Brian W. Foster

Brian Wayne Foster is the former host and producer of Talks Machina, worked on multiple Critical Role Productions shows, and appeared as a player in several one-shots.

Critical Role Productions
Brian first appeared in the announcement portion of to announce the first four episodes of Talks Machina, a talk show hosted by himself and co-produced with Dani Carr. The first episode of Talks Machina aired on November 15, 2016 and would go on to air every Tuesday, first on Geek & Sundry, then on the Critical Role Twitch and Youtube channels. The show ceased production temporarily during the COVID-19 Hiatus, from March through September of 2020. From 15 September 2020 onwards, it returned in a new, bi-weekly, pre-recorded and socially distant format. Brian remained its host until, the last time a Campaign 2 episode was discussed. He hosted a special four-hour episode discussing all of Campaign 1, and appeared in doing pre-recorded interviews with the campaign's guest stars.

Between the Sheets, a one-on-one talk show, launched in September 2018 with Brian as the host and producer. He sat down with the Critical Role cast members and several other guests to discuss their life and experiences. Each episode was concluded by a short segment where Brian explained how to make the beverage chosen by the guest to drink during the interview.

In February 2019, Brian debuted as co-host of Travis Willingham's Yee-Haw Game Ranch alongside the titular Travis Willingham. The two of them played video games together and were frequently interrupted by puppet characters, played by Critical Role staff and cast members, to reveal the lore of the Gameverse. The puppets called Travis "the chosen one", while Brian was roundly insulted and belittled, sometimes quite harshly. Beginning 21 April 2020, due to the hiatus caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the show was re-named "Yee-Haw Off the Ranch" and instead featured Ashley Johnson as Brian's co-host, with the show being filmed from their home.

On August 16 2021, Critical Role and Brian announced that he would be moving on from the company to focus on personal projects.

Brian's Player characters
See also: Player characters played by Brian Wayne Foster


 * Kingston LaForge
 * Liam Las Vegas ( and )
 * Bryan

Episodes DMed by Brian
Brian and Ivan Van Norman created UnDeadwood, which Brian also GM'd. Undeadwood is the first miniseries produced by Critical Role, with a total of four episodes airing in fall 2018. The miniseries used the Deadlands: Reloaded setting for the Savage Worlds RPG system.

Other works
&rarr; See also: Brian's IMDb profile Brian is a writer, poet, and singer/songwriter. He is the author of Blackened White, a best-selling series of short stories and poetry released in April 17, 2012. His first EP of original music titled Odessa was released the following year. Brian has appeared at several conventions and events across the country, moderating panels and Q&As for Critical Role Productions, as well as rapper Logic. In around 2021, he was in the process of writing his second book, working on a new music album with The Wild Years, and was involded in development of a television show with Logic. Brian started The Blackened White podcast.

Personal life
Brian and Ashley Johnson began dating in 2012 and announced their engagement in December 2018. They live together with their two dogs, Henry and Bullock.

In January 2017, Brian began playing as a wizard in a home game of Dungeons & Dragons, with Steve Blum and Logic, including Critical Role regulars Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and Will Friedle. The campaign is set in the universe of animated series from the 80s. The games are DMed by Larry. Before March 2017, Rider Strong was a part of the home game. In August 2017, the party was level four and at the end of their last game encountered their first dragon, because Brian's character accidentally took dragon's belonging.

Logic is a close friend of Brian and has also appeared on Between the Sheets. They met through Steve Blume and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn. Logic is a huge fan of Cowboy Bebop and both of them worked on it: Steve voiced the main protagonist Spike Spiegel and Mary voiced Julia. When Logic was making The Incredible True Story and asked Steve to do voiceover work, also featuring him on the album cover. At one point afterward, Brian and Ashley were invited to play Taboo with Steve, Mary, Logic, and his spouse Jessica.

Meatloaf is Brian's favorite band. On his birthday, Laura Bailey gifted him a braclet made out of Meatloaf's guitar string.

Trivia

 * Brian is often made fun of by members of the cast as a running joke, and Brian himself feeds into this constantly. Common jokes include the facts that he smells like a cabbage, is kept locked in a cage between appearances, and is a generally unpleasant person.
 * In an episode of State of the Role where Marisha gave a video tour of the new Critical Role studio, Brian appeared inside a locked metal cage used for storing equipment. Marisha gave him water through the bars, acting like he was an animal in a cage.
 * In early Talks Machina episodes for Campaign 2, Brian popularized slash-dub motion to symbolize a slash mark. Matt outright refuses to slash-dub.
 * On Talks Machina, Brian liked to "#ThankMyGuests" with names that are either mispronounced or wordplay that sounds close to their names. He also did the same when crediting himself. Here are the names Brian used for himself:


 * Crying Game Foster
 * Friar Boston
 * Buy Him Plain Pasta
 * Liam O'Brian Wayne Jody Foster
 * Affordable Chris Hardwick
 * Crying Jody Foster
 * Brian N. Faster
 * Buying Wine Faster
 * Bananas Strain Faster
 * Brian "It's Actually Five Attacks" Foster
 * Brian "the host makes me wanna gouge my eyes out" Foster
 * Buyin' Plain Lobster
 * That Gen Con Outfit Was Bananas Foster
 * Biting Wench Fondler
 * Bring Doublemint Frosties
 * Blindspot, Wrap Faster
 * Bardic Lovin' Rasta
 * I'm Astray Without Her
 * Swearin' Away Off Screen
 * Cryin' Where Are You Yasha
 * One More Round of Trost, Sir
 * Would You Like To Buy Some Drugs Officer
 * Crying, Lame Hoster
 * Supplyin Laughs For You Monsters
 * Lying About Parole Officer
 * This is the closest Ashley has sat to me
 * Mall Cops Watch Harder
 * Drow in Waterways Hostile
 * Logic Went Platinum!
 * Acid Champagne Quaffer
 * Paddling Way Faster
 * Dryin' Whiskey Coaster
 * I'm Sorry My Cabbage Jokes Lost Ya
 * Please Sir Can I Talk Some More
 * Arsequeef's Soft Serve
 * Likin' My Posture
 * Addin' Cali to the Roster
 * The Last of Us 2 Should Come Faster
 * Projectile Tears Cost Extra
 * Had Ashley, but Lost 'er