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Favorite game night snacks...

Started by skofflox, August 30, 2010, 01:24:00 AM

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skofflox

August 30, 2010, 01:24:00 AM Last Edit: August 30, 2010, 01:26:29 AM by skofflox
Since another thread has wandered into culinary musings I thought I would make it official...So what is your favorite nosh on game night and do you consume while at the table or is snacky time seperate from active play time?

The old standby Pizza (vegan/gluten free the last few years) is a fave. though lately fruit and green smoothies paired with pistachios and the random spicy chip smothered in middle eastern style dip has taken pole position for me!

No alchohol while I game...save that for after! Mead/sweet (cheap) sangria being my poison of choice.
Form the group wisely, make sure you share goals and means.
Set norms of table etiquette early on.
Encourage attentive participation and speed of play so the game will stay vibrant!
Allow that the group, milieu and system will from an organic symbiosis.
Most importantly, have fun exploring the possibilities!

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Insufficient Metal

#1
August 30, 2010, 02:49:41 AM
A bag of sliced apples and some juice, usually. I find I avoid the crash that comes from feasting on sugar and all those yummy white carbs.

Tonight I had white cheddar popcorn and some sweet tea.

I don't drink during games... anymore. :hmm:

Pseudoephedrine

#2
August 30, 2010, 07:29:14 AM
There's a girl in my Rogue Trader game who brings homemade cookies that are awesome. We nosh while we eat.

With my D&D group, we eat pizza and Dr. Pepper mainly, but we interrupt the game for it.
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August 30, 2010, 01:58:11 PM
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#4
August 30, 2010, 02:23:48 PM
Pizza is a classic, though our CoC GM (who plays the drifter amateur astrogator in our Traveller game) has been bringing a mean sfiha to our latest games.

We've also found that eating right before the game is a time-saver for us.

skofflox

#5
August 30, 2010, 02:35:46 PM
Quote from: Lawbag;401967Haribo

guh...:rolleyes: strretching the definition of food there...;)
Form the group wisely, make sure you share goals and means.
Set norms of table etiquette early on.
Encourage attentive participation and speed of play so the game will stay vibrant!
Allow that the group, milieu and system will from an organic symbiosis.
Most importantly, have fun exploring the possibilities!

Running: AD&D 2nd. ed.
"And my orders from Gygax are to weed out all non-hackers who do not pack the gear to play in my beloved milieu."-Kyle Aaron

MonkeyWrench

#6
August 30, 2010, 02:42:14 PM
Battle Carrots, home-made hummus, home-made baked goods, fruit trays, various flavored kettle chips.  Drinks are mostly water of whatever Blue-Sky my wife and I picked up that week.

skofflox

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August 30, 2010, 02:53:51 PM
Quote from: The Butcher;401978Pizza is a classic, though our CoC GM (who plays the drifter amateur astrogator in our Traveller game) has been bringing a mean sfiha to our latest games.

We've also found that eating right before the game is a time-saver for us.

Sfiha looks yummy...middle eastern style foods are a big hit with me,anything with eggplant YUM!
Eating right before with with official stretch/refresh breaks interspersed seems to work for most groups I run.

Eating in the midst of game at table has allways annoyed me...all that mouthy crunchy/slurping detracts from the atmosphere, unless its in the midst of a zombie horde combat ;)!,and the risk of greasy fingers/spills on books freaks me out!

Feel free to post some simple recipes/links to such all...god that sounds so Martha Stewertish..(is this appropriate for an RPG sight?)

Here is one of my fave smoothie recipes,very light and refreshing!

half a "meaty" style melon (honeydew,cantalope etc.)
2 stalks celery
1" ginger
option: some cucumber (which is a melon)
put melon in blender first and blend till smoothy!
Form the group wisely, make sure you share goals and means.
Set norms of table etiquette early on.
Encourage attentive participation and speed of play so the game will stay vibrant!
Allow that the group, milieu and system will from an organic symbiosis.
Most importantly, have fun exploring the possibilities!

Running: AD&D 2nd. ed.
"And my orders from Gygax are to weed out all non-hackers who do not pack the gear to play in my beloved milieu."-Kyle Aaron

skofflox

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August 30, 2010, 02:55:42 PM Last Edit: August 30, 2010, 03:05:49 PM by skofflox
Quote from: MonkeyWrench;401985Battle Carrots, home-made hummus, home-made baked goods, fruit trays, various flavored kettle chips.  Drinks are mostly water of whatever Blue-Sky my wife and I picked up that week.

fruit tray mm-mm good.
dare I ask,what...exactly...is a "battle carrot"?
I am laughing out loud as I post this :rotfl:
Form the group wisely, make sure you share goals and means.
Set norms of table etiquette early on.
Encourage attentive participation and speed of play so the game will stay vibrant!
Allow that the group, milieu and system will from an organic symbiosis.
Most importantly, have fun exploring the possibilities!

Running: AD&D 2nd. ed.
"And my orders from Gygax are to weed out all non-hackers who do not pack the gear to play in my beloved milieu."-Kyle Aaron

Doom

#9
August 30, 2010, 02:57:59 PM
Chips n salsa, and Mountain Dew, and Jones soda when we can get it.
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LordVreeg

#10
August 30, 2010, 03:15:35 PM
We have dinner and snacks and baked goods.
And Wine and some Mead.

But I mean DINNER.  And WINE.
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skofflox

#11
August 30, 2010, 03:18:07 PM
Quote from: LordVreeg;401996We have dinner and snacks and baked goods.
And Wine and some Mead.

But I mean DINNER.  And WINE.

pot-luck style or does one person host?

hmmm...I like the idea of a themed pot-luck pick-up game RPG night...:hmm:
Form the group wisely, make sure you share goals and means.
Set norms of table etiquette early on.
Encourage attentive participation and speed of play so the game will stay vibrant!
Allow that the group, milieu and system will from an organic symbiosis.
Most importantly, have fun exploring the possibilities!

Running: AD&D 2nd. ed.
"And my orders from Gygax are to weed out all non-hackers who do not pack the gear to play in my beloved milieu."-Kyle Aaron

LordVreeg

#12
August 30, 2010, 04:17:10 PM
Quote from: skofflox;401999pot-luck style or does one person host?

hmmm...I like the idea of a themed pot-luck pick-up game RPG night...:hmm:

We alternate, but normally we also have people bring snacks, and 4-5 people bring wine.
Here is a recent quote.
"Igbarian session, 2/29 (Tokush the 29th), last night, full attendance (7 players and a spouse), with dinner consisting of "Chicken 40 cloves of garlic", 4 cheeses, 10 loaves of bread to sop up the gravy, mixed greens salad, and cranberry walnut bread. Drank Giacomo Feniccio Cannubi Barolo 04, Silverado Reserve 02 Cab, Sterling 05 cab, Chappelet06 cab (Joe's Volvo, we call it), an 06 Aglianioco, a Rhone, and a Shiraz."

We always start 5:30-6 pm on Sunday, eat, cook, and get into game-mode and do char maintainence until about 6:30-7pm, then really gert serious.
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My current Collegium Arcana online game, a test for any ruleset.

The Butcher

#13
August 30, 2010, 04:19:12 PM
Quote from: LordVreeg;401996We have dinner and snacks and baked goods.
And Wine and some Mead.

But I mean DINNER.  And WINE.

I'd love to have a real, honest-to-God dinner before gaming, but my group is a tad too... heterogeneous for that.

So we order pizza and soda. It's gastronomically uninspired, but a crowd-pleaser.

We do drink spirits on occasion.

ghul

#14
August 30, 2010, 05:04:34 PM
A good cigar.
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