I have no problem playing while stoned and have done it for years.  It's just plain rude to smoke, pot or cigarettes, at the table with others who don't also smoke.  You should take a break and go into another room or outside for either pot or cigarettes.

Drinking a couple of beers or whatever during a session is fine.  Downing a 12-pack and playing while hammered is fun only if everyone else is at the same place with you.  We have a term in our group called 'Whiskey role-playing' because we have played while being severely intoxicated in the past when we were younger.  Again, it's just rude to be severely hammered and playing while everyone else is not at the same place as you.

It comes down to common courtesy, manners, and self-moderation.

When we play these days everyone has a few beer, as this is one of our main social outlets and beer and socialization go hand in hand for my buddies. At a certain stage in our lives there was a fair amount of pot. Didn't have a problem with it, though it slowed the game down sometimes with "uh... so where are we?" moments.

Only had one issue with a player who liked to get blasted. He would start as one of the more focused and dynamic players. But by about the 6th beer and 5th pipe hoot, he became quite useless. Good guy, but I had to explain that D&D night wasn't 'get wasted' night for the rest of us.

Smoking pot with celebrities is now my new game goal.

average session at my place ends up with 5-8 bottles of wine and some mead gone.

I have a waiting list in both live groups, and one is over 15 years old, the other over a decade.  Anecdotal as it may be, his advice seems...poor.

Quote from: Spinachcat;742020He is the creator of the TV show Community and they have had 2 shows about D&D and thus he is the voice of the D&D community on television.

Thus he matters to the hobby's public image since Hasbro's head is so rammed up its ass that the 40th Anniversary of D&D is passing by.

Yeah, putting out a new edition is totally ignoring the anniversary.


As to the advice... ehh, mostly sound enough (if obviously tongue in cheek). Bag of Holding is worth going out of your way for if you get any kind of indication there might be one around. He's right about the weed, but only if everyone at the table is high, if it's just a couple people it sucks as much as if one's drinking-- basically what Drohem said applies. I can't speak to celebs, but I'm reasonably sure anyone who claims they never wanted to be in Stephen Colbert, Alice Cooper, Wil Wheaton, or Vin Diesel's campaigns is lying.

Quote from: Spinachcat;742020He is the creator of the TV show Community and they have had 2 shows about D&D and thus he is the voice of the D&D community on television.

Thus he matters to the hobby's public image since Hasbro's head is so rammed up its ass that the 40th Anniversary of D&D is passing by.

Who watches Community?  No seriously that is a honest as god statement here.  That show is a failure and I don't know anyone that watches it.  We can safely ignore him.

Quote from: LibraryLass;742045but I'm reasonably sure anyone who claims they never wanted to be in Stephen Colbert, Alice Cooper, Wil Wheaton, or Vin Diesel's campaigns is lying.

Shrug.  Wil seems like a neat guy, and Alice Cooper cracks me up.  But I'd rather be able to game with Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax again.

Quote from: Snowman0147;742049Who watches Community?  No seriously that is a honest as god statement here.  That show is a failure and I don't know anyone that watches it.  We can safely ignore him.

A lot of people do.  I do.  And I think it's pretty funny.  I don't think you can call a show that's had multiple seasons and renewals a failure.  The GI Joe episode is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long while.

Here's my version:

• show up on time
• ready to play
• bring snacks, and share them
• step on up, or step on out
• momentum over perfection

And the GM gets to add I master the game, the game does not master me.

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;742066Here's my version:

• show up on time
• ready to play
• bring snacks, and share them
• step on up, or step on out
• momentum over perfection

And the GM gets to add I master the game, the game does not master me.

Much better advice that can be enjoyed by all.

Quote from: LibraryLass;742045Yeah, putting out a new edition is totally ignoring the anniversary.

New edition = / = marketing

Quote from: Old Geezer;742050But I'd rather be able to game with Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax again.

Except nobody would be allowed to play a cleric because turning the DM would make the rest of the night really awkward.

"Be on the same page" rule is applicable to most social events, and especially on drugs. Synching is best, so people on the same drugs play well together -- as long as they can handle their shit. And be thoughtful, bring enough to share with the rest of the class.

If you're competing in the liver olympics though, we'll need to bust out the 178 rpm music to keep you company in an empty room.

Handling your shit is key however. If the nepalese temple balls and angel trumpets are your group thing, and you can handle it, well, damn I wish I could get in on your Tekumel campaign one day. Please be gentle...

One of the most disasterous gaming sessions we had was one where one of the players was stoned and the session pretty much ended with the DM burning the players character sheet.

Outside of gaming my experiences with people drinking have been the worst possible.

Quote from: Snowman0147;742017Who is this guy and why should we even care?

Yeah, I'm in the camp of "Never heard of him," "Never heard of his TV show," and "Thinks that anyone who buys into the premise that he's a God of RPGdom is a fool."

See, even leaving aside the all-too-readily-ignored truism that there are lots of groups with widely differing notions as to What Is Best In Life, between who gets to GM, what drugs get passed around the table, how often/long the sessions are and whether they're combat-aversive or wall-to-wall, I honestly have never wrapped my head around gamers who give a damn about what gamers around the world do or pay homage to what alleged Big Name Gamers think.  I play to suit myself.  I GM the way I want, in the style I want, when I want, using the system and setting I want, and that wouldn't be materially affected if the industry shut down tomorrow and every gamer outside New England quit the hobby the day after.

And heck, BNGs and pros are just gamers like anyone else.  I've had six GURPS authors as regulars in my campaigns, and that goes up to eleven professional regulars if you include D&D, MERP and WoD authors.  Just folks, and I'd only consider one of that number a particularly outstanding roleplayer.  No doubt a bunch of you have had pros in your groups as well -- or have been one yourselves.  Eh.