Aug 28, 2026 · 30 min · 19 segments
# Episode Notes: This week on Zed Games Zahra and Hazel settle in for a totally normal episode of Zed Games when a button push opens a PORTAL to ADVENTURE, presented by Extra Lives. Grab a cuppa, put…
congratulations adventurer you've made the bold and financially questionable decision to leave your comfortable family home in search of making your fortunes the most reliable way you know how through the gig economy after many uneventful days of trekking the gently rolling countryside you stumble across a tavern the vermin and worm in As you walk through the door, wafting through the cocktail of various smells, you see many unremarkable patrons enjoying a quiet evening of perpetual stew and ale.
Or at least, mostly unremarkable.
Alone at a table in a shadowy corner of the room, you see a mysterious figure in a long hooded cloak.
A quest giver if ever you saw one.
Could this be it? Parched from your five-figure step count, your eyes catch that of the bartender, who greets you with a winning smile, inviting you to select a drink.
Do you...
A.
Remain thirsty and approach the mysterious stranger in the hopes of obtaining your first quest? Or B.
Remain unemployed and approach the bartender to quench your thirst.
Press left to approach the stranger.
Press right to approach the bartender.
Before you can even begin to ask, the mysterious stranger produces a scroll.
Good.
An adventurer, although a little green-looking.
No matter, you'll do.
I have one major quest that needs completing, something about a spring and some robots, but that will have to wait until a different day of the week.
Before you can even begin to question this meta plug, they continue.
The local area has been plagued by mysterious forest fires since at least the 12th of August.
We need someone to go out and investigate the cause.
Is it a malicious arsonist, hell-bent on destroying the woodland? Or simply a lens left in a treehouse that keeps catching the light? Who knows? Only you have the acumen to discover the true nature of the unexplained blazes.
They slide a scroll across the table toward you with a map of the local forest, with burnt areas marked in black.
Or, before you can inspect the map further,
they continue.
There have been sightings of a vicious beast stalking the town at night.
So far, no one has glimpsed this monstrosity, but the reports align on its size.
congratulations adventurer you've made the bold and financially questionable decision to leave your comfortable family home in search of making your fortunes the most reliable way you know how through the gig economy after many uneventful days of trekking the gently rolling countryside you stumble across a tavern the vermin and worm in As you walk through the door, wafting through the cocktail of various smells, you see many unremarkable patrons enjoying a quiet evening of perpetual stew and ale.
Or at least, mostly unremarkable.
Alone at a table in a shadowy corner of the room, you see a mysterious figure in a long hooded cloak.
A quest giver if ever you saw one.
Could this be it? Parched from your five-figure step count, your eyes catch that of the bartender, who greets you with a winning smile, inviting you to select a drink.
Do you...
A.
Remain thirsty and approach the mysterious stranger in the hopes of obtaining your first quest? Or B.
Remain unemployed and approach the bartender to quench your thirst.
Press left to approach the stranger.
Press right to approach the bartender.
Before you can even begin to ask, the mysterious stranger produces a scroll.
Good.
An adventurer, although a little green-looking.
No matter, you'll do.
I have one major quest that needs completing, something about a spring and some robots, but that will have to wait until a different day of the week.
Before you can even begin to question this meta plug, they continue.
The local area has been plagued by mysterious forest fires since at least the 12th of August.
We need someone to go out and investigate the cause.
Is it a malicious arsonist, hell-bent on destroying the woodland? Or simply a lens left in a treehouse that keeps catching the light? Who knows? Only you have the acumen to discover the true nature of the unexplained blazes.
They slide a scroll across the table toward you with a map of the local forest, with burnt areas marked in black.
Or, before you can inspect the map further,
they continue.
There have been sightings of a vicious beast stalking the town at night.
So far, no one has glimpsed this monstrosity, but the reports align on its size.
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