Quote from: LordVreeg;402008We 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.

wow, that is quite a spread...just wow...has anyone gotten a bit tipsy and effected the game in a bad way with all those spirits being quaffed ?

I have never had good experience with alchohol/herb before/during game but perhaps that is just a reflection of the types I have gamed with in the past!, might work with responsible folk...

I prefer to recap with a night-cap aftergame!

Quote from: skofflox;402015wow, that is quite a spread...just wow...has anyone gotten a bit tipsy and effected the game in a bad way with all those spirits being quaffed ?

I have never had good experience with alchohol/herb before/during game but perhaps that is just a reflection of the types I have gamed with in the past!, might work with responsible folk...

I prefer to recap with a night-cap aftergame!

In the last 2 years, Clark wiped out his own character twice (taking someone with him once) partially, I believe, due to Booze.  Joe might not have forgotten a fireball trap without the booze once.

But the game has trasnformed from my soda and cookies origins.  It has become a very, very social experience.  See the first entry  Here for more.

Quote from: LordVreeg;402017In the last 2 years, Clark wiped out his own character twice (taking someone with him once) partially, I believe, due to Booze.  Joe might not have forgotten a fireball trap without the booze once.

But the game has trasnformed from my soda and cookies origins.  It has become a very, very social experience.  See the first entry  Here for more.

:rotfl:

:cool: thanks for sharing the link,will be studying this,very cool stuff!

Our group will often do potlucks.

I make a mean batch of BBQ Beef or Chicken.
Another guy makes an awesome fruit salad.
And we have a true baker for desserts.

As far as snacks go, I tend to avoid candy these days. Chips and salsa - especially Mango Salsa is always good.

My all time favorite game snack though is Strawberry Goober with Ritz Crackers. Oh man. I really try not to buy that stuff anymore, but I have the willpower of a 3.5 Fighter on most game nights....

Dinner, wine, a good pipe. That's all I need.

Quote from: PaladinCA;402026Our group will often do potlucks.

I make a mean batch of BBQ Beef or Chicken.
Another guy makes an awesome fruit salad.
And we have a true baker for desserts.

As far as snacks go, I tend to avoid candy these days. Chips and salsa - especially Mango Salsa is always good.

My all time favorite game snack though is Strawberry Goober with Ritz Crackers. Oh man. I really try not to buy that stuff anymore, but I have the willpower of a 3.5 Fighter on most game nights....

Potluck seems like a great way to go...and I concur with your assessment of mango salsa.

Goober man huh...interesting....

Quote from: skofflox;401991dare I ask,what...exactly...is a "battle carrot"?

They're what we break out instead of calling for initiative.  When the carrots come out it's time to throw down.

Quote from: MonkeyWrench;402074They're what we break out instead of calling for initiative.  When the carrots come out it's time to throw down.

OK, we might have 'battle bottles'...

Not to be a stereotype...but as long as I have Mountain Dew, I can work with about anything else.

Quote from: Tommy Brownell;402080Not to be a stereotype...but as long as I have Mountain Dew, I can work with about anything else.

You're a steroetype, but a good one.  

My gaming group is sorta split...

...some of us have realized that pizza, sweets and "junk food" just makes us sick.

Our snacks have taken on healthier fare in the last few years.

Though hot-wings do make the occasional appearance.  

Since one of our members raises cattle to sell sides of beef, steaks and BBQ are fiarly standard.  

Few of my participants are as open to trying foreign foods as I am...  *sigh*

Quote from: Vellorian;402090My gaming group is sorta split...

...some of us have realized that pizza, sweets and "junk food" just makes us sick.

Our snacks have taken on healthier fare in the last few years.

*snip*  

Few of my participants are as open to trying foreign foods as I am...  *sigh*

I suggest vegan,gluten free pizza with lots of veggies as a healthy alternative to the junky variety.Good tasting and fun to eat!

Fruit makes an awesome replacement for sweets and is loaded with vitamins and water!

Bummer about the foriegn foods...

Quote from: MonkeyWrench;402074They're what we break out instead of calling for initiative.  When the carrots come out it's time to throw down.

sooo...the one with the longest carrot strikes first?

Nah, more like instead of calling for initiative the group knows that once carrots are laid on the table it's time to roll initiative.

But it really only works for the first combat of the evening.  The groups hates to have snacks taken away.

We stick mainly with the old school pizza and pop (or soda for you non-midwesterners). One all-meat for the carnivores and one with at least some form of vegetation on it. In general we live down to our fatbeard roots on game nights.

The GM and I usually start with a couple tokes off the bowl around 5:30. Pizza usually arrives around 6:00 and we eat and shoot the shit until 7:00. Then we get down to business. Usually take a break around 8:30 or 9:00 as the GM is required to read a bedtime story to the rugrat. We wrap up around 10:00 or shortly thereafter. A couple more tokes, a healthy dose of bullshitting, and it's time to head home. Simple pleasures for simple folk.

We don't really eat during play other than a couple pretzels or chips. We don't drink much as a group either. One player is diabetic, and another is just plain straightlaced (nothing wrong with that). The GM and I are the only ones that may have a beer here or there, but that's about it.