History Podcast / TheAdventureZone

* '''The Adventure Zone: Lords of Crunch''' (2020) is a modified ''Lasers & Feelings'' one-shot run by Justin. It follows three breakfast cereal mascots, Weedy (Clint) of Buddz Hemp-Based Breakfast Cereal, Skipper Little Dipper (Travis) of Honey-Dipped Oats: Sugar Berry Blast, and Sylvester Stud (Griffin), of Flav-O-Corp's Nutrient-Enriched Fiber Squares, as they attempt to save their home dimension of the Keriopsis from being destroyed at the hands of the evil [[Advertising/CapnCrunch Horatio]]. (And his band of [[RefugeInAudacity murder perverts]].) Available exclusively to those who donate to the podcast's publisher, Maximum Fun.

!!Seasons 1-3

* '''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneGraduation''' (2019-) is a D&D campaign run by Travis, following three students enrolling at the prestigious Hieronymus Wiggenstaff's School for Heroism and Villainy... or rather, its (somewhat less prestigious) Sidekick and Henchperson Annex.

* '''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneGraduation''' (2019) is a D&D campaign run by Travis, following three students enrolling at the prestigious Hieronymus Wiggenstaff's School for Heroism and Villainy... or rather, its (somewhat less prestigious) Sidekick and Henchperson Annex.

[[caption-width-right:350:It's the Adventure Zone! [[note]]Clockwise from top: Amnesty, Commitment, Balance, Hootenanny, Dust, Elementary. Not pictured: (K)Nights, Furry.[[/note]]]]

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''The Adventure Zone'' is a podcast featuring the Creator/McElroyBrothers (Justin, Travis, and Griffin) playing assorted TabletopRPG[=s=] with their father, Clint. The podcast began in late 2014 and new episodes are released every other Thursday.

* '''The Adventure Zone: Lords of Crunch''' (2020) is a modified ''Lasers & Feelings'' one-shot run by Justin. It follows three breakfast cereal mascots, Weedy (Clint) of Buddz Hemp-Based Breakfast Cereal, Skipper Little Dipper (Travis) of Honey-Dipped Oats: Sugar Berry Blast, and Sylvester Stud (Griffin), of Flav-O-Corp's Nutrient-Enriched Fiber Squares, as they attempt to save their home dimension of the Keriopsis from being destroyed at the hands of the evil [[Advertising/CapnCrunch Horatio]]. And his band of [[RefugeInAudacity murder perverts]].

* '''The Adventure Zone: Lords of Crunch''' (2020) is a modified ''Lasers & Feelings'' one-shot run by Justin. It follows Weedy (Clint), the mascot of Buddz Hemp-Based Breakfast Cereal, Skipper Little Dipper (Travis) of Honey-Dipped Oats: Sugar Berry Blast, and Sylvester Stud (Griffin), of Flav-O-Corp's Nutrient-Enriched Fiber Squares, as they attempt to save their home dimension of the Keriopsis from being destroyed at the hands of the evil [[Advertising/CapnCrunch Horatio]]. And his band of [[RefugeInAudacity murder perverts]].

* '''The Adventure Zone: Lords of Crunch''' (2020) is a modified ''Lasers & Feelings'' one-shot run by Justin. It follows Weedy (Clint), the mascot of Buddz Hemp-Based Breakfast Cereal, Skipper Little Dipper (Travis) of Honey-Dipped Oats: Sugar Berry Blast, and Sylvester Stud (Griffin), of Flav-O-Corp's Nutrient-Enriched Fiber Squares, as they attempt to save their home dimension of the Keriopsis from being destroyed at the hands of the evil [[Advertising/Cap'nCrunch Horatio]]. And his band of [[RefugeInAudacity murder perverts]].

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!!Season 1

* '''[[Podcast/TheAdventureZoneKNights The Adventure Zone: (K)Nights]]''' (2016-2017) is a D&D campaign run by Travis. It follows half-elf warlock Tom Collins (Griffin), human bard Lenny Manolito (Clint), and Tiefling monk Troth (Justin) as they carry out missions as the new leaders for the thieves-guild-turned-resistance-movement The Beasts of the Ring. Available exclusively to those who donate to the podcast's publisher, Maximum Fun.
!!Experimental arcs
A series of short, "experimental" arcs using various systems and run by alternating [=GMs=], done while the players decide on what to do for Season 2 proper. Starting 2018, these episodes are released weekly.
* '''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneCommitment''' (2017) is a ''TabletopGame/{{FATE}}'' campaign run by Clint, set in a world of superheroes inspired by ComicBook/THUNDERAgents. It follows the super-agile [[Series/AmericanNinjaWarrior ninja warrior]] Chris "Remy" Rembrandt/Springheel (Griffin), the genius shapeshifter Nadiya Jones (Travis), and the HR ace Irene Baker, who can become the host to the storm goddess Kardala (Justin), as they join an experimental program for a humanitarian NGO called the Do-Good Fellowship.
* '''The Adventure Zone: Amnesty''' (2018), which was picked up for the second season. See below.
* '''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneDust''' (2018) is a ''TabletopGame/PoweredByTheApocalypse'' campaign run by Travis using the ''Urban Shadows'' hack. Set in the WeirdWest of Crescent Territory, it follows the late cashew baron Augustus Parsons (Justin), the traveling wizard Gandy Dancer (Clint), and the former-politician werewolf Errol Ryehouse (Griffin) as they investigate a murder while preventing the [[FurAgainstFang prominent vampire and werewolf]] [[FeudingFamilies families' feud]] from boiling over.
* '''The Adventure Zone: Elementary''' (2018) is a [[DenserAndWackier very silly]] one-shot run by Justin in a rules-light system called ''Four Sherlock Holmes and a Vampire (Who Is Also One of the Aforementioned Sherlock Holmes)''; it follows [[Film/SherlockHolmes2009 Sherlock Holmes]] (Travis), [[Series/{{Sherlock}} Sherlock Holmes]] (Griffin), [[Film/TheyMightBeGiants "Sherlock Holmes"]] (Clint), [[OverlyLongGag and]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes:_Consulting_Detective Sherlock Holmes]] (Justin) attempting to solve a mystery, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin and also one or more of them might be a vampire]]. Available exclusively to those who donate to the podcast's publisher, Maximum Fun.
!!Season 2

* '''The Adventure Zone: Fur''' (2019) is a ''Honey Heist'' one-shot run by Travis. It follows the unhinged polar bear "The Thomas Crown Affair" (Griffin), the incompetent sun bear Puka Malone (Clint), and the retired grizzly bear Gerrrf (Justin) as they pull off the heist of the century: stealing a briefcase of pure manuka extract worth five million dollars from the 2019 Sacramento Honey Con! Available exclusively to those who donate to the podcast's publisher, Maximum Fun.
* '''The Adventure Zone: Hootenanny''' (2019) is a ''Lasers and Feelings'' one-shot run by Griffin. A [[SpaceWestern 'Space Opry']] following an interstellar country band with a constantly changing name, including arcade machine turned standup bass playing android Shoots [=McCracken=] (Travis), Benny Gene Esserit, [[Literature/{{Dune}} Prince of Marrakis]] (Clint), and deeply conservative, cryogenically frozen balladeer Pepsi Liberty (Justin).
!!Season 3

* '''The Adventure Zone: Dadlands''' (2019) is a one-shot using an RPG of the [=McElroys=]' own design, featuring [[WebVideo/Dimension20 Brendan Lee Mulligan]] as a guest DM. Set in a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic wasteland]] inhabited only by dads, it features Briquette Hoggins (Griffin) of the Grill Dads clan, Chip Hugginsby (Justin) of the Vacation Dads, Coach Red Ruffinsore (Clint) of the Sports Dads, and Guy Ferrari (Travis) of the Car Dads, who go on a journey to recover the remote that controls a miles-high plasma screen television in the middle of the Dadlands.

* '''The Adventure Zone: Dadlands''' (2019) is a one-shot using an RPG of the [=McElroys=]' own design, featuring Brendan Lee Mulligan as a guest DM. Set in a [[AfterTheEnd post-apocalyptic wasteland]] inhabited only by dads, it features Briquette Hoggins (Griffin) of the Grill Dads clan, Chip Hugginsby (Justin) of the Vacation Dads, Coach Red Ruffinsore (Clint) of the Sports Dads, and Guy Ferrari (Travis) of the Car Dads, who go on a journey to recover the remote that controls a miles-high plasma screen television in the middle of the Dadlands.

The podcast initially focused on a single TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons campaign, ''Balance'', with Griffin as the DungeonMaster. Afterward the four [=McElroys=] took turns directing short experimental arcs until one of them, ''Amnesty'' (also DM'd by Griffin), was chosen for expansion into a full second season.

* '''The Adventure Zone: Fur''' (2019) is a ''Honey Heist'' one-shot run by Travis. It follows the unhinged polar bear "The Thomas Crown Affair" (Griffin), the incompetent sun bear Puka Malone (Clint), and the retired grizzly bear Gerrrf (Justin) as the pull of the heist of the century: stealing a briefcase of pure manuka extract worth five million dollars from the 2019 Sacramento Honey Con! Available exclusively to those who donate to the podcast's publisher, Maximum Fun.

* '''The Adventure Zone: Hootenanny''' (2019) is a ''Lasers and Feelings''' one-shot run by Griffin. A [[SpaceWestern 'Space Opry']] following an interstellar country band with a constantly changing name, including arcade machine turned standup bass playing android Shoots McCracken (Travis), Benny Gene Esserit, [[Literature/{{Dune}} Prince of Marrakis]] (Clint), and deeply conservative, cryogenically frozen balladeer Pepsi Liberty (Justin)

* '''The Adventure Zone: Graduation''' (2019) is a D&D campaign run by Travis, following three students enrolling at the prestigious Hieronymus Wiggenstaff's School for Heroism and Villainy... or rather, its (somewhat less prestigious) Sidekick and Henchperson Annex.

* '''The Adventure Zone: Graduation''' is a D&D campaign run by Travis, following three students enrolling at the prestigious Hieronymus Wiggenstaff's School for Heroism and Villainy... or rather, its (somewhat less prestigious) Sidekick and Henchperson Annex.

* '''TheAdventureZone: Graduation''' is a D&D campaign run by Travis, following three students enrolling at the prestigious Hieronymus Wiggenstaff's School for Heroism and Villainy... or rather, its (somewhat less prestigious) Sidekick and Henchperson Annex.

* '''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneGraduation''' is a D&D campaign run by Travis, following three students enrolling at the prestigious Hieronymus Wiggenstaff's School for Heroism and Villainy... or rather, its (somewhat less prestigious) Sidekick and Henchperson Annex.

* '''The Adventure Zone: Graduation''' is a D&D campaign run by Travis, following three students enrolling at the prestigious Hieronymus Wiggenstaff's School for Heroism and Villainy... or rather, its Sidekick and Henchperson Annex.

* '''The Adventure Zone: Fur''' (2019) is a ''Honey Heist'' one-shot run by Travis. It follows the unhinged polar bear "The Thomas Crown Affair" (Griffin), the incompetent sun bear Puka Malone (Clint), and the retired grizzly bear Gerrrf (Justin) as the pull of the heist of the century: stealing a briefcase of pure manuka extract worth five million dollars from the 2019 Sacramento Honey Con! Available exclusively to those who donate to the podcast's publisher, Maximum Fun.

[[caption-width-right:350:It's the Adventure Zone! [[note]]Clockwise from top: Amnesty, Commitment, Balance, ?, Dust, Elementary. Not pictured: (K)Nights, Furry.[[/note]]]]

* '''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneAmnesty''' (2018-) is a ''TabletopGame/PoweredByTheApocalypse'' campaign run by Griffin using the ''TabletopGame/MonsterOfTheWeek'' hack. As mentioned above, ''Amnesty'' began life as an experimental arc before being picked up for the second season. A MonsterOfTheWeek story taking place in the fictional ski town of Kepler, West Virginia, following the tourist trap owner Edmund "Ned" Chicane (Clint), the amateur magician Aubrey Little/The Lady Flame (Travis), and the park ranger Duck "[[InsistentTerminology It's a]] [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname nickname]]" Newton (Justin) as they hunt down dangerous monsters coming from a [[CoolGate mysterious stone gate]] in the woods.

'''Griffin:''' YOU TO ''CATCH A FUCKING FISH IN THE '''FISH MINIGAME'''!'' Am I out of my mind? Is that an unreasonable expectation? To give them a fucking fishing minigame -- Justin makes the lake float, Travis jumps in with a rapier like "let's get it done!" and Dad makes the fucking shit teleport away!\\

* '''The Adventure Zone: Fur''' (2019) is a ''Honey Hesit'' one-shot run by Travis. It follows the unhinged polar bear "The Thomas Crown Affair" (Griffin), the incompetent sun bear Puka Malone (Clint), and the retired grizzly bear Gerrrf (Justin) as the pull of the heist of the century: stealing a briefcase of pure manuka extract worth five million dollars from the 2019 Sacramento Honey Con! Available exclusively to those who donate to the podcast's publisher, Maximum Fun.

* '''The Adventure Zone: Furry''' (2019) is a ''Honey Hesit'' one-shot run by Travis. It follows the unhinged polar bear "The Thomas Crown Affair" (Griffin), the incompetent sun bear Puka Malone (Clint), and the retired grizzly bear Gerrrf (Justin) as the pull of the heist of the century: stealing a briefcase of pure manuka extract worth five million dollars from the 2019 Sacramento Honey Con! Available exclusively to those who donate to the podcast's publisher, Maximum Fun.

* '''The Adventure Zone: Furry''' (2019) is a ''Honey Hesit'' campaign run by Travis. It follows the unhinged polar bear "The Thomas Crown Affair" (Griffin), the incompetent sun bear Puka Malone (Clint), and the retired grizzly bear Gerrrf (Justin) as the pull of the heist of the century: stealing a briefcase of pure manuka extract worth five million dollars from the 2019 Sacramento Honey Con! Available exclusively to those who donate to the podcast's publisher, Maximum Fun.