The Main Menu Podcast

Upon reaching the Benford Group's Parent Company to further investigate the origins of the Wave, the party comes across the world's largest concentration of Reapers, and their highly esteemed leader. They dedicate their lives to hunting zombies, and Cletus being a part of them, the group decides to join the Battle of Chicago against the Undead.

Before recording the night's session, the guys talk about Bob's ticket from the DNR, preparing for the arctic blast hitting the mid-west, thanksgiving food, the new Stranger Things season, John Cena's retirement, and more!

Alex is leading an upcoming season using his original system and world. The guys take a break from Dead Reign while a few others are out to test out the system, get a bit of lore, and use the characters they'll probably be reprising in the official season.

Marcus, Cletus, Wallace, and Walter investigate Benford Capital Partners, an investment group that's tied to the invention of Ultracure. Being in Chicago which has one of the most highest concentrations of zombies in the world, the crew must find a ferryman in order to avoid them, but it's never that easy.

Before recording the night's session, the guys talk about pre-biotics and ways to help your gut health, taking turns talking about their irrational fears, glory holes, being a vampire meaning you can't have garlic bread anymore, Call of Duty's unprecedented failure, WW2 movies, The Walking Dead spoilers, and more!

In the fourth installment of our version of Palladium Games' "Dead Reign", the crew reunites once again to track down the fourth theory for what started humanity's extinction event known as "The Wave". This new theory begs the question: did death cultists cause the dead to rise again?

With Sam back visiting before recording the night's session, the guys talk about working at Chick-Fil-A, the Baja Blast pie, speeding is ineffective, "Bronies", Bob's skinwalker cat, the BEST way to take your temperature, the newest Covid 2025 update patch, and more!

The competitors graduate from Island One and straight onto Island Three, where the End Game will take place. Hallways of past competitors are a foreshadowing of what's to come: a final deathmatch. Will the competitors unite as one trusting each other to the end, or will they stab each other in the back in attempts to be crowns the victor of Deathmatch Island?

Before recording the night's session, the guys talk about personal safety, the firing range, whether smooth or crunchy peanut butter is better, hunting ghosts with salt, best horror movies and why we watch horror, and more!

The crew of four continue to mingle, and must learn to use more than battle tactics to win the game, coming int contact with a vicious loner's crew and the Ghost Pania lurking in the haunted apartment blocks. When Phase Two begins, they scramble and use everything they've got to fight for survival and to move on to the final round!

Before the recording the night's session, the guys talk about the early days of Z&D, Bob's dashcam, Joe's having another kid, how many times can you poop your pants before calling it quits, ways to impress women, and more!

Deathmatch Island by Evil Hat Productions, is a game show of death set in a group of isolated islands surrounded by mystery and intrigue. A group of players arrive via a manless boat, barely remembering their own names, and must band together to overcome obstacles, get their bearings, and embark into Island One before everyone starts killing each other. There can only be one.

Before recording the night's session, the guys talk about The Crazies movie from '09, Libcon 2025 (No Kings Protest), indoor skydiving, upcoming seasons of Z&D, and more!

Secure. Contain. Protect.In this one-shot episode of the SCP Files, a gang of civilians enter SCP-3008, AKA "Infinite IKEA" quite by accident, and must find an exit, if any exists, encountering others lost inside the otherworldly store.

Before recording the night's session, the guys talk about Bob's experience at the oxygen bar, the correlation between the size of your manhood vs your virility, more love for Kingassripper, Alex getting a motorcycle, and the setup for the SCP TTRPG they're about to play!

Since there's no session this week, the guys talk about cheese puns, 9-1-1 show's insane degradation, the new Call of Duty fatigue, Xbox game pass outrage, the ridiculous streaming debacle, the entirety of SCPs and more!

With no session this week, the guys talk about drywall nightmares, sharpening blades, Dan's upcoming SCP season and its rules, the new Dead Reign season and its history, and more!

From way back in 2019, the guys play a game of trying to decode the correct movie from its foreign translation!

The prisoners fight tooth and nail through the vacant Star Destroyer ship to the hangar bay to make their final escape after awakening much of the scourge aboard the ship. Upon their retreat, they'll have to face another even worse threat.CAST:DM: DanJaxor: JoeJJ-89: BobWirjol: XanderBeer: Derek (Cheddar)

Before recording the night's session, the guys talk about the fermenting process of making mead, yeast, the UK's crazy political revolution, F-Zero X's expansion kit that Joe's just found, video game soundtracks, 2026 game of the year, Stranger Things upcoming season, and more!

The prisoner vessel's outbreak has run rampant, seemingly eliminating most of all life on board. Four (mostly) fearless compatriots must follow some of the few signs of life down to solitary confinement to meet a familiar face. They'll hopefully help the doctor on board to escape the prison with a possible vaccine to prevent the scourge to infect the rest of the galaxy.CAST:DM: DanJaxor: JoeJJ-89: BobWirjol: XanderBeer: Derek (Cheddar)

The crew of four misfits awakens aboard a prison vessel with a strange mission at hand to investigate a virus and assist one of the last few doctors in stopping an outbreak before it's too late. When push comes to shove, they must investigate a desolated Star Destroyer to help save themselves, the doctor, and anyone else still alive.CAST:DM: DanJaxor: JoeJJ-89: BobWirjol: XanderBeer: Derek (Cheddar)

Before recording the night's session, the guys talk about Derek's worker's comp, philanthropy, legitimate women's rights, people losing their jobs, "endless" buffets, Dieselpunk, and more!

Before recording the night's session, the guys talk about Derek's worker's comp, dead-lifting, one of us changing podcasts to talk about "philanthropy", Rosanne Barr, foot fetishes, and more!

The guys search Reddit for diabolical "Would You Rather" questions, crappy superpowers, "Million Dollars But" questions, and more!The Day Mike Meme: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6GrtT6d/Click here to see images from the show!

A gaggle of four unlikely friends meet at a cantina in Coruscant, and battle their way through thugs only to end up imprisoned on one of the galaxy's most fearsome prison vessel.CAST:DM: DanJaxor: JoeJJ-87: BobWirjol: XanderBeer: Derek (Cheddar)

Before recording the night's session the guys talk about iPhone vs Android vs landline, trying to sleep with socks, seeing shadow people, the best position to sleep in, best ways to wake up, and more!

While the guys prepare to play a session next week, they talk tonight about their upcoming characters, Derek's trouble customer service, mullets and mutton chops, and reading posts from Reddit from the r/AITA subreddit, where redditors ask if they were the A-hole in their very personal situations, and more!

(50% edited as of 8/15/25)Dead Set Revenge: The Ballad of Snakeskin ClydeIn the season conclusion until next time in Act 3, the cowboys enter the catacombs of Snakeskin Clyde uncovering dark secrets and unearthing a hidden oppression of humanity that will soon set forth again, as well as encountering their greatest foe for the final time.CASTDM: JoeColt Barret: DanQuenten Questo: BobFelix Strachenbach: DerekChronos: Alex

The guys take a break from playing in between seasons to talk about guys being friends with girls, the subtle art of "swinger life", getting hit on, getting in fights, and finally playing the long awaited 4th installment of "Biting the Onion" where Joe reads off news headlines that are either completely real or utterly satire, and the rest of the guys are awarded points for guessing them right!

Before recording the night's session, the guys talk about Derek's injury, battle royales and Joe's new idea for battlefield 6, Killing Floor 3, Luke Cake and Jessica Jones "real" scene together, Bob's knife sharpening service, and more!

Before recording for the night's session, the guys talk about talking gay with the bros, identifying yourself with your kink, Hulk Hogan's passing, Yoni beer made from "human" yeast, old bath water for sale, Joe's new persona, and more!

(unedited)Dead Set Revenge: The Ballad of Snakeskin ClydeThe gang awakens after all being shot by Snakeskin Clyde to the realization that half their gang is nowhere to be seen along with Snakeskin's body also missing. His crew being the major culprits for the gang's disappearance, our players make a siege upon the town of Lone Tree Ridge but not without the help of some old friends. An eye for an eye.CASTDM: JoeColt Barret: DanQuenten Questo: BobFelix Strachenbach: DerekChronos: Alex

Before recording the night's session, the guys talk about Ready or Not, slapping a dog, their favorite donuts, diarrhea somehow, and more!

(unedited)Dead Set Revenge: The Ballad of Snakeskin ClydeWord that the rest of Colt's gang has been killed by an unknown gang finally reaches word to our group. Zelda escaped alive to tell Colt that their camp site by Lone Tree Ridge was infiltrated, not by Snakeskin's posse, but by someone else. Nooses have been slung around their necks and it's up to Colt, Chronos, Felix, and Que to rescue the rest of their crew before they hang.CASTDM: JoeColt Barret: DanQuenten Questo: BobFelix Strachenbach: DerekChronos: Alex

Before recording the night's session, the guys talk about Derek's run in with a Karen, someone asks "am I a loser?", commonly mispronounced words, the upcoming Deathmatch Island RPG, and more!

Dead Set Revenge: The Ballad of Snakeskin ClydeRed Rock Bluff has a strange disappearance of its sheriff, so our gang must continue on with new gear from Chenney to Cinder Creek, where Colt Barret meets a familiar face as they play a harmless game of Hold 'Em. Nothing is as it seems though, as the past always has a way of coming back to show its ugly face.CASTDM: JoeColt Barret: DanQuenten Questo: BobFelix Strachenbach: DerekChronos: Alex

Before recording the night's session, the guys talk about how Derek missed last week, why Derek doesn't have a Tiktok, nerding out for 5 uninterrupted minutes about Warhammer 40k, the new upcoming Chasm Inferno 2 season, being SWAT'd, Joe's controversial opinions on candy bars, and more!

Before not recording for the night's session, the guys talk about a forbidden kink tier list that they'll never do, Joe's thoughts on last week's tier lists, things that make you sore, Death Stranding 2, having RealID to fly in America even domestically, and more!

The guys rank the most popular candy bars from worst to best!

During their week off of regularly scheduled Z&D, the guys discuss and sort the popular restaurant chains from worst to best.

Before recording for their tier list session, the guys talk about gun oil, strip clubs, getting your draft card, it being 100 degrees outside, hearing your own voice, and more!

Dead Set Revenge: The Ballad of Snakeskin ClydeThe reward from Pixaxe yields a treasure map, something Que can't resist following. Upon deciphering the map, it leads him to an old foe. After Que's reunion, Red Rock Bluff offers a job investigating a strange case of mangled bodies turning up from hunters entering Crookneck Forest.CASTDM: JoeColt Barret: DanQuenten Questo: BobFelix Strachenbach: DerekChronos: Alex

Before recording the night's session, the guys talk about ordering like KingAssRipper at Sonic, working at McDonalds where it was a horny swinger-fest, replacing your tires, cheese puffs, the real cure for crabs, Cheddar's new system for his upcoming Z&D season, and more!

Dead Set Revenge: The Ballad of Snakeskin ClydePixaxe, a rundown mess of a town needs help to overcome a crippling debt. It was a bad move made on the part of the young kid of a Sheriff, but one that either a silver tongue or a quick gun can fix. Chronos encounters a mysterious man from his past from which he remembers very little, but it's a bad omen that looks to follow him wherever he goes.CASTDM: JoeColt Barret: DanQuenten Questo: BobFelix Strachenbach: DerekChronos: Alex

Before recording the night's session the guys talk about beatboxing, which way the toilet paper should go, burning your b-hole with a bidet, how not to wipe, which type of podcasts shouldn't exist (ours not included), evil Mr. Beast, and more!

Instead of recording an episode of Z&D tonight, the guys talk about the ultimate break down of fast food restaurants and compile a tier list!

Before the guys find out they're not recording a session tonight, the guys talk about the thought of death itself, bad drivers, scam companies, getting scammed with pyramid schemes, about when the meat man comes to visit, and more!

Dead Set Revenge: The Ballad of Snakeskin ClydeOld Boulder is a small town set ablaze by controversy and Sheriff Santalooma is caught betwixt the middle of it. With the town growing ever more by the day and the nearby natives inhibiting Old Boulder's expansion because of a dispute about land, they'll need the help of our outlaws. They'll have to shoot or outsmart either the Sheriff and the whole town, the stubborn natives, or both sides.CASTDM: JoeColt Barret: DanQuenten Questo: BobFelix Strachenbach: DerekChronos: Alex

Before recording the night's session, the guys talk about calling it "pop" or "soda", harsh childhood upbringings, tornados, Tiktok language, SCPs, and more!

Dead Set Revenge: The Ballad of Snakeskin ClydeAfter mingling within camp, our cowboys decide to set off to the nearest town to see what's what and to hopefully hunt some bounty or earn some Dinero by any means necessary, but it ain't never that easy.CASTDM: JoeColt Barret: DanQuenten Questo: BobFelix Strachenbach: DerekChronos: Alex