"Fightin' and Drinkin'" Topic

Do you and your gaming friends drink alcohol:

A. Before you game – gotta get into character to face the enemy
B. During the game – keeping the train rolling
C. After the game – takes the edge off the debrief
D. All of the above – yes, I have a problem
E. None of the above – I'm stone cold sober when I kill you

E.

Besides, I'd fall asleep during the game if I drank anything.

E

Tea and biscuits for us.

Am T-Total for health reasons

D,

Tally Ho!

A B and C when the game is at my house. Elsewhere, during the game for health reasons.

Mostly E

Rarely B, and then only 1 beer

E

E

E we only drink soda pop

E. Coffee is my drink of choice. Alcohol makes me sleepy and I don't like being sleepy.

E for the most part. C if at all.

There are some differences between role-playing games are miniatures war-games. You can get away with a little buzz for most RPGs. Wargaming rules, however, require focus, and alcohol unfocuses the mind.

For all games, however, caffeine is my drug of choice. I think that's true of the rest of my group.

E for me too! – We wargame in a Church hall. At Christmas, we have a Vodka before the game, but only on that day!

E

On occasion B) some of us will have 1 or 2 beers during the game.
Mostly E) water and soft drinks.

B or E depending on the venue and drive home. Always in moderation.

D.

How is four or five beers over the course of eight to ten hours a problem?

E.

E.

LT

E

Because family genetics I save alcohol for when wife/daughters and I walk to a local restaurant (1 long and 1 short blocks ) or a glass of red wine – doctors orders happily enough – at supper.

I never had a hangover – once drank at a party in 1970s drank until passed out to see if I could induce one and once drank way too much alcohol as a participant in one of those psychology department experiments (at least 4, who can remember the exact number, based on your weight – double gin and tonics in twenty minutes halfway through experiment {how does my friend Lynn drink that s… stuff regularly?} to see if your self perception could be manipulated. It was a late 1970s/early 1980s psychology thing.

Not having a hangover after that much alcohol is not deemed a "good thing" by medical personnel I discovered. Been circumspect since then.

How is four or five beers over the course of eight to ten hours a problem?

Denial is usually the first sign. ;)

Kidding.

Feel free to lighten up, or take a TMP poll with all the seriousness it deserves.

E no alcohol for me at all, however I used to play with a group that did drink, I waited until they were in their cups and then attack. Alcohol won a number of games for me.

E. Coffee & soda.

These responses have been really interesting to me. We talk about "beer & pretzels" gaming, but while that was a more literal experience in years past, that doesn't seem to be the case here.

Denial is usually the first sign.

Based on my ancestry, I have a genetic predisposition toward alcoholism. Based on my father-in-law (28 years in recovery), SWMBO does as well. The thing I am in denial about is that I can afford four or five beers worth of calories and game day food on a mostly sedentary day.

E. Worst thing I drink is high caffeine drinks.

B. During the game. Really just one or two, otherwise I fall asleep in the midst of a battle. Very embarassing.

With the old group, frequently a beer with the game but it just depended on what someone brought.

Sometimes it'd just be root beer or mountain dew.

I drink during the game. Some of the others have one or two.
However I live there, and don't have to worry about driving anywhere. If I have to drive, I don't.

E-especially during the cons,and personally,I prefer a diet soda or "2 cents plain".

A & B typically then we have to sober up to drive home.

Usually E, but I can drunk as good fight!