How Many Beers per Gaming Session?

[John Q. Mayhem]

I mostly only DM, and I'm the only one of us who drinks while gaming (the others are underage, on the wagon, or have to drive afterwards). I typically have a cider or two spaced out over the evening, and I'll sip some other alcoholic beverages as I DM (Irish whiskey, Wild Turkey, or whatever else is on hand). I never get schnockered, though. Just not my thing.

Prudish? Dude, don't be insulting.

There's a bunch of good reasons folks can choose to not drink at game, and prudishness is only one of them. So far, the stated reasons are practical.
Nobody here has stated that for them, it is about moral uprightness or the like.

"I am neither low nor vulgar enough to engorge myself on such foul liquid." I may have also called it a crutch/escape for the weak willed...I responded that yes, I was just roleplaying, I didn't actually think that. This was of course a lie to avoid confrontation.

There's at least one.

 

[Rokes]

Over 50% don't "Drink & Game?" Wha?!?

 

[ejja_1]

My weekley game has no booze no exceptions, wich is probably better since we get distracted when we are sober.

My Bi monthly/monthly game has drunks, stoners and probably one or two heroin addicts in it. The only rule comes from the player who's house we game at, You can come to the party pre medicated but once your there legal substances only. I know for a fact one or two of them come in wasted, but strangley enough it doesn't affect game play at all.

 

[pawsplay]

The poll options are not helpful. We average "none," but players do indeed have a drink or two occasionally.

 

[jdrakeh]

I personally don't drink alcohol at all, ever. And if/when I get a house and DM games from it, there will be a strict no alcohol policy.

I'm in pretty much the same boat. I did drink a lot at one point in time, but it never made games more enjoyable, just less coherent, sensible, and harder to remember.

As for playing at other people's places, I don't think I could tolerate playing in a game with alcohol.

I play with a few guys who drink at the game table, but just in small quantities (not enough to get thoroughly intoxicated). I have no problem with that. I'd walk out of any game that revolved around a beer keg.

 

[Piratecat]

I don't mind people having a beer or two at games, but it isn't part of our group's culture.

 

[billd91]

Whenever these threads come up, I'm always struck by how many people equate having a few drinks with playing drunk. Some people may lack elements of self control but in nearly 20 years of having drinks while gaming, I've only encountered drunk gaming 3 or 4 times.

 

[jdrakeh]

Whenever these threads come up, I'm always struck by how many people equate having a few drinks with playing drunk. Some people may lack elements of self control but in nearly 20 years of having drinks while gaming, I've only encountered drunk gaming 3 or 4 times.

I don't think that you can offer up personal anecdote as the standard for all people. For example, when I lived in Topeka and Lawrence — both college towns — drunk gaming (and 'after parties' following the games) were the norm. Finding groups where people were actually more focused on gaming than getting drunk (or otherwise intoxicated) could be difficult.

 

[jdsivyer]

So do I. If it's the Black Horse in Rathbone Place on Mondays, it's the same pub!

I normally have 2-3 pints, as do most of the others, although there's the odd one that just drinks diet coke.

Cheers


Richard

Hey...just to go off-topic for a second, but...I will be living in London and am looking to join a second gaming group (as player) sometime Jan or Feb 2009. What's the chances of joining?

 

[S'mon]

So do I. If it's the Black Horse in Rathbone Place on Mondays, it's the same pub!

I normally have 2-3 pints, as do most of the others, although there's the odd one that just drinks diet coke.

Cheers


Richard

It's the London D&D Meetup at the Ship Inn, Borough on Saturday afternoons. Sessions run 1.30-6.30pm for me, I typically have 2 pints of London Pride, but sometimes less (eg a Stella Artois shandy instead).

Funnily enough, while I seem to GM fine on up to 2 pints, as a player if I go over 1 pint I get, er, not so good (like, arguing with another player); so when playing I stick to 1 beer.