Join the Party
Join the Party is a Dungeons and Dragons podcast created by Multitude Productions and hosted by Dungeon Master Eric Silver.
Background
The show features Eric Silver, Amanda McLoughlin, Brandon Grugle and Michael Fische. The show is produced by Multitude Productions, a podcast collective founded by Amanda McLoughlin and Eric Silver. In July 2019, Join the Party and the four other podcasts from Multitude Productions collectively received more than two million downloads.The show's Dungeon Master, Eric Silver, learned about Dungeons and Dragons through other actual play podcasts and television programs. Silver has used the show as a platform to make Dungeons and Dragons easier for newcomers to learn the mechanics of the game and demonstrate how games can be used to explore real world issues. The show even provides episodes dedicated solely to helping people learn how to play. The show also provides one set of episodes for experienced players and another set of episodes that include explanations of rules and game mechanics. The show has "Afterparty" episodes where the players are provided the chance to ask the Dungeon Master questions and listeners of the show can submit questions as well. The show engages it's audience by naming characters in the campaigns after fans of the show.
The storyline begins during a wedding party where the adventures learn that something has gone wrong in the world. The first season involves a warlock with knowledge of the gods, an armature assassin, and a robot detective. The three protagonists of the story include Inara Harthorn played by Amanda McLoughlin, Johnny B. Goodlight played by Michael Fische, and Tr8C played by Brandon Grugle.
Season 2 is set in the modern day with superheroes.