The Adventure Zone
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| Hosted by | Griffin, Justin, Travis, and Clint McElroy |
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| Genre | Comedy, adventure |
| Language | English |
| Updates | Bi-weekly |
| Length | About an hour |
| No. of episodes | 62 (plus 5 bonus episodes) |
| Original release | August 18, 2014 – present |
| Provider | Maximum Fun |
| Website | The Adventure Zone |
The Adventure Zone is a fortnightly comedy and adventure podcast based upon the popular Dungeons & Dragons game series. The show is distributed by the Maximum Fun network and hosted by brothers Justin, Travis, and Griffin McElroy, and father Clint McElroy. Regular episodes of the podcast feature the family solving puzzles, fighting enemies, and leveling up their characters in a series of cinematic and humorous encounters.
Griffin McElroy, the show's primary host and dungeon master, guides his brothers and father through a series of stories and encounters that make up the overlying story for the show's listeners, Dungeons & Dragons fifth edition.
Advertisements from corporate sponsors and paid messages from listeners, "Jumbotrons", are read by Griffin in the center segment of the program. Fans tweeting about the show using "#thezonecast" may be selected to become the namesakes for various non-player characters in the story lines. Fans can also suggest items to stock a "Fantasy Costco" for the characters to buy between quests.
A special episode of the McElroy's flagship podcast, My Brother, My Brother and Me called "The Adventure Zone", was released on August 18, 2014, shortly after Justin and his wife had a baby. It featured the brothers playing a game of Dungeons & Dragons with their father, Clint. "The Adventure Zone" was later developed into its own podcast on the Maximum Fun network.
"Déjà Vu" by Mort Garson (from the album Ataraxia: The Unexplained) serves as the primary theme song for The Adventure Zone as well as various interstitials and backing tracks. Griffin McElroy also creates original compositions to enhance the show's production. These compositions are available for listening and purchase on the websites SoundCloud and Bandcamp.
A graphic novel series adapting the first story arc, The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins, is currently set for release in 2018. The book will be written by the McElroys, illustrated by Carey Pietsch, and published by First Second Books.
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