Food and Snacks at your RPG sessions!

Teazia · July 05, 2012, 03:28:33 AM

I'll have to stroll thru this long thread at my leisure, but I want to say that it is pretty epic that a thread on gamers and food on this site has 18 pages in such a short time!

Its making me hungry and this is not what I need right now, a few more hours til work gets out!

Mostlyjoe · July 05, 2012, 09:03:06 AM

I've actually noticed that games tend to get sidelined and tangeted way too much if too many snacks are out. I tend to enforce hard pauses for meal breaks.

Patrick · July 05, 2012, 11:43:19 AM

We do pizza every session- conflicting schedules don't give us much time to game, so it is just easiest that way.

Kyle Aaron · July 22, 2017, 01:45:46 AM

This thread deserves a bump.

Earlier this year I played at my home, but the hike got a bit much for some of the players, so we're playing at a more central location in the city, in a game store. So we've been limited on the snacks, can't do anything fancy. It's been okay.

Harlock · July 22, 2017, 04:23:36 AM

Chips, dips, finger foods. In the D&D2e game I am a player in the DM has asked me to make queso dip two times in a row. I guess it's a hit.

rgrove0172 · July 23, 2017, 10:38:27 PM

None. I spend a lot of time, energy and money creating a suitable aesthetic gaming den. Cokes and greasy fingers are forbidden. Drinks and such remain in the kitchen to be accessed during breaks

Kyle Aaron · July 23, 2017, 11:02:26 PM

Pray, show us this aesthetic gaming den. Most of us can do no better than our dining tables!

Molotov · July 23, 2017, 11:45:40 PM

It isn't the norm, but I had the awesome experience of a Player hand whipping whipped cream for the hone made chocolate cake she baked and brought to the session. I didn't realize what was going down until she needed something for the task, and then did my best impression of a DM not being influenced by homemade death-by-chocolate.

Generally these days, we've got some veggie trays, pita chips, hummas, and depending on the time and length of session, something more substantial before or after. Some various ales and hard ciders as well.

Voros · July 24, 2017, 12:46:26 AM

Anyone use the local boardgame cafe? Ours has full food service and drinks. Played boardgames but not RPGs there.

Harlock · July 24, 2017, 12:53:13 AM

Quote from: rgrove0172;977660None. I spend a lot of time, energy and money creating a suitable aesthetic gaming den. Cokes and greasy fingers are forbidden. Drinks and such remain in the kitchen to be accessed during breaks

Pardon me, but do you have any Grey Poupon?

Gronan of Simmerya · July 24, 2017, 01:15:37 AM

Quote from: rgrove0172;977660None. I spend a lot of time, energy and money creating a suitable aesthetic gaming den. Cokes and greasy fingers are forbidden. Drinks and such remain in the kitchen to be accessed during breaks

Well, lah de FUCKING dah!

Zalman · July 24, 2017, 11:15:13 AM

Quote from: rgrove0172;977660None. I spend a lot of time, energy and money creating a suitable aesthetic gaming den. Cokes and greasy fingers are forbidden. Drinks and such remain in the kitchen to be accessed during breaks

I hope you at least allow IVs at the table, to stave off dehydration. Or are your sessions generally under 20 minutes or so?

rgrove0172 · July 24, 2017, 01:26:29 PM

Quote from: Zalman;977787I hope you at least allow IVs at the table, to stave off dehydration. Or are your sessions generally under 20 minutes or so?

Righhht...everybody drinks every 20 minutes. A break every couple hours is more than adequate.

RPGPundit · July 27, 2017, 01:54:30 AM

Last game, we ordered "milanesa completa en dos panes". Except one guy, who had a deluxe burger.

Coffee Zombie · July 27, 2017, 07:47:30 AM

We always have beverages at the table, usually some coffee to keep us midlifers awake, supplemented with water. In terms of munchies, I've found bowls of popcorn very effective of late - easy to make and produce, limited mess, and inexpensive. Usually we will game after dinner, but for the longer sessions we will pause for dinner outright, and return to game afterwards.

We used to do chips and cookies constantly, and it turned into a bit of a war to see who could bring either the a) blandest or weirdest chip flavour possible or b) the most exotic and or expensive gaming munchie. We make a gentlemen's agreement to halt the madness when we noticed how expensive gaming night was getting.