This is a great show. I love basically everything this family makes but this is top tier. Funny and creative and unpredictable in a way that is uncommon. Unfortunately in the last couple seasons they have added background music that, with my auditory processing issues, makes the episodes really hard to understand and follow. I loved the show when i could hear it... and am trying to love it now. I know this is a minority issue but it's kind of heartbreaking. Anyway, I do still recommend!

If you are disappointed with some of the seasons following Balance but haven’t listened to Amnesty, then for the love of gods do! It is one of, if not my favorite season! All of them are wonderful but Amnesty and Balance hit different. Thank you Justin, Travis, Griffin, and Clint; you are wonderful.

I’ve cried listening to this podcast because of how good these guys are at improv and storytelling. Laugh crying and sad crying. They’re very silly. You’re allowed to not have to like every season but to tell others not to listen to some objective bangers means you’ve lost your calling to whimsy. A+ show

This podcast has different series or arcs. Some are incredibly creative and entertaining and some are not. The beginning of the show, Balance, and the second to last, Vs Dracula, are definitely worth listening to. Balance is epic. Unfortunately Graduation is excruciating, and Abnimals is just not good. Strange “for kids” concept. But don’t let that fool you, other series are amazing!

I’ve been listening since Balance and I love it all. I’m so glad these guys keep making new stuff!!!! Abnimals is really fun so far and I am loving the made up game system. Great job Travis et al!

EVERYBODY RULESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am thoroughly entertained by these guys. Something I’d be interesting to see is some “Season 2s” of some of the long finished arcs rather than just a brand new idea every arc. Maybe not reprise the characters if they don’t want to, but exploring more of those worlds. Travis’s Dust had some good potential to me. Amnesty and Ethersea were really interesting worlds too.

I am all caught up to this show! I love it so much

If you’re just starting this podcast don’t start with the most recent episodes (or the graduation campaign)! I will be a Travis defender til my dying breath because I think the way a lot of the fan base talks about him is undeserved, but his DM/GM style is not conducive to collaborative storytelling. The other campaigns are pretty good but Abnimals doesn’t really have the heart that the campaigns by Griffin and Justin do. Also the game system is made up by Travis but not clearly explained so it’s hard to feel invested in what’s going on. It’s partially because they’re trying to do something different and make it “kid-friendly” but I think they have a fundamental misunderstanding of the differences between content geared toward kids and content geared toward adults. I’ve been listening since the first season and am definitely going to sit Abnimals out, but it’s otherwise a great podcast. If you listen to the most recent episodes and feel like it’s not for you I highly recommend trying one of the other campaigns like VS Dracula, Steeplechase, or Balance which I think are some of the easiest to get invested in quickly. I am looking forward to whatever campaign comes after this one. I’m only doing 4 stars because of how hard the ball has been dropped with Abnimals.

I wish I had more stars so I could adequately express the size of the bag fumbled by Abnimals coming off of Vs. Dracula. You can hear the frustration from Griffin. Retcon this bad idea. Please.

I started TAZ on sort of a whim at the end of 2022 and have just fallen in love with it ever since. Balance was of course my favorite, but I’ve really loved every campaign and liveshow. Graduation was my second favorite campaign! The boys are so incredibly good at making characters and hilarious and beautiful stories. I’m always excited to see what they make next!

Vs Dracula was a return to fun where everyone was having a good time and the GMing and production were great. This will be my first and last episode of Abnimals.

And I loved it! I’m genuinely sad because I’m going to miss the characters

I absolutely love this show. It’s the highlight of my day!

SO GOOD MUST WATCH

I started listening to this podcast after playing just one session of Dungeons and Dragons. It got me more interested in gaming, and I can confidently say now that I’ve spent more hours listening to TAZ than I have playing any game. The guys are all wonderfully entertaining, and my husband and I enjoy listening together whenever we can.

Justin has the silliness and baddassery, Travis being a silly goober, Clint and his sweet characters and horribly awesome jokes, and finally griffin with his amazing characters and questionable elevator fetish. This family is so addictive to listen to and be around. I love this podcast to pieces and can’t wait for what the future holds for them! Also ethersea is so underrated

My husband introduced me to the Adventure zone about 2 years ago and I’ve been binging it chunks ever since. Right now I have to get up 1-2 times a night to feed my infant and the McElroys keep me company. Love these guys!

Listened since episode 1 of Balance. That arc was amazing but TAZ vs Dracula is giving it a run for its money. It’s really really good! Everyone is playing great characters and it’s very funny.

I’m on the third episode of vs Dracula and these guys do not disappoint. The music and edit is amazing, genuinely suspenseful scenes, having an absolute blast.

I never DON’T have an episode paused in my queue. Got a few minutes? Hit that play. I’ve cycled through the whole list a dozen times at least. There’s always something I missed that these good boys snuck in, a little gift of laughter waiting in there. Heart and humor in equal parts, all slathered in brotherly kibitzing. Perfect.

Y’all. Im not a DnDer. I’ve never played. I’ve never watched anyone play. But this program has my heart. I came from MBMBaM and I’m obsessed. I’m so sad TAZ vs Dracula is over. Thursdays were always my favorite because a new episode dropped. The music is amazing, I’m still in awe that Griffin wrote the theme song. It’s so incredible. I’ll probably just go back and relisten to the whole campaign it was so good. You might say this podcast is a CRITICAL HIT.

Love this show! Have been a listener since the very beginning of Balance! Nothing is as perfect as that arc, but there has always been something to love about every story and world since!! The only reason this isn’t a five star review is the newly introduced background music! I found it extremely distracting during steeplechase and am having similar feelings with Dracula! Please please boys, if you read this - turn the music way way down or take it off! Your sweet dulcet voices build the worlds just fine without it!

I’d like to love this but the odd choice to put classical music (which is at odds with the theme) is totally distracting. I’d love a “vanilla” feed.

not lying i relisten to balance in its entirety and then all of the live shows like every other month

If I could forget the entire thing I would just so I could listen to it again and have more twists! Idk what I’d do without it. Ango is the best character in the entire taz. Magnus on top.

Hilarious, long running, versatile, and just plain great. I love going back and listening to the previous episode, the new season are always full of twists, and not just plain hilarious. The perfect mix of inappropriate jokes and well pun or a great mix, no sometimes inappropriate part can get a bit out of hand.

I tend to enjoy the Griffin-DMed seasons much more. This one is no different. Really enjoying the low-stakes and goofy vibe. Update: Holy smokes, the TAZ spark is back! These guys are at their best when they don’t try too hard to tell a poignant story and just focus on the goofs and let the moments arise naturally. This feels like a real return to form; my favorite TAZ season since the first one.

I have heard so much about this podcast and good reviews but the episodes are not organized. As a new listener idk where to start and it would be be so much easier to start to listen to this podcast if the episodes were organized.

This podcast is absolutely my favorite. I look forward to it every week and I’ve barely scratched the surface as to what they have in their back catalog. I recommend this podcast to all my friends, and I still have them as friends

This family is so unbelievably funny! I started listening to MBMBAM (after my brothers recommendation) a few years ago and upon both of my cousin’s recommendation I gave TAZ a chance (never played D&D before) and TAZ is my new obsession! The stories are so much fun the McElroys are so unbelievably funny I cannot recommend this pod enough!! So good :)

The first four stars of this review are for the 3 perfect things about this show; Justin,Griffin, and the whole balance Arc. The 5th star is gone because of Clint, Travis, and every thing that came after Balance. It’s a must to listen to The Balance Arc. After that move on.

Awesome

Music and sound effects volume can be a bit much at times but that’s minimal, absolutely hilarious and never fails to make me smile.

Cannot overstate the amount of joy and comfort this podcast has brought me these last seven years (I’ve been a fan since senior year of high school). So glad it got me back into Dungeons and Dragons! Balance will always be my fave, but I’m always here for whatever campaign the McElroys cook up next.

I’m not annoyed by the background music, vs Dracula is such good rowdy energy, much like the Balance arc and Dust. All the boys are on the top of their game in this arc!

thank you for cureing my bordom

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Super fun to listen to

By far the best season I hope this energy continues into the next

So so so so gooooooooood!!!!

If there is not a new sticker made for “Goyles love the smut” I will be so sad

I love the TAZ and I love the Balance arc, and I love this arc, but the music constantly playing in the background is making this terrible to listen to. I can’t split my mind between the incessant background music and the group chat. It feels like it is numbing my head. It makes it very hard to listen to. I hope it gets less music in the future. It is much nicer to hear the boys than be annoyed with the clumsy background sounds.

Loving the Dracula season. Also loving the classical music in the background 👌

These guys crack me up. It’s fun to listen to dnd when it’s not always taken so seriously on the rules in favor of a strong plot.

I remember I found this podcast when Welcome to the Magic Tavern recommended it and it is by far my favorite podcast ever. The McElroys are fantastic storytellers and very funny people. Also, the story of the Balance Arc is so good I cried (for real, when Magnus meets back up with Julia I just melt every time).

Thank you for making such a great podcast. It’s a perfect mix of dnd, family, stupid jokes, and character voices. Your shows gives me relief from anxiety and depression…. I listen to them repeatedly and at times to even fall asleep. I look forward to them each week. Oh and your theme music is great.

This is funny

I LOVED the Balance arc and was listening from the beginning. It’s been a long slow decline since then and after trying the first few episodes of the Dracula arc I think I’m done. There’s still some great stuff in the mix but I find myself zoning out more and more often and just not caring about the plot. And I find Clint to be annoying more often than not, to the point that I cringe whenever he starts talking. So long and thanks for all the laughs, TAZ.

Never played d and d and knew 0 about it but this podcast is amazing. It’s so hilarious.