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What are the Adventure Zone Nights? And where can I listen to it?

The Adventure Zone: Nights (or maybe The Adventure Zone: Knights, if you prefer,) is a Maximum Fun monthly donor-only mini D&D campaign (as in, only 3 episodes so far) with Travis as the DM, Justin as the tiefling monk Troth, Griffin as the half-elf “eldritch bartender” Tom Collins and Clint as the human blackballed bard Lenny Manileto*.

Now, unfortunately, unless you know someone who’s already a Max Fun donor, there’s really no way to listen to TAZ:Knights/TAZ:Nights for free, but the good news is that you only need to donate $5 a month minimum to get access to the bonus content, which also contains a prequel episode that shows how the Boys met up before they took the job with Gundren that was recorded shortly after Moonlighting, and a live show that takes place at Bottlenose Cove (aka, the first and original beach episode.)

If you’d like to donate to Max Fun, click on this link. Also, if you’re already a monthly donor, click on this link to head straight the bonus content.

*=not sure on the spelling, but no one’s given a correct spelling for it so far, so I just went with this one.

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The criticisms of Travis’ DM style are legitimate, but I think the overall, puzzle box layout of TAZ:(k)N makes a lot more sense when you remember the incredible constraints it’s under as a series. Not only is it not a normal DnD campaign, it’s not even a normal DnD podcast. They don’t have time to go on tangents or stretch things out or explore. Nights was designed from the get go to be a mini-campaign, played once or twice a year, a few hours at a time.

Every one of the adventures needs to get to the point quickly, grab interest quickly, move the characters through some obstacles, and then wrap up within a given time frame. It has to be self-contained, tight paced, and still funny. Ideally it ends on a hook, to keep people donating next year. That’s a lot to ask of any DM, especially a new one. Travis’ solution- sticking the characters basically in mazes with a set number of solutions and not a lot of room to mess things up- is a little clumsy, but given how long the same group of people managed to drag some of the Balance stories out, pretty justified. They need TAZ: (K)Nights adventures to wrap up when they’re supposed to, and be sort of more of a controlled environment than the regular campaign, because it’s so limited by the Bonus Content conceit.

He could definitely integrate character backstories better, maybe do a smoother job of putting in some RP opportunities, but the banter is going to happen anyways. And each session has to tread that line of “nicely wrapped up, but wait, there’s more!” which has to make things really hard to write organically. You can’t really blame him for making everyone jump through hoops when the campaign was made for hoop jumping from the get go.

In conclusion, I really think we’re underestimating what Travis could do with a less limited medium and more freedom. I know he doesn’t need other people’s confidence, but I have a measured amount in him.

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quick troth animation!

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i.... Love her

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I love the bonus episode crew!!

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"She thinks of her friends, and prays for sunrise." Drawing I posted on Twitter... this whole episode got to me, and I had to draw something for that moment in particular.

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ok im listening to taz nights and i m rly loving these characters but. clints voice is Killing me every time he says anything in game i crack up bc his lenny voice is so goofy and he hasnt stopped using his character voice for like. the entire time. clint voice is gon its all lenny now

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