Session Zero Heroes | TTRPG Actual Play Adventures & Improv Storytelling
Session Zero Heroes uses a wide variety of TTRPG systems to create hilarious, emotional, and captivating actual play stories.
Our Main Adventures:
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Benders & Brews (Avatar Legends): A chaotic group of teens battles gangs, rivals, and pirates to save their tea shop, The Blissful Brew.
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Criminals of Isla Numus (D&D): A crew trapped in a deity’s pocket dimension must earn one million gold in a year to escape, or be trapped forever!
Dive into these series and our rotating collection of one-shots and mini-series!
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Start Your Adventures Here
In the section below you'll find all our most recent episodes, but if you're new here and want to find a
good place to start, see the first episodes linked below to our various series and one-shots:
- Benders & Brews: An Avatar Legends Actual Play
- Criminals of Isla Numus: A D&D 5e Actual Play
- Hunter's Haven: Music Mayhem (A Monster of the Week Actual Play)
- Hunter's Haven: Trick or Treat, Fight or Flee (A Monster of the Week Actual Play)
- Dilly Dunker's Ice Cream Satisfactory (A Kids on Bikes Actual Play)
- Escape from Dino Island (Actual Play One-Shot)
- Black Friday of the Dead (An All Flesh Must be Eaten Actual Play)
Episodes
Mar 4, 2026
Mar 4, 2026
1hr 5 min
Following the strange message about a major Euphoria sale at the Rockbottom's Club, the gang heads over to the rowdy establishment to see if they can snag this dealer. There, they run into a couple of old friends from the Minotaur races who turn out to be employees at Rockbottom who help them locate their mysterious druglord. Who is it? And will they be able to capture or talk to them? Find out in today's episode of Criminals of Isla Numus.
Maki (Quill Smith) - Played by David
Kenku Shadow Sorcerer
Keto (Ichthyo "Theo" Glycerskin) - Played by Fatty Lumpkins
Kobold Echo Knight Fighter
Feather McGregor - Played by Quinn
Kenku War Mage Wizard
Rorick (Fizzlefingers) - Played by Cameron
Goblin Arcane Trickster Rogue
Dez (Wingbert Featherbottom) - Played by Jackson
Kenku Swarmkeeper Ranger
We hope you've enjoyed our show so far and that you continue listening as episodes are released! Additionally, feel free to follow us using the social links below, or by clicking the icons. Feel free to share our show with anyone who loves Dungeons and Dragons and actual-play podcasts! Finally, if you would be so kind, we would appreciate a review on whatever platform you're listening on. It would mean a lot and help to support our podcast and allow us to grow! Thanks so much for listening!
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Credits
Character Art by: comabogbogMusic by: Simon Jones MusicAdditional Music by: Monument Studios
© 2023 Session Zero Heroes. All rights reserved.
Feb 18, 2026
Feb 18, 2026
1hr 3 min
Following the guiding light of their Rockie Talky, the gang discovers a warehouse in the technologically-focused Wakandale District where some mass gathering seems to be going on. Joining the crowd, they discover a strange cult seems to be holding a meeting as they search for the creature they refer to as "The Chosen One." What do they want this "Chosen One" for, and how do they determine who it is? Find out on this episode of Criminals of Isla Numus!
Maki (Quill Smith) - Played by David
Kenku Shadow Sorcerer
Keto (Ichthyo "Theo" Glycerskin) - Played by Fatty Lumpkins
Kobold Echo Knight Fighter
Feather McGregor - Played by Quinn
Kenku War Mage Wizard
Rorick (Fizzlefingers) - Played by Cameron
Goblin Arcane Trickster Rogue
Dez (Wingbert Featherbottom) - Played by Jackson
Kenku Swarmkeeper Ranger
We hope you've enjoyed our show so far and that you continue listening as episodes are released! Additionally, feel free to follow us using the social links below, or by clicking the icons. Feel free to share our show with anyone who loves Dungeons and Dragons and actual-play podcasts! Finally, if you would be so kind, we would appreciate a review on whatever platform you're listening on. It would mean a lot and help to support our podcast and allow us to grow! Thanks so much for listening!
Social Media
LinkTree - A Full List of Our Links
Instagram - @SessionZeroHeroes
Facebook - @SessionZeroHeroes
Bluesky - @szhpodcast.bsky.social
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Credits
Character Art by: comabogbogMusic by: Simon Jones MusicAdditional Music by: Monument Studios
© 2023 Session Zero Heroes. All rights reserved.
Feb 4, 2026
Feb 4, 2026
49 min
With the full gang back together again, it's time to follow the Ratticus lead Lil Sauce believes will lead him to the Legionnaires. The gang will have to decide if they're going to join in on the "bone racket" or confront the villain a little less subtly. Which option do they choose, and how does it turn out? Find out in this episode of Criminals of Isla Numus.
Maki (Quill Smith) - Played by David
Kenku Shadow Sorcerer
Keto (Ichthyo "Theo" Glycerskin) - Played by Fatty Lumpkins
Kobold Echo Knight Fighter
Feather McGregor - Played by Quinn
Kenku War Mage Wizard
Rorick (Fizzlefingers) - Played by Cameron
Goblin Arcane Trickster Rogue
Dez (Wingbert Featherbottom) - Played by Jackson
Kenku Swarmkeeper Ranger
We hope you've enjoyed our show so far and that you continue listening as episodes are released! Additionally, feel free to follow us using the social links below, or by clicking the icons. Feel free to share our show with anyone who loves Dungeons and Dragons and actual-play podcasts! Finally, if you would be so kind, we would appreciate a review on whatever platform you're listening on. It would mean a lot and help to support our podcast and allow us to grow! Thanks so much for listening!
Social Media
LinkTree - A Full List of Our Links
Instagram - @SessionZeroHeroes
Facebook - @SessionZeroHeroes
Bluesky - @szhpodcast.bsky.social
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Credits
Character Art by: comabogbogMusic by: Simon Jones MusicAdditional Music by: Monument Studios
© 2023 Session Zero Heroes. All rights reserved.
Jan 21, 2026
Jan 21, 2026
56 min
Having defeated King Fortunis, made a profit, and reunited with Lil Sauce, the gang decides it's a good time to take a break and head over to JarJim's Level-Up Arcade! They've got plenty of gold to blow on tokes, but what games will be played, what prizes will be won, and will they spend their tickets on anything that will help them to make 1,000,000 gold pieces? Find out in another episode of Criminals of Isla Numus!
Maki (Quill Smith) - Played by David
Kenku Shadow Sorcerer
Keto (Ichthyo "Theo" Glycerskin) - Played by Fatty Lumpkins
Kobold Echo Knight Fighter
Feather McGregor - Played by Quinn
Kenku War Mage Wizard
Rorick (Fizzlefingers) - Played by Cameron
Goblin Arcane Trickster Rogue
Dez (Wingbert Featherbottom) - Played by Jackson
Kenku Swarmkeeper Ranger
We hope you've enjoyed our show so far and that you continue listening as episodes are released! Additionally, feel free to follow us using the social links below, or by clicking the icons. Feel free to share our show with anyone who loves Dungeons and Dragons and actual-play podcasts! Finally, if you would be so kind, we would appreciate a review on whatever platform you're listening on. It would mean a lot and help to support our podcast and allow us to grow! Thanks so much for listening!
Social Media
LinkTree - A Full List of Our Links
Instagram - @SessionZeroHeroes
Facebook - @SessionZeroHeroes
Bluesky - @szhpodcast.bsky.social
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Credits
Character Art by: comabogbogMusic by: Simon Jones MusicAdditional Music by: Monument Studios
© 2023 Session Zero Heroes. All rights reserved.
Jan 7, 2026
Jan 7, 2026
1hr 7 min
Intro King Fortunis, possibly the strongest, most muscular individual the group has faced yet. Even in this all vs. one fight in the Gridiron, will they be able to defeat this villain of mass destruction, or will he pummel them into the dirt? Find out in this epic episode of Criminals of Isla Numus!
Maki (Quill Smith) - Played by David
Kenku Shadow Sorcerer
Keto (Ichthyo "Theo" Glycerskin) - Played by Fatty Lumpkins
Kobold Echo Knight Fighter
Feather McGregor - Played by Quinn
Kenku War Mage Wizard
Rorick (Fizzlefingers) - Played by Cameron
Goblin Arcane Trickster Rogue
Dez (Wingbert Featherbottom) - Played by Jackson
Kenku Swarmkeeper Ranger
We hope you've enjoyed our show so far and that you continue listening as episodes are released! Additionally, feel free to follow us using the social links below, or by clicking the icons. Feel free to share our show with anyone who loves Dungeons and Dragons and actual-play podcasts! Finally, if you would be so kind, we would appreciate a review on whatever platform you're listening on. It would mean a lot and help to support our podcast and allow us to grow! Thanks so much for listening!
Social Media
LinkTree - A Full List of Our Links
Instagram - @SessionZeroHeroes
Facebook - @SessionZeroHeroes
Bluesky - @szhpodcast.bsky.social
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Credits
Character Art by: comabogbogMusic by: Simon Jones MusicAdditional Music by: Monument Studios
© 2023 Session Zero Heroes. All rights reserved.
Jan 5, 2026
Jan 5, 2026
2hr 15 sec
Whether you're a seasoned Criminal of Isla Numus fan, need a refresher after the holiday break, or are just starting the show from here (never fear, this recap mentions all of the important details), you're in the right place! Join us for a jaunt down memory lane as we relive some of the key moments we've experienced thus far in our DnD series to prepare you for the second (and final) half of COIN!
Maki (Quill Smith) - Played by David
Kenku Shadow Sorcerer
Keto (Ichthyo "Theo" Glycerskin) - Played by Fatty Lumpkins
Kobold Echo Knight Fighter
Feather McGregor - Played by Quinn
Kenku War Mage Wizard
Rorick (Fizzlefingers) - Played by Cameron
Goblin Arcane Trickster Rogue
Dez (Wingbert Featherbottom) - Played by Jackson
Kenku Swarmkeeper Ranger
We hope you've enjoyed our show so far and that you continue listening as episodes are released! Additionally, feel free to follow us using the social links below, or by clicking the icons. Feel free to share our show with anyone who loves Dungeons and Dragons and actual-play podcasts! Finally, if you would be so kind, we would appreciate a review on whatever platform you're listening on. It would mean a lot and help to support our podcast and allow us to grow! Thanks so much for listening!
Social Media
LinkTree - A Full List of Our Links
Instagram - @SessionZeroHeroes
Facebook - @SessionZeroHeroes
Bluesky - @szhpodcast.bsky.social
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Credits
Character Art by: comabogbogMusic by: Simon Jones MusicAdditional Music by: Monument Studios
© 2023 Session Zero Heroes. All rights reserved.
Dec 17, 2025
Dec 17, 2025
1hr 8 min
It's finally time to find out what Lil Sauce has been up to! While the rest of the gang has been running around Isla Numus hunting monsters, Sauce is hunting for answers as to what happened to Blankspace and who the chief was trying to warn him was behind a massive conspiracy that could mean the end of Isla Numus as a whole! What answers will Sauce find? Find out in today's episode of Criminals of Isla Numus!
Maki (Quill Smith) - Played by David
Kenku Shadow Sorcerer
Keto (Ichthyo "Theo" Glycerskin) - Played by Fatty Lumpkins
Kobold Echo Knight Fighter
Feather McGregor - Played by Quinn
Kenku War Mage Wizard
Rorick (Fizzlefingers) - Played by Cameron
Goblin Arcane Trickster Rogue
Dez (Wingbert Featherbottom) - Played by Jackson
Kenku Swarmkeeper Ranger
We hope you've enjoyed our show so far and that you continue listening as episodes are released! Additionally, feel free to follow us using the social links below, or by clicking the icons. Feel free to share our show with anyone who loves Dungeons and Dragons and actual-play podcasts! Finally, if you would be so kind, we would appreciate a review on whatever platform you're listening on. It would mean a lot and help to support our podcast and allow us to grow! Thanks so much for listening!
Social Media
LinkTree - A Full List of Our Links
Instagram - @SessionZeroHeroes
Facebook - @SessionZeroHeroes
Bluesky - @szhpodcast.bsky.social
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Credits
Character Art by: comabogbogMusic by: Simon Jones MusicAdditional Music by: Monument Studios
© 2023 Session Zero Heroes. All rights reserved.
Dec 3, 2025
Dec 3, 2025
45 min
As the gang continues their hunt for the two remaining monsters needed to secure Rorick's freedom, they decide to direct their aim at "King Fortunis," a hulking falcon Aarakocra known to have once been a leading member of The Beasts. The gang heads to The Beasts' HQ, a warehouse-sized gym known as The Gridiron, in hopes their target is there. Will they find Fortunis? And more importantly, can they beat him if they do?
Maki (Quill Smith) - Played by David
Kenku Shadow Sorcerer
Keto (Ichthyo "Theo" Glycerskin) - Played by Fatty Lumpkins
Kobold Echo Knight Fighter
Feather McGregor - Played by Quinn
Kenku War Mage Wizard
Rorick (Fizzlefingers) - Played by Cameron
Goblin Arcane Trickster Rogue
Dez (Wingbert Featherbottom) - Played by Jackson
Kenku Swarmkeeper Ranger
We hope you've enjoyed our show so far and that you continue listening as episodes are released! Additionally, feel free to follow us using the social links below, or by clicking the icons. Feel free to share our show with anyone who loves Dungeons and Dragons and actual-play podcasts! Finally, if you would be so kind, we would appreciate a review on whatever platform you're listening on. It would mean a lot and help to support our podcast and allow us to grow! Thanks so much for listening!
Social Media
LinkTree - A Full List of Our Links
Instagram - @SessionZeroHeroes
Facebook - @SessionZeroHeroes
Bluesky - @szhpodcast.bsky.social
X- @Session0Heroes
Credits
Character Art by: comabogbogMusic by: Simon Jones MusicAdditional Music by: Monument Studios
© 2023 Session Zero Heroes. All rights reserved.
Nov 19, 2025
Nov 19, 2025
1hr 5 min
Join us as Skyler, Creator and Creative Director at Session Zero Heroes, talks about One-Page TTRPGs: why they’re useful, and how to create them. Whether you’re hoping to create one for an upcoming one-page TTRPG jam, or to run a specific and simplistic game for your players, this information the tips Skyler shares from his experience will be invaluable in helping you create!
We hope you're learning a lot from your attendance at SZU and that you continue listening as classes are released! Additionally, feel free to follow us using the social links below or by clicking the icons. Feel free to share our show with anyone who loves Dungeons and Dragons, other TTRPGs, and actual-play podcasts! Finally, if you would be so kind, we would appreciate a review on whatever platform you're listening on. It would mean a lot and help to support our podcast and allow us to grow! Thanks so much for listening!
Social Media
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© 2023 Session Zero Heroes. All rights reserved.
Nov 12, 2025
Nov 12, 2025
1hr 4 min
Lil Sauce is still out in the city hunting down the organization that took down Blankspace. With the defeat of the Mitosisaurus, checking off one of the three monstrosities the rest of the gang needs to hunt down, they decide to swing by a magic shop to identify the handful of items on their persons. Will they find anything particularly useful? Or is it all just a bunch of cursed junk? Find out in today's episode of Criminals of Isla Numus.
Maki (Quill Smith) - Played by David
Kenku Shadow Sorcerer
Keto (Ichthyo "Theo" Glycerskin) - Played by Fatty Lumpkins
Kobold Echo Knight Fighter
Feather McGregor - Played by Quinn
Kenku War Mage Wizard
Rorick (Fizzlefingers) - Played by Cameron
Goblin Arcane Trickster Rogue
Dez (Wingbert Featherbottom) - Played by Jackson
Kenku Swarmkeeper Ranger
We hope you've enjoyed our show so far and that you continue listening as episodes are released! Additionally, feel free to follow us using the social links below, or by clicking the icons. Feel free to share our show with anyone who loves Dungeons and Dragons and actual-play podcasts! Finally, if you would be so kind, we would appreciate a review on whatever platform you're listening on. It would mean a lot and help to support our podcast and allow us to grow! Thanks so much for listening!
Social Media
LinkTree - A Full List of Our Links
Instagram - @SessionZeroHeroes
Facebook - @SessionZeroHeroes
Bluesky - @szhpodcast.bsky.social
X- @Session0Heroes
Credits
Character Art by: comabogbogMusic by: Simon Jones MusicAdditional Music by: Monument Studios
© 2023 Session Zero Heroes. All rights reserved.
Our Shows
At Session Zero Heroes we host a variety of different shows using several Tabletop Roleplaying Game systems from Avatar Legends to Dungeons and Dragons and everything in between. These amazing systems help us to tell our incredible, funny, and sometimes even emotional stories within a wide variety of genres and themes. We use these amazing tools to create characters, worlds, and everything inside them.
So join us as we explore the incredible games and systems out there and tell fantastical stories within them. And be sure to follow, like, and subscribe to our shows wherever they can be streamed (which is anywhere and everywhere podcasts are being streamed). And if your streaming service allows it, be sure to drop us a review! We'd love to get your feedback and hear your thoughts on the shows we're creating!
Benders & Brews
System: Avatar Legends
Benders & Brews follows a group of angsty, teenage ”orphans” who all work at The Blissful Brew Tea Shop alongside the kindly owner Mr. Okuran. Things get crazy when they find out that the shop is on the financial decline as a group of thugs is extorting the beloved owner for protection money. How will they manage to help their friend and save the tea shop?
Avatar Legends is an RPG system set in the world of Avatar the Last Airbender and Legend of Korra and uses the Powered by the Apocalypse System created by Magpie Games. Join us as we create our own story inside this world filled with elemental benders, dastardly villains, and creative creatures!
Criminals of Isla Numus
System: Dungeons & Dragons(5e)
Criminals of Isla Numus is a Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Actual-Play Podcast where 5 players make their way through a sprawling city controlled by the god of gambling who has tasked the players with accumulating one million gold pieces in the span of the year or be trapped in his world forever. Can the players fulfill this challenge or be trapped in a strange place in strange new bodies for the rest of their mortal existence?
Hunter's Haven: Music Mayhem
System: Monster of the Week
Hunter's Haven is the subtitle we give to all of our Monster of the Week one-shots where we play through a game written by one of our crew members solving a strange and oftentimes disturbing mystery that typically leads to an epic showdown with some sort of monster or villainous creature. Currently, we have a one-shot titled "Music Mayhem" which we published during the Halloween 2023 season, so if cryptids and creepy things are up your alley be sure to check out the full one-shot.
Dilly Dunker's Ice Cream SatisFactory
System: Kids on Bikes
Join us in this one-shot where our characters will be embarking on an ice cream adventure inspired by Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the Wonka prequel movie. We will be using the Kids on Bikes TTRPG system created by Evil Hat Productions for this one-shot. Be sure to check out Episode 1 which will be published at the same time as this episode. And, of course, be sure to check out our other TTRPG actual plays we've created here at Session Zero Heroes.
Escape from Dino Island
System: Escape from Dino Island
Escape from Dino Island is a one-shot created by Sam Tung and Sam Roberts and uses the Powered by the Apocalypse system. If you would like to purchase a copy of this one-shot you can do so at https://samnite.itch.io/escapefromdinoisland
The team of DNA hunters arrive on DinoQuest Island accompanied by Admiral Assman from the local military. The team is in disguise as a film crew recording a documentary about the dinosaur-infested island in hopes of getting to the labs where the DNA is kept but, without a vehicle, they will have to trek the peninsula on foot. What monstrosities will they run into? And will they manage to escape them without being eaten!? Find out in the first episode of our "Escape from Dino Island" one-shot!