The Adventure Zone Royale: Episode 8
9/11/20251 hr
The Trial of Evocation, Part I
The wizards are divided into teams to test their mastery of elements. But it's all or nothing for this group project, and so they must also face an unexpected task: cooperation.
Royale Theme: “Wizard Disco” by Louie Zong: https://louiezong.bandcamp.com/album/wizard-disco
Original Music by Griffin McElroy
Additional Music in this Episode: "Unforseen Consequences (Remastered)" by Techthiest: https://techtheist.ru; "Foresight" by Serat: https://blear-moon.com; "Haze" and "Time is Ticking" by Scott Holmes Music: https://scottholmesmusic.com/; "Atmosphere for Documentaries" by Universfield: http...
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First 90 secondsJustin McElroy· Host0:00
Ah, y- ah, ah, you're headed out into the boneyard, out into the old dusty tomes, I see. [coughs] Well, while you're out here, I would, uh, ask that you head to maximumfun.org/join. Uh, the, if you want to keep these incredible stories coming, uh, then I would encourage you to head to that URL and support this incredible podcast.
Travis McElroy· Host0:26
Creak. Justin, what are you doing in here in the dark?
Griffin McElroy· Host0:29
In these old-ass episodes. Musty, musty eps.
Justin McElroy· Host0:33
I'm trying to cure my asthma with exposure therapy.
Travis McElroy· Host0:37
Oh.
Griffin McElroy· Host0:37
Oh.
Justin McElroy· Host0:37
It's not going well, as you can tell from the timbre of my voice.
Travis McElroy· Host0:40
Did, did you tell them that, like, the Max Fun Drive's about to end, and if they wanna support the shows that they love, they should go to maximumfun.org/join and become a member, or upgrade their membership, or boost their membership?
Justin McElroy· Host0:50
Sorry, Travis, tell who?
Travis McElroy· Host0:53
The list- The- The listeners ...
Griffin McElroy· Host0:56
the listeners at home who we so desperately need to support us in this year's Max Fun Drive. We're, we're pretty well behind schedule, um, on pace.
Justin McElroy· Host1:01
You say that every time, Griffin.
Griffin McElroy· Host1:03
[laughs] It's true. I mean, we're not doing so hot.
Justin McElroy· Host1:05
You're such a worrywart.
Griffin McElroy· Host1:06
And this isn't- You just don't know what Griffin's schedule is.
Travis McElroy· Host1:08
It's wild ...
Griffin McElroy· Host1:09
I guess I'm s- I guess I'm saying I, we need a hero, and the hero is you. And you c- the hero could, could, you know, kick in five bucks a month to help make the show, and, uh, also get- Our hero? [laughs] ... access to, like, a bunch of great, a bunch of great bonus content.
Justin McElroy· Host1:22
Some hero ki- kicking five bucks a month, huh?
Griffin McElroy· Host1:25
Yeah, so- Hey ... this year, Boco's Cousinverse, five of our six kids made a one-shot for us,