Hops & Dragons

30/03/2023

Our friends over at Top Down Tabletop have some pretty dope merch! Also my cohost Paul Durdle and our designer Anna Bullock Design are looking good! 😍

26/03/2023

For sure none of you fine folks have ever TPKed in a campaign?? 🤣🤣

"What have I done??"

10/02/2023

The Useless Item of the Week from Ep. 05!

This item allows you to make friends with strangers, much like IRL with a pint glass! 🍺

This week's Useless D&D Item of the Week™ is the Pint Glass of Friendship. Every week, we showcase a new useless Dungeons & Dragons item for you to use in yo...

27/01/2023

Ever wonder about the rules for rounding dice rolls? We talk about it in Ep. 05's D&D Rules You May Not Know!

We cover a bunch of the lesser known D&D 5e rules each week, and this episode it was all about the rules around rounding, and what to do when you have to rou...

29/09/2022

Join us as we discuss the new One D&D Unearthed Arcana released today! 🍻🐉

📺 https://www.twitch.tv/hopsanddragons

15/09/2022

Hops & Dragons: Episode 43 is live!🔴
Our thoughts on One D&D, Avoiding Attacks of Opportunity, and a 1v1 ran by DM Paul! 🍻🐉

📺https://www.twitch.tv/hopsanddragons

01/09/2022

We are live RIGHT NOW, for our 2 year anniversary stream! 🥳

Come watch and help us celebrate, we're even doing a giveaway!

📺 https://www.twitch.tv/hopsanddragons

31/08/2022

💌 You're invited.
🥳 To our 2nd Anniversary stream.
📅 Tomorrow, Thurs, Sept 1st, at 6pm ET.

We're back, baby!

📺 https://www.twitch.tv/hopsanddragons

30/08/2022

We have some huge news... We are happy to announce the moment we've been waiting for; Hops & Dragons is returning to your Thursday nights! 🍻🥳

And just in time to celebrate our 2 year anniversary as well!

We have a packed episode planned, including a giveaway, a reflection on the last year, a blooper reel, a look forward to the future, and of course, another kudo board! There may be other surprises as well, so tune in at the same Hops time, on the same Hops channel, this Thursday, Sept 1st, 2022 at 6pm ET!

Please leave us a quick note on our Kudo board with your favourite memory of the last year, be it a GIF, photo, clip, story, whatever, and we'll read it out live on Thursday! https://www.kudoboard.com/boards/iq1NzZgq

See you this Thursday, Sept 1st, at 6pm ET. WE CAN'T WAIT! 😍

02/06/2022

Paul is live for a short stream to say goodbye. Come join him and have a beer before he leaves! 🍻

📺 https://www.twitch.tv/hopsanddragons

19/05/2022

Alright, it's time for Paul's birthday stream tonight! 🎂🎉

I have 3 of my favourite people on as guests tonight to hang out and help me celebrate my birthday early.

- 7-8pm ET it's DM_Shanks of Top Down Tabletop
- From 8-9pm ET it's DM_Dave of Careful Cantrip
- From 9-10pm ET it's MaritimeGamerTV of Gamersmove & The Grouch Couch

Come hang out, raise a glass, and celebrate another trip around the sun with me. I'll be having a few myself with all of my friends (you guys)! And maybe some games! 🍻

21/04/2022

Hops & Dragons: Episode 42 is live! 🔴
Big News from Dungeons & Dragons' D&D Direct, Pretty Brooch, and CR Battle! 🍻🐉

Join us gettin' silly while we talk D&D!

📺 https://www.twitch.tv/hopsanddragons

15/04/2022

Paul is currently live over at Robert Hartley, Game Master channel for his show, Short Rest!

Come hang out and chat!



https://www.twitch.tv/roberthartleygm

08/04/2022

Random Encounters Ep26 is LIVE!🔴
Tonight's guest is Fishie of The Grouch Couch and we're talking cosplay, improv, and sobriety in D&D.🍻🐉

📺 https://www.twitch.tv/hopsanddragons

07/04/2022

Tonight's Random Encounters guest is Fishie of The Grouch Couch & we're talking about cosplay, improv, and sobriety - yes, being sober! 🍻🐉

📺 6pm at https://twitch.tv/hopsanddragons

03/04/2022

Paul tries ARK for the first time as veterans Gamersmovetv and Bobby of Careful Cantrip joins him!

Come watch, we're live now!
📺 https://www.twitch.tv/hopsanddragons

27/03/2022

Phasmo time with Gamersmove! 🔦👻

📺 https://www.twitch.tv/hopsanddragons

24/03/2022

Hops & Dragons: Episode 41 is live! 🔴
Warlocks, free actions, shy gold, Hero Battle, and the Weekly D&D News! 🍻🐉

📺https://www.twitch.tv/hopsanddragons

23/03/2022

Just a reminder that I'm joining AJ Winters on her channel tonight!

Two hemispheres collide as Paul joins AJ Winters for an episode of D&D Chats and Worldbuilding over on Winters Tales Twitch channel! You'll remember AJ as a guest on Random Encounters, Episode 21.

If you haven't already, go give her channel a follow, and come show her the H&D love tonight at 8pm ET (9:30 NDT)!

https://www.twitch.tv/WintersTales

20/03/2022

Phasmo? Scare alerts? Paul and Gamersmove? Come watch us and scare us! 👻🔦

https://www.twitch.tv/hopsanddragons

18/03/2022

Random Encounters Ep25 - St. Paddy's Day is LIVE!🔴
Tonight's guest is the Irishman DM_Shanks of Top Down Tabletop and we're talking all things St. Paddy's, and holidays in game. Plus beer!🍻🐉

📺 https://www.twitch.tv/hopsanddragons

17/03/2022

Happy St. Patrick's Day! ☘️🍻🇮🇪

To celebrate, we absolutely HAD to invite back our resident Irishman himself, the one and only Shanks of Top Down Tabletop!

Join us tonight as we kick back and celebrate a holiday very important to Hops & Dragons, while drinking Irish beers, going over some Paddy's Day history, talk about using holidays in your game, playing some drinking games (shhhh) with some fun rewards and redemptions, (I've heard bits for buttons?) And we're even going to homebrew a leprechaun for you to use in your game!

Random Encounters - Episode 25 airs tonight, Thurs Mar 17th at 7pm ET (an hour later than normal). Let's get lucky! ☘️🇮🇪🍻

📺 https://twitch.tv/hopsanddragons

13/03/2022

Phasmo? Scare alerts? Join Paul and Nate getting spooky! 🔦👻🍻🐉

https://www.twitch.tv/hopsanddragons

12/03/2022

Just a reminder that the limited edition H&D stickers from Kaz The DM's D&D Twitch Sticker Club are only available until tomorrow, Sunday, March 13th! All of the proceeds after production go towards Take This Org a charity focused on improving the support provided to those with mental health issues within the TTRPG Community.

You can also get these as magnets, which is super epic. Next month features our friends over at Top Down Tabletop so make sure you check back to see those as well!

So if you wanted to snag these, support a great cause, and have little Paul and Tilley buttstobutts-ing on your laptop, cooler, dice tray or anything else, now is your chance!

You can order them at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/99120545

11/03/2022

Random Encounters Ep24 is LIVE!🔴
Tonight's guest is Gamersmove and we're talking about learning to play D&D for the first time online AND streaming it too, what he's learned from playing on different channels with different DMs, and making friends in the industry! And as always, the weekly D&D news! Plus beer!🍻🐉

📺 https://www.twitch.tv/hopsanddragons

10/03/2022

Happening soon!

Gamersmove joins Paul for Random Encounters Ep24 at 6:30pm ET!

Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/hopsanddragon

03/03/2022

Hops & Dragons: Episode 40 is live! 🔴

Tonight we're talking about multiclassing, hiding behind friends, and the worst shield ever. Also, our CR Battle, and the Weekly D&D News! And we're back on the beer now that Dry Feb is over! 🍻🐉

📺 Watch now at: https://www.twitch.tv/hopsanddragons

24/02/2022

Unfortunately tonight's Random Encounters episode is cancelled. Our guest had an emergency come up and had to bow out for tonight. I (Paul) was going to continue in some form, maybe asking a friend to hop on for a chill hangout, however I received some news this afternoon that drained all of my energy, and I want to ensure that I'm giving you guys a great show with all of my energy and focus. I'm okay, but it is requiring me to take a mental health break tonight.

This would have been the last episode during Dry Feb which we are disappointed about, because we've been doing amazing with donations (thank you to everyone that has donated already), but we have not met our goal yet, and tonight was going to be the last push to beat last year.

Thankfully, they just announced that if you make a donation to Hops & Dragons' Dry Feb in the next 48 hours - before 11:59pm EST February 27, it will be DOUBLED, thanks to a donor.

That means, if you donate $25 it will become $50. If you donate $50, it'll become $100. If you... well, you know how math works. hopsan1Laugh

For those that don't know, Tilley and Paul (and many of you, along with us in support, thank you!) have gone dry for February to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society for things like cancer research, wigs for women who have lost their hair, a national support system for people affected by cancer, and other things.

In lieu of any subs, bits, tips or otherwise tonight, please consider donating if you're able to, and help us hit our goal again this year.

Love you all, stay safe, and we'll see you soon ♥

DONATION LINK: https://www.dryfeb.ca/users/hops-dragons

21/02/2022

We've made it to 3 weeks dry! 🎉

We are going dry for Dry Feb in support of Canadian Cancer Society this month, and have set a goal of $750. We have only made it halfway so far! Please help us reach our goal if you can afford to donate. If you cannot, you can share this post for free to help us reach more people.

You can donate at https://www.dryfeb.ca/users/hops-dragons

17/02/2022

Random Encounters Ep23 is LIVE!🔴

Tonight's guest is Michel of Voidcast Live, a cognitive neuroscientist, a rock musician, and also a D&D player. Tonight we're talking about the connection between neuroscience and D&D, playing music and D&D, and running one-shots in different TTRPG systems. Plus we are raising money for the Canadian Cancer Society for DryFeb! 🍻🐉

📺 https://www.twitch.tv/hopsanddragons