Betrayal at the house in D&D

[the Jester]

That was the typical answer up until about a mobth ago when the main drinker turned 21 and could buy himself all the booze he wants. I don't mind a little drinking or smoking during play, but I'm not interested in q couple people drinking till they drop and making the game unfun and uncomfortable for other players. And because those who do drink often go to that point, he hosts the parties at his place, often on the same nights as me, and invites the same people as my game, "never split the party" applies all too well here. My game goes nowhere and his parties are empty.

I've talked this over with the non-drinkers in the party and I'm thinking we will restart anew with a smaller, more interested group. I mean I had 7+ players in that game, no harm filtering.

Boy, can I sympathize! We've managed to make it work, but there are definitely times when someone gets too drunk to play. Then again, we play as long as we have a quorum (3 pcs, in the case of my game).

Sounds like you're on track to a solution, so that's good. If you have seven players, you have room to trim, and even if it's not an ideal choice, it sounds like it might be the best choice.

 

[Sunseeker]

Boy, can I sympathize! We've managed to make it work, but there are definitely times when someone gets too drunk to play. Then again, we play as long as we have a quorum (3 pcs, in the case of my game).

Sounds like you're on track to a solution, so that's good. If you have seven players, you have room to trim, and even if it's not an ideal choice, it sounds like it might be the best choice.

Yeah, I know at least 4 players who are pretty straight-laced, it's not that they don't enjoy a drink or two, just not drinking to the point of getting smashed and none of them do pot, at least not regularly enough for it to be an issue. So I think those four and maybe throwing myself into the game using the randomized cards to make the game less DM-dependant is probably the route I will go.