UTT: "Get Outta My Prison Wallet"
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.
Episodes
The Main Menu Podcast
Welcome welcome back to the Main Menu! Tune in with us to catch a group of college friends playing their favorite zombie-themed sessions of their Z&D homebrew virtual tabletop game! Be sure to catch the "Under the Table (UTT)" sessions where we let loose to talk about anything and everything.
Not sure where to start? Each season is marked with an emoji and numbered. If any share the same continuity, they'll use the same emoji. We have over 16 seasons worth of content to explore with many one-shots and three-part series, so look for the emojis to start listening!
Recommended ages 18+
Episodes
UTT: "Armed With Nothing But His Trusty Bong"
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.
UTT: "Community Cereal Bowl"
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?"
UTT: "How Do You Spell Curriculum?"
The guys reminisce about favorite past Z&D stuff as well as past and future seasons. Sam has fun with the soundboard.
UTT: "Dunlap's Disease"
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.
🧟♂️Dead Reign 2 | 10.05 (Finale)
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!
🧟♂️Dead Reign 2 | 10.04
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 draws nearer to the end of their journey.
🧟♂️Dead Reign 2 | 10.03
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. The group continues on following further clues.
🧟♂️Dead Reign 2 | 10.02
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.
🧟♂️Dead Reign 2 | 10.01
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 Master" Cletus "Claymore": Dan Markus Slate: Joe Wallace: Derek "Cheddar" Ash: Sam...
Trailer: The US Presidents Play Z&D
A trailer for Z&D! So many episodes already out with more to come! Check one out!
⚔️Sorcerer's Edge Side Quest: Prison Break Redemption
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 characters wake up locked up with a guard, they're pulled into an epic escape and a mission to h...
🏆1st Annual Zeedee's Awards 2018-2022
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.
🧬Z&D The Descent Part 3 of 3: Cold Revelations
>>>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 truth is finally revealed. Will anyone make it out alive? Cast: Doomsday Master: Joe Agent Eugene Tac...
🧬Z&D The Descent Part 2 of 3: Hide and Seek
>>>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, and to deal with the the ever-present monster hunting them from the shadows... Cast: Doomsday Mast...
🧬Z&D The Descent Part 1 of 3: No Turning Back
>>>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 into trouble as the danger is far more than anticipated. Be advised, one of either alpha or even bravo te...
Metroid Remaster and More Biting the Onion
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
Video: Joe and Danny Play Fortnite Season 1... and Suck at It
Watch the video segment on Spotify or wherever video podcasts are supported. A beloved excerpt from Fortnite Season 1 all those years ago. They may be better now but back then they were just two guys that suck.
We're Back!
We got some 'splaining to do. We take just a few minutes to apologize for our time away, explain what caused it, and the problems we'd faced. The Main Menu Podcast is scheduled to be back on track! Stay tuned for a new Z&D already under way.
New Nintendo IPs and Biting the Onion
The guys talk about Nintendo's lack of coming up with anything new along with what makes a good Horror game along with playing another intense rounds of Biting the Onion where our guys guess whether or not news stories are real or just an onion article
⚔️Sorcerer's Edge 1 | 8.07: The Destiny of Queens and Heroes (Finale)
After a journey of humble beginings from the shackels of prison to saving towns and seeking legendary treasure, the fate of the continent rests on our heroes' shoulders in the final battle with the Dark Queen. Witness the epic saga coming to a close in the season finale to see which side possesses the true power of the Sorcerer's Edge. Music for most battles and interludes presented by the Great Kow Otani. To him, thank you for your orchestraic masterpieces. These works of music are owned by Kow...
⚔️Sorcerer's Edge 1 | 8.06: Prove Your Worth
Utilizing their new legendary arsenal, our warriors find themselves nearing the end of their journey. Errenstar, the capital city where the dark queen resides, draws near on the horizon when a strange abyssal gateway stands in their way. Before they know it, our heroes are forced into conflict unable to help one another. It's a fight for their lives. Music by: Kow Otani Marcin Pryzblyowicz Ambience and other sounds by: Fantasy Ambience
⚔️Sorcerer's Edge 1 | 8.05: Legends of the Heroes of Old
The party leaves the City of Fernwood still mostly standing from the intense battle, with a small reward and a map to legendary weapons. Fighting through the bandits of the dark forest and dire wolves, their reward from their newfound treasure will aid them in taking on the dark queen to reclaim the continent. Music by: Kow Otani Marcin Pryzblyowicz Ambience and other sounds by: Fantasy Ambience
⚔️Sorcerer's Edge 1 | 8.04: The Battle of Fernwood
As the party begins to tie up loose ends and grab their gear before moving on to continue their journey, a mysterious woman appears claiming she knows one of our players. Just at that moment, a vampiric overlord quickly begins attacking the City of Fernwood, and it's up to our faithful characters to put a stop to the siege before it's too late. Music by: Kow Otani Ambience and other sounds by: Fantasy Ambience
⚔️Sorcerer's Edge 1 | 8.03 Inner Demons
Paduth, Venestus, and Varlo fight their way through traps and trials to get to the big city to search for supplies when something much more personal to each of them comes up instead. Music by: Kow Otani Tweex www.tweexmusic.com Sound Effects by: Fantasy Ambience
⚔️Sorcerer's Edge 1 | 8.02: The Priestess and the King's Quest
As our heroes conquered back the small village of Purity's Reach, a mysterious Priestess calls them to a much greater mission. After gathering supplies through Stormfell on the way, the party meets confrontation before the King calls upon them to save the Kingdom from darkness. music by: Kow Otani Ambience and other sounds by: Fantasy Ambience
⚔️Sorcerer's Edge 1 | 8.01: Emerging From Darkness
In a new era of Z&D, the party travels back to the medieval age of spells and dragons! Venestus, Varlo, and Paduth awaken in jail cells amid the village's dingy dungeon. When an outbreak of dark mythical creatures ensues, they must escape their shackles and into the rest of the town where more friends and foes await them... Music by: Kow Otani Bethesda Softworks Ambience and other sounds by: Fantasy Ambience
🌙Mothership 2 | 7.05: Humanity's Final Fate (Finale)
In this fateful end of Mothership Chapter 2, our heroes' second journey into the darkness of space concludes with the unraveling of High Priest Dagmar's final plan in motion and its up to our characters to put an end to it and save humanity once again.
🌙Mothership 2 | 7.04: New Houston Awaits
The crew finally gets a chance to explore the moon mines to unravel sinister Necromorph evolutionary experiments. New tools are given to help aid their exploration and the nuclear warhead is delivered to the Resistance before sent on a new mission to the New Houston Moon Colony.
🌙Mothership 2 | 7.03: Back to the Old World
From deep within the mines in the moon, our party dusts themselves off from a gigantic explosion and continues their mission given to them from the Resistance. Their search for the secret nuclear warhead comes up short but an even darker secret unfolds as a mysterious portal throws them down a new path. Sergeant Virgil takes on a new persona, Hiller becomes jealous, and Hiro slices someone completely in half all on this episode of Z&D!