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It's the Adventure Zone! note Clockwise from top: Amnesty, Commitment, Balance, Hootenanny, Dust, Elementary. Not pictured: (K)Nights, Furry.

Griffin: I didn't expect it to go like that...

Travis: What did you expect to happen?

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 — Taako makes the lake float, Travis jumps in with a rapier like "let's get it done!" and Dad makes the fucking shit teleport away!

Clint: Welcome to the Adventure Zone, Griffin. Balance arc, San Diego Live show I didn't expect it to go like that...What did you expect to happen?YOU TO CATCH A FUCKING FISH IN THE! Am I out of my mind? Is that an unreasonable expectation? To give them a fucking fishing minigame — Taako makes the lake float, Travis jumps in with a rapier like "let's get it done!" and Dad makes the fucking shit teleport away!Welcome to the Adventure Zone, Griffin.

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The Adventure Zone is an Actual Play podcast featuring the McElroy Brothers (Justin, Travis, and Griffin) playing assorted Tabletop RPGs with their father, Clint. The podcast began in late 2014 and new episodes are released every other Thursday.

The podcast initially focused on a single Dungeons & Dragons campaign, Balance, with Griffin as the Dungeon Master. 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. As of Summer 2019, Amnesty has also finished as a series, and now as of Autumn 2019, Graduation has become the current story campaign, DM'd this time by Travis instead.

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Thus far, the podcast contains the following arcs:

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Arcs

Seasons 1-3

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Experiments

A series of short, "experimental" arcs using various systems and run by alternating GMs, done to help decide what to do for Season 2 proper. Amnesty began as one of these before it was chosen to become the second season.

One-Shots

Live Shows

The Adventure Zone: Hootenanny (2019) is a Lasers and Feelings one-shot run by Griffin. A '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, Prince of Marrakis (Clint), and deeply conservative, cryogenically frozen balladeer Pepsi Liberty (Justin).

(2019) is a Lasers and Feelings one-shot run by Griffin. A '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, Prince of Marrakis (Clint), and deeply conservative, cryogenically frozen balladeer Pepsi Liberty (Justin). The Adventure Zone: Dadlands (2019) is a one-shot using an RPG of the McElroys' own design, featuring Brennan Lee Mulligan as a guest DM. Set in a 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.

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