History Podcast / TheAdventureZone

* '''Podcast/TheAdventureZone: Steeplechase''' (2022-2023) is an original UsefulNotes/ForgedInTheDark campaign run by Justin. Set in an immersive amusement park for the rich, it follows three criminal employees of an arcade called "Poppy's Place", located on the nostalgia-themed layer "Ustaben": the former arm-wrestler Beef Punchly [[note]]real name Linden Julius[[/note]] (Travis), the genius Emerich Dreadway (Clint), and the mask-wearing Montrose Pretty (Griffin).

* '''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneSteeplechase''' (2022-Present) is an original UsefulNotes/ForgedInTheDark campaign run by Justin. Set in an immersive amusement park for the rich, it follows three criminal employees of an arcade called "Poppy's Place", located on the nostalgia-themed layer "Ustaben": the former arm-wrestler Beef Punchly [[note]]real name Linden Julius[[/note]] (Travis), the genius Emerich Dreadway (Clint), and the mask-wearing Montrose Pretty (Griffin).

* [[TheAdventureZoneSteeplechase The Adventure Zone Steeplechase]] (2022-Present) is an original UsefulNotes/ForgedInTheDark campaign run by Justin. Set in an immersive amusement park for the rich, it follows three criminal employees of an arcade called "Poppy's Place", located on the nostalgia-themed layer "Ustaben": the former arm-wrestler Beef Punchly [[note]]real name Linden Julius[[/note]] (Travis), the genius Emerich Dreadway (Clint), and the mask-wearing Montrose Pretty (Griffin).

* '''The Adventure Zone: Steeplechase''' (2022-Present) is an original UsefulNotes/ForgedInTheDark campaign run by Justin. Set in an immersive amusement park for the rich, it follows three criminal employees of an arcade called "Poppy's Place", located on the nostalgia-themed layer "Ustaben": the former arm-wrestler Beef Punchly [[note]]real name Linden Julius[[/note]] (Travis), the genius Emerich Dreadway (Clint), and the mask-wearing Montrose Pretty (Griffin).

!!Seasons 1-4

* '''The Adventure Zone: Steeplechase''' (2022-Present) is an original UsefulNotes/ForgedInTheDark campaign run by Justin. Set in an immersive amusement park for the rich, it follows three criminal employees of the nostalgia-themed layer "Eustabin": Linden Julius A.K.A. Beef Punchly (Travis), Emerich Dreadway (Clint), and Montrose Pretty (Griffin).

* RuleOfCool, RuleOfFun, RuleOfFunny: Liberties are frequently taken with game mechanics for these reasons.

* '''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneEthersea''' (2021-2022) is a D&D campaign run by Griffin, set in an post-apocalyptic undersea city called Founder’s Wake. The campaign began with a five-episode prologue, of the four playing a world-building card game called "The Quiet Year", which told the story of how four kingdoms caused an apocalyptic storm through their overuse of magic, eventually forcing them to settle underneath the waves. The story itself is set some twenty years later and follows a trio of adventurers working for the Blue Span Brokerage. They are the famous teleporting-shark - or "blink shark" - killer, Amber Gris (Justin); a young man who has recently defected from the church that raised him, Devo La Main (Travis); and a newly formed "brinearr" [[labelnote: *]]a race which came about during the prologue; humanoid coral bodies possessed by spirits of the "einarr" people[[/labelnote]], Zoox (Clint).

* AerithAndBob: To different degrees in different arcs, but you get things like characters named "Zoox" and "Devo"[[labelnote: *]]Short for "Devotion"[[/labelnote]] adventuring alongside "Amber".

* SharedUniverse: The members of the family seem to have differing ideas about this. Griffin usually denies it, but the others seem to like the idea that all arcs take place in the same universe (or rather, multiverse).

* '''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneEthersea''' (2021-2022) is a D&D campaign run by Griffin, set in an post-apocalyptic undersea city called Founder’s Wake. The campaign began with a five-episode prologue, of the four playing a world-building card game called "The Quiet Year", which told the story of how four kingdoms caused an apocalyptic storm through their overuse of magic, eventually forcing them to settle underneath the waves. The story itself is set some twenty years later and follows a trio of adventurers working for the Blue Span Brokerage. They are the famous teleporting-shark - or "blink shark" - killer, Amber Gris (Justin); a young man who has recently defected from the church that raised him, Devo La Main (Travis); and a newly formed "brinaar" [[labelnote: *]]a race which came about during the prologue; humanoid coral bodies possessed by spirits of the "einaar" people[[/labelnote]], Zoox (Clint).

* '''The Adventure Zone: Charlieverse''' (2021) is a modified ''Muppet Babies'' one-shot run by Justin and designed by his 6-year-old daughter Charlie.

* '''The Adventure Zone: Dadlands''' (2019) is a one-shot using an RPG of the [=McElroys=]' own design, featuring [[WebVideo/Dimension20 Brennan 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.

* '''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.

* '''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneAmnesty''' (2018-2019) 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.

* '''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.

* '''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneEthersea''' (2021-2022) is a D&D campaign run by Griffin, set in an post-apocalyptic undersea city called Founder’s Wake. The campaign began with a five-episode prologue, of the four playing a world-building card game called "The Quiet Year", which told the story of how four kingdoms caused an apocalyptic storm through their overuse of magic, eventually forcing them to settle underneath the waves. The story itself is set some twenty years later and follows a trio of adventurers working for the Blue Span Brokerage. They are the famous teleporting-shark - or "blink shark" - killer, Amber Gris (Justin); a young man who has recently defected from the church that raised him, Devo La Main (Travis); and a newly formed "brinaar" [[labelnote: *]]a race which came about during the prologue; humanoid coral bodies possessed by spirits of the "einaar" people[[/labelnote]] named Zoox (Clint).

* '''The Adventure Zone: Steeplechase''' (2022-Present) is an original UsefulNotes/ForgedInTheDark campaign run by Justin. Set in an immersive amusement park for the rich, it follows three criminal employees of the nostalgia-themed layer "Eustabin": Beef Punchly (Travis), Emerich Dreadway (Clint), and Montrose Pretty (Griffin).

* '''The Adventure Zone: Steeplechase''' (2022-Present) is a TabletopGame/BladesInTheDark campaign run by Justin. Set in an immersive amusement park for the rich, it follows three criminal employees of the nostalgia-themed layer "Eustabin": Beef Punchly (Travis), Emerich Dreadway (Clint), and Montrose Pretty (Griffin).

* '''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneEthersea''' (2021-2022) is a D&D campaign run by Griffin, set in an post-apocalyptic undersea city called Founder’s Wake. The campaign began with a five-episode prologue, of the four playing a world-building card game called "The Quiet Year", which told the story of how four kingdoms caused an apocalyptic storm through their overuse of magic, eventually forcing them to settle underneath the waves.

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. As of Summer 2019, Amnesty has also finished as a series, as has ''Graduation'' with Travis as DM. The current campaign is 'Ethersea', with Griffin back as DM, which started May 6th, 2021.

* '''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneEthersea''' (2021-Present) is a D&D campaign run by Griffin, set in an post-apocalyptic undersea city called Founder’s Wake. The campaign began with a five-episode prologue, of the four playing a world-building card game called "The Quiet Year", which told the story of how four kingdoms caused an apocalyptic storm through their overuse of magic, eventually forcing them to settle underneath the waves.

** ''Dust'' received a second mini-arc (2022), following Augustus Parsons (Justin), the stoic gunslinger Callan (Clint), [[Podcast/TheAdventureZoneAmnesty Indrid Cole the Mothman]] (Griffin), and possessed proprietress Lulu Karagawa (guest player Erika Ishii) as they track down Pearl Blackwell and try to return her to her family.

** ''Dust'' received a second mini-arc, following Augustus Parsons (Justin), the stoic gunslinger Callan (Clint), [[Podcast/TheAdventureZoneAmnesty Indrid Cole the Mothman]] (Griffin), and possessed proprietress Lulu Karagawa (guest player Erika Ishii) as they track down Pearl Blackwell and try to return her to her family.

* '''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneEthersea''' (2021-Present) is a D&D campaign to be run by Griffin, set in an post-apocalyptic undersea city called Founder’s Wake. The campaign began with a five-episode prologue, of the four playing a world-building card game called "The Quiet Year", which told the story of how four kingdoms caused an apocalyptic storm through their overuse of magic, eventually forcing them to settle underneath the waves.

** '''The Zone of Adventure: Imbalance''' (2021) is a D&D campaign run by guest DM Aabria Iyengar. It is a 3-episode miniseries set after the events of Balance, where the Tres Horny Boys and returning supporting characters face a new, time-related threat. Notable for being the first arc of the series presented as a video on Website/YouTube instead of as a podcast.

** '''The Zone of Adventure: Imbalance''' (2021) is a D&D campaign run by guest DM Aabria Iyengar. It is a limited run series set after the events of Balance, where the Tres Horny Boys and returning supporting characters face a new, time-related threat. Notable for being the first arc of the series presented as a video on Website/YouTube instead of as a podcast.

* '''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneEthersea''' (2021-????) is a D&D campaign to be run by Griffin, set in an post-apocalyptic undersea city called Founder’s Wake. The campaign began with a five-episode prologue, of the four playing a world-building card game called "The Quiet Year", which told the story of how four kingdoms caused an apocalyptic storm through their overuse of magic, eventually forcing them to settle underneath the waves.

* '''The Adventure Zone: Ethersea''' (2021-????) is a D&D campaign to be run by Griffin, set in an post-apocalyptic undersea city called Founder’s Wake. The campaign began with a five-episode prologue, of the four playing a world-building card game called "The Quiet Year", which told the story of how four kingdoms caused an apocalyptic storm through their overuse of magic, eventually forcing them to settle underneath the waves.

* '''The Adventure Zone: Ethersea''' (2021-????) is a D&D campaign to be run by Griffin. The campaign began with a five-episode prologue, of the four playing a world-building card game called "The Quiet Year". This depicted the events leading up to a magical climate catastrophe, which forced the shoreside civilization underneath the waves, to eventually settle the undersea city of Founder's Wake.

* '''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneGraduation''' (2019-2021) is a D&D campaign run by Travis, his first time in the DM seat for a main campaign. It follows barbarian sorcerer Fitzroy Maplecourt (Griffin), swashbuckling roque Argonaut "Argo" Keene (Clint), and an unnamed druid Firbolg (Justin) -- three students enrolling at Hieronymus Wiggenstaff's prestigious School for Heroism and Villainy... or rather, its (somewhat less prestigious) Sidekick and Henchperson Annex. Dark forces are at work at the school to bring about an apocalypse, and the students must be trained in the arts of magic (and [[MundaneMadeAwesome accounting]]) to save their world.

* '''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneGraduation''' (2019-2021) 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: Ethersea''' (2021-????) is a D&D campaign to be run by Griffin. The campaign began with the four playing a world building card game called "The Quiet Year" to depict a magical climate catastrophe which forces civilization underneath the waves.

* '''The Adventure Zone: Ethersea''' (2021-????)

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. 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.