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Ask the Readers: What do you eat at the gaming table?
Back when I started roleplaying we usually ate a lot of snacks at the game table (mostly potato chips in various flavors), drank gallons of soft drinks and coffee and in the evening we stuffed ourselves with sandwiches our GM’s mom had prepared for us.
Over the years I experimented with alternatives to salty and greasy snacks like potato chips and soft drinks. A more healthy snack are vegetables like cucumbers, kohlrabies, peppers, carrots etc. that are great if served with a nice dip. There are hundreds of great dip recipes on the internet, but sometimes even a simple sour cream with some spices is more than sufficient. But I have to admit that this kind of snack needs more preparation and is not everyone’s cup of tea.
I know of gaming groups that also use their regular meetings to cook a proper meal together. If you have enough time this is definitely a fun activity (especially if you like cooking with your friends). But since we usually don’t have that much time, we prepare some dinner beforehand. My favorites are pizza, chili con carne, or other meals you can easily prepare a couple of hours before you actually have dinner. In my opinion having a proper meal together is an important part of my gaming sessions. The pauses are a good opportunity to chat, so that the gaming session itself keeps focused on gaming and not talking about what happened last week, the latest politics or sports events.
So, what do you eat at the gaming tables? Do you stick to snacks or is cooking with your friends an important part? Do you have any recipes to share? And would you like to read more about gaming food on Stargazer’s World? Please share your thoughts in the comments below!
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I don't like to eat at the gaming table, and I consequently don't often serve snacks. Players are free to bring what they like, usually salsa n chips (which last for about 0.2 seconds – maybe that's why I don't eat, way back behind my gamemaster's screen…).
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We used to pile away the chips, until the host and his wife went on a diet. Since then it's been the healthier stuff like yoghurt, carrots and dip and juice instead of Coke.
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#6 written by vortimax 1 year ago
To be honest…depending on the time of the day (regularly we try to meet every other saturday for lunch/brunch and game on until the dead of night) we have healthy food (most of the times cooked by all of us helping together), in the evenings we tend to get quite wasted with beer and wine (and a huge dose of french cheeses, olives and chips), although not as much as in the good old day without any responsibilities
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My group likes to start our games at 2pm on Saturdays. Everyone in the group brings snacks. (soda, chips, cheese, dip, crackers, etc). Around 5:30pm we start cooking dinner. Again everyone chips in.
I will say something to the affect of "We are having tacos on game night". I will pick up the ground beef or chicken and everyone else in the party will bring something to complete the meal. It's just always kind of worked that way and has been natural for us.
We will stop playing around 5:30 because we all collectively need a brake and will help cook or take out some terrorists on the PS3 (thank you Modern Warfare) till dinner is ready. Then will get back int he game.
It seems that the Dungeon Master book for D&D suggests that since the DM is doing all the work setting up the game and that everyone else should be responsible for food and snacks. As much as I agree with that statement, it just has not been a practical reality for me and my group.
I love that the Dungeon Master book talks about things like food and how a DM should be treated. Maybe the reason it doesn't work is because in general the person reading the DM book is the DM him or her self. Not the players.
Just a thought for Wizards of the Cost.
Great post by the way!
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#8 written by Sunglar 1 year ago
Well, food and gaming, a topic near and dear to my heart!
When I was in school we played a lot, but on Fridays we’d get together after school and my grandma would cook for us and then we’d game until the early evening. During summer she often prepared what we in Puerto Rico call “mezcla” sandwiches (I think they call them Birthday Party sandwiches in the US).
In college we just downed massive amounts of snacks, sweets and soda. We still drink a lot of sodas these days, although I’ve never liked drinking hard alcohol during games.
I love to cook and sometimes cook for my players. One of my players makes a GREAT dip and we sometimes try to eat healthy, but just sometimes!
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I used to have a player who brought all kinds of healthy snacks like carrots and cucumber to our table. She was kinda a health-freak, but I didn't mind. I'd rather stuff myself with groceries than gaining two pounds in one session ;D
Nowadays, it's kinda random. Normally, we have a mix of sweets, water and fruit juices at the table. I noticed though that players tend to eat far more at the table than I as the GM do. Did other GM's notice the same thing?