We are beyond excited to be partnering with the lovely folks at eBay Live, an interactive, real-time shopping platform where buyers and sellers connect through live-streamed. While you enjoy the nostalgic gameplay LIVE, you’ll also be able to bid in real time on super cool items to support the cause and chat with one another at the same time! Also, SOME items will continue to be available to bid on through Sunday September 21st.

FYI: In order to enjoy the stream on eBay Live and bid on auction items, you will need to login or register for an eBay account.

What is NCWIT?

NCWIT, The National Center for Women & Information Technology, equips its community of nearly 1,600 universities, companies, non-profits, and government organizations nationwide with resources for recruiting, retaining, and advancing women from K-12 and higher education through industry and entrepreneurial careers in computing and technology. If you want to know more about this wonderful organization, head over to ncwit.org. 

How You Can Support:

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  WATCH THE STREAM!!: Tune in via Ebay Live, Critical Role’s official Twitch & YouTube, as well as Beacon.TV at 7pm  PT on Thursday, September 18th.

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  Support via eBay Live auctions: You can bid live on one‑off or discontinued Critical Role memorabilia—signed merch, art posters, and more—all of which will be auctioned exclusively on eBay live one-shot, with proceeds going entirely to NCWIT. And, whoa baby, eBay Live will be contributing up to $10,000 in matching funds! As a note: SOME items will continue to be available to bid on through Sunday September 21st.

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  Donate via Tiltify: Want to support this live stream AND affect gameplay? With charitable donations via Tiltify you’ll not only help NCWIT but also the Critical Role Foundation’s emergency relief efforts. Each donation tier represents a nuanced part of the story that could be implemented by Game Master, Matthew Mercer. So, if you wanna see it, GIVE GIVE GIVE—every cent counts! DONATE NOW!

They’re All That & A Bag of Chips!

TGiT is bringing you Daggerheart like never before with the coolest cast of characters oozing with ’90s flair joining our resident home-skillets, Matthew Mercer as Game Master and Ashley Johnson (President of the Critical Role Foundation) playing a new original character, Karen Marie Thomas! Check out the rest of the lineup–it’s literally bananas! 

Will Friedel

Character: Joey “Squack” Powers

WILL FRIEDLE’s extensive career has spanned three decades in sitcoms, movies, animated series and video games. He is best known as the underachieving older brother Eric Matthews on the classic sitcom Boy Meets Word and the Batman of the future in Batman Beyond. Will began his career on stage in 1986 and in numerous commercials. In 1988 he was a co-host for Nickelodeon’s Don’t Just Sit There which lasted three seasons. From 1993-2000 he took Eric Matthews from high school through college on the smash hit Boy Meets World. Will also starred in classic movies such as Trojan War (1997), My Date with the President’s Daughter (1998) and H.E. Double Hockey Sticks (1999). He continued in the early 2000s on shows like NBC’s Go Fish (2001), UPN’s Random Years (2002) and ABC’s Regular Joe (2003) as well as feature films such as National Lampoon's Gold Diggers (2003) and Everything You Want (2005). 15 years after the finale of Boy Meets World, Friedle returned to reprise his role as now Senator Eric Matthews on Disney Channel’s Girl Meets World for four episodes. 

Will is also a prolific VO actor having done hundreds of animated projects over his almost 30 year career in animation. Starting in the mid nineties he took up the mantle of Batman for a new generation in the now iconic Batman Beyond. Roles as Blue Beetle in Batman: The Brave and the Bold; Nightwing in the Batman Unlimited movies; Deadpool in Ultimate Spider-Man; and Star-Lord in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy followed. To a generation of Disney fans ,however, he’ll always be Ron Stoppable, sidekick to hero Kim Possible. Will was also Lion-O in the rebooted Thundercats animated series; Doyle in Secret Saturday and Bumblebee in Transformers: Prime, Beast Hunters and Robots in Disguise. 

Once the youngest freelance writer in the history of Disney, Will is also a successful screenwriter having sold his first screenplay at the age of 19. He has written for ThunderCats, Girl Meets World, Transformers: Robots in Disguise and Teen Titans Go!. In addition to guest starring in the first campaign featured on the cult smash Critical Role, Will has also served as host of the series Painter’s Gulled for the online network Geek&Sundry and Mini Primetime on the Critical Role YouTube Channel.

He can currently be heard in roles on DC Super Hero Girls, Disney’s Big Hero 6 and numerous other animated projects as well as the co-host of the podcasts Pod Meets World with Danielle Fishel and Rider Strong and Magical Rewind with Sabrina Bryan.

Danielle Fishel

Character: Reseda Hart Myers

DANIELLE FISHEL is best known for her iconic role as Topanga on the ‘90s TGIF staple, Boy Meets World. She’d later reprise the role for Girl Meets World, a millennial reboot that ran for 3 seasons on the Disney Channel. Since 2017, Danielle has moved behind the camera, directing over fifty episodes of multi-camera television including Disney Channel's Wizards Beyond Waverly Place & Raven’s Home (for which she was nominated for 2 Emmy’s), ABC’s Shifting Gears and NBC’s Lopez vs Lopez. She also co-hosts the hit iHeart Podcast, Pod Meets World, alongside her best friends and former costars, Will Friedle and Rider Strong. She is currently competing in the 34th season of Dancing with the Stars, and no, she can't believe it either.

Rider Strong

Character: Lucas

RIDER STRONG began his career as an actor, best known for his roles on Boy Meets World and the cult horror film, Cabin Fever. Moving behind the camera, Rider’s written and directed short films that played over 60 festivals worldwide and he returned to his roots, this time as a director, for three seasons of the Emmy-nominated Girl Meets World. His play Never Ever Land premiered at Theatre Unleashed in Los Angeles in the fall of 2019. He is the creator and co-host of the podcasts Literary Disco and Pod Meet World, the latter of which has garnered over 40 million downloads and spawned a national tour. 

Jodie Sweetin

JODIE SWEETIN is an actress, director, and entertainer best known for her work on Full and Fuller House. Having grown up as a 90's kid, this era is near and dear to her heart and bringing it to life for CRF is so exciting! She's currently working on her Full House rewatch podcast, "How Rude, Tanneritos" that she co-hosts with Andrea Barber, as well as stand up comedy, live shows and of course her biggest job is mom to two teenage daughters. How Rude, indeed! (jk, they're actually great!)

Christine Lakin

Character: Sam “Samantha” Stone

CHRISTINE LAKIN is best known from her role as “Al” on the TGIF sit-com “Step By Step”. These days she is mostly behind the camera directing some of your favorite TV comedies, narrating Rom-Com and Detective books and playing the part of Snack Bitch for her two children. She has a rewatch podcast with Stacy Keanan entitled “Keanan and Lakin Give You Deja Vu”. It’s fun, check it out. 

All the homies are coming full force with a gang of laughter, hella pop‑culture shout‑outs, tongue‑in‑cheek references, floppy disks, dial‑up—-oh and did we mention surprise guests such as….SIKE! We aren’t giving up the 411 that easily! You gotta tune in to find out 😜

BUT here’s a recap of the 411 on TGiT:

What's Happening?

When Is It?

Where to Watch

What’s in the Auction

Charity Focus

Who’s Playing?

What’s Being Auctioned?

Mark Your Calendars 

Get in the mirror and practice your best air guitar to get ready for a one‑shot that’s totally outta control. Whether you're grunge or preppy, raver or surfer, tootsie-rolling or break dancing, this Daggerheart throwback will raise the roof—and raise funds for a great cause.

Stay tuned for sneak peeks of auction items, art reveals, and some serious ’90s jams coming your way soon. Critters, assemble—nostalgia is about to hit so hard… but for a charity! See you all on September 18th at 7pm PT—peace out ✌️!