The titular Keep gives way to the iconic Caves of Chaos as Russell and Jeramy venture forth into a veritable buffet of classic D&D foes: featuring clueless goblins, oily kobolds, entrepreneurial bugbears, and literal s#&! eating rats. In the end, they’re left with just one question: who are the real monsters here?

It’s one of the most iconic modules in Dungeons & Dragons history, responsible for teaching millions of the earliest players the ropes: Russell and Jeramy dive into Gary Gygax’s legendary B2: Keep on the Borderlands from 1979! In episode one, we learn how the keep came to be, meet a bunch of nameless NPCs with spicy secrets, and prepare for the journey outside the walls and into the iconic Caves of Chaos!

The fiery finale of The Kidnapping of Princess Arelina gives birth to the Dragon Tiles Extended Universe, where things immediately go off the rails. The Revenge of Rusak spirals into political coups, illusions gone wild, and a reborn villian with a Tim Curry-esque flair for the dramatic.

Russell and Jeramy strap on their 3D glasses for a trip back to the 80s, when D&D tried to leap off the page and onto your tabletop with 3D Dungeon Dragon Tiles, including the adventures The Kidnapping of Princess Arelina and its sequel The Revenge of Rusak! Featuring a haunted house where every sofa hides a classic D&D foe and the bathroom has a secret backstage entrance, they trace a winding line from flimsy pop-out walls and googly-eyed monsters all the way to one of D&D’s most popular campaign settings, proving that sometimes even the goofiest gimmicks can leave a big mark on the game.

The finale of In Search of the Unknown sees a once orderly dungeon completely off the rails. Russell and Jeramy try to make sense of the Room of Doors (or is it a Room of Rooms?), marvel at the evil genius behind the teleportation room, and attempt to find out, once and for all, if they've been eating all these rocks for no reason.

Russell and Jeramy continue their delve into Castle Quasqueton, rifling through jars in a wizard's lab, inventing a few cursed magic items, and taking a detour through the infamous Room of Pools. Along the way they finally answer that age old question: what would YOU do with a pickled cat in a jar?

Russell and Jeramy dive into the murky waters of earliest D&D, beginning with a boatload of publishing drama, lawsuits, and a dungeon with a very funny name. Therein they meet the masters of the house: a pair of adventurers who were either legendary heroes or chaotic-neutral life partners

In the final part of the episode... we finally have a dungeon! Russell and Jeramy explore the actual place written on the front of the module, get poisoned, do some light reading, and discover the actually very cool secret of the Lizard King.

Russell and Jeramy continue on the road to Waycombe where they meet the first helpful NPC in the module: too bad he's nuts. Also, we finally put one of the Ds in D&D!

Jeramy and Russell seek a lizardy lord on behalf of Count Johnny and some sniveling merchants. Directionally challenged old men beware!

Hosts Russell and Jeramy tell you what this is all about and why you might want to listen to it.