The Main Menu Podcast: The TTRPG Show

The guys talk about how well the second season of Sorcerer's Edge is going and how the new "After Hours" chat in their Discord has added a cool new facet to the game, letting them add things in between episodes for their characters.

We get ready for the night be reminiscing about the Opal Heist a few weeks ago, and how well it came out in post edit, as well as Sam explaining his own troubles and fun his first time editing with it. We mention motorcycles and their experiences with them, and Japanese imported trucks. We have fun poking fun at Sam for mentioning possibly running up a "political" Z&D season, and som...

We love our Z&D characters! We take our time to set up our characters for our highly-anticipated second season of Sorcerer's Edge... and we do it all in and out of character!

Hear a few of the guys test the newly updated system for Sorcerer's Edge. Get a taste for a few of the upcoming characters Ezneer the Bard and Limbs the Crossbowman and a little story of how they got into a battle in an arena with a fearsome foe.

Start behind the scenes with Joe and Dan's back stories colliding for the upcoming Sorcerer's Edge 1-Shot and Season 2. They play around with AI art to generate Dan's strangely handsome orc character "Ug". They briefly discuss characters for the upcoming Star Wars season and the hype is real. Mister Master arrives late to the party.

In the finale of their 3 day journey of survival, the rowdy group of teens must only seek to escape the mall to make it out alive. The group confronts a crazy man claiming a wild prophecy predicting the entire zombie apocalypse. Upon their attempted exit they face a strangely familiar threat worse than anything ever before, followed by something dreadfully even worse. Will DJ Stone, Sven, Zelda, a...

Sven the pothead, Zelda the "warrior princess", DJ Stone the up and coming rapper, and Lionel/Retton the football hero, awaken their second day amid a growing zombie outbreak while trapped inside the Milwaukee Mall armed with nothing but what they've managed to find and their wits. The teens must continue to secure their location while dealing with emerging threats and a mysterious military group....

Welcome to Z&D Mall Rats Edition! Its 1988 and our small band of misfits find themselves at the local mall in Milwaukee when catastrophe strikes outside the walls. Quickly our teenage characters must find their bearings and divide friend from foe as they're now stuck in the mall for the next three days. Make sure to listen to "Day 0" to hear the origins of our characters and immerse into the 1...

Travel back to the 1980s as we introduce our characters for the epic trilogy ahead. Sven and DJ Stone come across Zelda being bullied in an alleyway and choose to intervene. Upon heading to Sven's house to patch up Zelda from the fight, they encounter a strange threat in which their wit and luck must come in handy for them to survive. The group meets Sven's friend Lionel/Retton and seek safety. To...

The guys start by talking about Sam's progress on Sorcerer's Edge Season 2 and its ruleset. Danny has a new idea for a character. Plans for the next one-shot episode takes off.

Danny has issues with Roll20.net before undertaking being the DM for Mall Rats. Since they're down a player, the guys cook up their idea to initiate doing the "Day 0" scenario, which ended up being an legitimately great idea.

Sam talks a lot about coding his new character sheet for the upcoming season of Sorcerer's Edge. The guys talk about weddings, Cheddar's upcoming one-shot episode, getting big names on the podcast, and the most burning questions on everyone's mind: "What does Haggis supposed to look like?"

The guys reminisce about favorite past Z&D stuff as well as past and future seasons. Sam has fun with the soundboard.

Get a behind the scenes listen to recording night before the guys hit the record button. The guys talk about The Last of Us HBO show, Velma, and going camping.

In the final leg of our heroes' journey, they come to the site that houses the final secret of their mission. Along the way they battle the largest number of zombies they've ever fought. An old friend is met and a new villain emerges, which our characters must battle to the death!

After leaving the rubble of the CDC in Atlanta behind, the group ventures further into their quest to uncover the corruption behind Benford Group's part in the unfolding of the zombie virus, leading them to an old abandoned factory that yields another lead. From there, the party encounters another man who gives some answers to help unfold the mystery, but more questions still remain as the group d...

The group awakens from the Salvation Army headquarters and continues onward to the CDC in Atlanta to investigate the origin of the zombie outbreak, learning more about the Benford Group's possible corruption and Ultracure originally being used to promote conspiracy. Still looking for concrete answers, someone falls in love with the last leading scientist at the CDC before she meets a larger threat...

This time the group picks up the pieces from the farm house and get prepared for another long trip ahead. Someone discovers a weapon (if it is in fact a weapon) and someone they knew from before is said goodbye to for the final time. On their travels to Atlanta to investigate the CDC, the group makes a pit stop and decide to help a fellow survivor to earn a reward.

Jump back into the world of Dead Reign to take a break from seriousness and go full on into a goofy adventure in an undead world! The group ventures back out after reaching the Mormon's stronghold to try and discover the reason behind the initial outbreak. They quickly come across a strange pair living on a farm and unravel a mystery that doesn't end too well. Cast: Doomsday Master: Bob "Mister Ma...

Sorcerer's Edge is back! In this self-contained tale, get introduced to four new characters set in the age of dragons and magic: Randy, an aquatic alien with a gut and a hunger for trouble; Morgano the Psychomage looking for his long lost friend Andy; Deuce, the man with multiple personalities of Rob Schneider movies; and Tarentino, the spiderling shapeshifter with a hunger for strawberries. When...

Our crew looks back at our 5-year run with 9 seasons of z&d to nominate their favorite MVPs, NPCs, and best moments on our beloved virtual game.

>>>Mission Objective<<< Destroy document #117 Eliminate Agent Terry Having reached the heart of Mt Colossus Asylum in its secret depths, the team find their missing squad member and unravel the classified experiments within the laboratory. Chief calls for a change in mission parameters and Bravo team is thrown into chaos as the answers they find lead to more questions until the t...

>>>Mission Objective<<< Retrieve research document #117 Find and rescue any Alpha Team survivors Eliminate the mole After the previous battle with the Masher, the party is awoken by a strange doctor and is missing Agent Terry and another one of their own. They descend deeper into the asylum to search for answers, to try to trust each other, to find their missing Bravo unit member...

>>>Mission Objective<<<  Retrieve research document #117  Find and rescue any Alpha Team survivors  Eliminate the mole  Four Badger City Police special B.A.S.E. Unit members of Bravo Team investigate Mt Colossus Asylum to recover incriminating evidence to take down Raincoat Corporation having used the asylum for their sinister experiments for years. Bravo squad runs immediately i...

The guys talk about the Metroid remake/remaster, past experiences with the good old games like Age of Empires, and play our original Reddit game where you decide whether a news headline is an Onion article or not