Season 8

Season 8 poster, art by Simon Greiner

“	Seven seasons, two continents and one global pandemic later the Dragon Friends are back with a brand new season of their deeply crook Dungeons & Dragons podcast, taped live every month at the Comedy Store.	”
	— Comedy Store show advert

The Dragon Friends have ushered in a New Age at a terrible cost. With only a few short hours before they must return to their own time, there are some loose ends that need to be taken care of.

Season 8 was announced directly after season 7's finale. The season's title is Time & Punishment and it picks up after the events of the season 7 finale as the Friends attempt to travel back to their present, unsure of what they'll encounter along the way.

The season's title and theme were first teased by Simon's Instagram when he revealed the season's poster. He earlier teased various parts of this poster before revealing the full piece. The first episode was recorded live at the 9th of March 2022. The first podcast was released on the 11th of March for Patreons and on the 14th for the public.

List of Episodes

All liveshows were simply named "Live at the Comedy Store" (Sydney) except for the final four, which were held in the Vanguard (Newtown). The names used here are from the notes Dave released on Discord after the season had concluded.

• I: New Beginnings
  • “Do You Like Diddling” (8.01)
  • “Not an Urchin to be Seen” (8.02)

• II: Hard Times
  • “Thank You, The Dave” (8.03)
  • “It Claps for Thee” (8.04)

• III: (no name given)
  • “Thrumming Out Good Vibes” (8.05)
  • “Partners Inc. LLC” (8.06)

• IV: Summary Execution
  • “Doonaface Seems Relevant” (8.07)
  • “The Murder of Garry” (8.08)

Starting with 8.09, video recordings of the show are made available for Patreon supporters.

• V: The Retreat
  • “Forget about Yonder” (8.09)
  • “An Embarrasing Lack of Yes And-ing” (8.10)

• VI: Cielo Drive
  • “Son of Bonker” (8.11)
  • “Chongus the Interbable” (8.12)

• VII: FAFO
  • “These Consequences Weren't for You” (8.13)
  • “The Kevin Smith Riff Train” (8.14)

• VIII: On The Road To Hell
  • “It's an Auto-Antonym” (8.15)
  • “Ticking and Tocking” (8.16)

The final four episodes were recorded in The Vanguard, King St. Newtown, with Montaigne as a special guest:

• IX: Hellpiercer
  • “Wait, Who Dis” (8.17)
  • “An Especially Jowly Demon” (8.18)

• X: Get Back
  • “Me Basing this on Context” (8.19)
  • “Our Life Continues Together” (8.20)

Somewhere after recording 8.12, Dave ran a one-shot Spelljammer adventure on the official D&D channel. Demi Lardner joined him as one of the players.

• D&D Beyond Live: Wizard Presents Post-Show Celebration

Additionally, in between 8.14 and 8.15, when the Dragon Friends were at PAX in Melbourne, Alex Lee DM'ed a Patreon exclusive one-shot special with Dave, Simon, Hing, Ben and a special guest as the players.

• PAX Comedy Republic 2022 (the one with the baby)

Other links

• “You Can Always Go Back”, this season's theme song, composed and performed by Tom Cardy
• Season 8 NPCs