When did The Adventure Zone podcast first start?
The Adventure Zone first aired as a special episode of My Brother, My Brother and Me on the 18th of August 2014. That December it became its own biweekly show on the Maximum Fun network.
Questions about The Adventure Zone
Short answers, pulled from the story.
Who are the hosts of The Adventure Zone?
The Adventure Zone is hosted by brothers Justin, Travis, and Griffin McElroy along with their father Clint McElroy, and it is distributed by the Maximum Fun network.
What game system does The Adventure Zone use?
The Adventure Zone began with the fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set in 2014. Individual campaigns have also used other systems, including FATE for Commitment and Monster of the Week for Amnesty.
What was the first campaign of The Adventure Zone called?
The first campaign was called Balance. It ran for 69 episodes, concluding in August 2017, and followed a global war on Faerûn caused by seven magical artifacts called the Grand Relics.
Has The Adventure Zone been adapted into other media?
Yes. The Balance campaign has been adapted into a graphic novel series illustrated by Carey Pietsch and published by First Second Books starting in 2018, with the first volume topping the New York Times best-selling trade fiction list. Peacock also commissioned a script for an animated adaptation in January 2020, but the project had fallen through by 2024.
How is The Adventure Zone rated by listeners?
The Adventure Zone holds a 4.9 rating on Podbay and a 5.0 rating on Apple Podcasts, and it has been downloaded hundreds of millions of times.